Manchester Newswire Archive

Am I the only one in Manchester, with MS?

Elvira Braun, 09-01-2006 20:32

The following letter has been sent to both John Leech MP and the South Manchester Labour Party Read more >>

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UK's first dedicated biodiesel garage now open in Mcr!!

chipfatmatt, 08-01-2006 00:45

We dont encourage anyone to drive, but if u have to... Read more | 1 addition | 2 comments >>

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end of year critical mass

fixd chik, 04-01-2006 18:35

end of year critical mass... it was rainy it was dark but it was fun... Read more | 1 comment >>

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No M66 Exhibition ten years on.

cutitout, 29-12-2005 11:08

It will be ten years from the first eviction of the No M66 Campaign in February 2006. There will be an exhibition about the No M66 Campaign, From wednesday 22nd february to sun 20th march at the basement social center, lever street, Manchester. Read more | 1 comment >>

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European film crew visits Spodden Valley.

Save Spodden Valley, 22-12-2005 21:56

Producer Hendrik Verbeure and Cameraman Mark Schellingerhout are Belgian based filmmakers who have just visited the Spodden Valley. They came to Rochdale to film the former Turners Brothers Asbestos site. This visit is central to their 2 hour documentary on asbestos and the diseases caused by exposure to the dust and fibre. Read more >>

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Let’s Cut Through This Deafening Silence!

BellaCiao Collective UK, 20-12-2005 17:57

A violent attack is underway in Italy against the law n. 194 which regards the ‘norms protecting maternity and voluntary pregnancy termination’. Read more >>

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sustainable energy, short films, food and poetry

dosummat, 20-12-2005 14:35

get clued up about energy Read more >>

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It was beautiful

saturday club, 20-12-2005 14:33

saturday club got together during dosummats anti over consumption month to say you cant buy beauty... Read more | 6 comments >>

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Education Not for Sale website

Education Not for Sale, 16-12-2005 16:44

The Education Not for Sale website has been overhauled and updated, and includes lots of new material for student campaign activists. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Christmas at Covance

Santa, 16-12-2005 14:21

On Christmas Day every year there is a demo outside Covance. The workers who go in on this day work for one reason, so they can poison the animals to death and clean-up the ones who have died in the night. Read more >>

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Earth First! Summer gathering 2006

EF! Summer Gathering Collective, 14-12-2005 14:53

The Earth First! Summer Gathering 2006 will take place from Wed 16th to Sun 20th August 2006. The location will be at a new site in Wales.
Read more | 1 addition | 2 comments >>

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Mindwalk 23: The Fight Within the Right

Upstart Radio America, 12-12-2005 20:38

We start off with this Anti-Walmart TV ad being badmouthed by some smarmy news anchors. Followed by a poem by David Wilcox about this hypocracy. David Rovics up next and Norman Finklestein speaks of a similar irony regarding The Wall that was once in Warsaw and is now surrounding Palestine. Read more >>

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ACT NOW TO SAVE ROMANIAN SOCIAL CENTRE!

Emma, 12-12-2005 19:51

The INCA centre in Timisoara, Romania is a rare example of an activist-run cultural centre in the country. Without it, alternative and activist culture in Romania will lack a focal point. The local authority is currently threatening to throw INCA onto the streets 18 months before their contract ends.


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Amendment. Venezuela; bolivarian revolution, coal and indigenous resistance

Sophie, 12-12-2005 19:39

CHANGES TO THE ADVERTISED PROGRAM
Six years after Chavez was voted into power indigenous people are still fighting for their lives and for the environment.
FILMS, FOOD AND DEBATE
Manchester, Sunday 18th 3pm, The basement, 24 Lever St
Read more >>

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No ID for Bolton

Pete, 11-12-2005 21:02

New Bolton group oppoed to ID cards Read more >>

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Big demonstration to protect NHS in Huddersfield

Private Eisenhower Existence, 11-12-2005 20:09

Protection of the National Health Service, in Huddersfield and nationally. Opposal to closures, privatisation, redundancies.
Oodles of people marched in Huddersfield on Saturday 11th December, so many I couldn't see the end of the column, and everyone cheered us on. Read more | 1 addition | 6 comments >>

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Call for solidarity action in support of striking gate gourmet workers in german

proles, 11-12-2005 17:53

Global Capitalism Requires Global Resistance - Call for Solidarity
Action on the 17th of December at all Gate Gourmet Locations World-Wide Read more >>

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Defy ID Manchester Meeting 15th December

knightrose, 10-12-2005 11:19

Details of next Defy ID Meeting and report from Haldane Society Read more | 1 comment >>

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Jack Straw - complicit in torture. Labour North West - complicit with Jack Straw

A former Labour Party member, 08-12-2005 13:04

Jack Straw did not "act alone" in his decision to co-operate with the United States government's torture programme. Labour North West could have stopped him, but they didn't. They actively supported Straw in May 2005, even when the extent of his torture complicity was becoming very clear. Read more >>

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Venezuela; bolivarian revolution, coal companies and indigenous resistance

Christian Guerrero, Sophie Allain, 07-12-2005 13:34

What is so revolutionary about Venezuelan Coal?
Six years after Chavez was voted into power indigenous people are still fighting for their lives and for the environment.
Learn more and find out how you can help;
FILMS, FOOD AND DEBATE
Manchester, Sunday 18th 3pm, The basement, 24 Lever St
Read more | 1 comment >>

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