Manchester Newswire Archive

Climate Camp organising gathering April 21 and 22, Liverpool

Climate Camper, 09-04-2007 18:44

Organising for Climate Camp 2007 is well under way and it looks like being bigger, better and more inspiring than last year...so come along to our next gathering, find out what it's all about and get involved...doesn't matter if you haven't been involved before, everyone's welcome. Saturday will focus on camp-wide and how we network the Camp, Sunday is mainly working group time. Again, new people more than welcome in all working groups. Read more | 3 comments >>

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Cafe Politique at the CommonPlace Thursday 12 April

Common Placer, 09-04-2007 16:57

What is successful action?

In the run-up to this year's G8 summit and Climate Camp (among other things), it seems timely to ask ourselves what we do (and why we do it), and how we can do it better. Affinity groups? Civil disobedience? Mass blockades? Street stalls and petitions? Demonstrations? Lobbying? And how does what we do relate to the sort of world we want? Can we create that world now? Where do social centres, like the CommonPlace, fit into this? Read more >>

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Report on International Day of Action to Free the Cuban Five

Revolutionary Communist Group North East, 08-04-2007 20:59

On Saturday 7th April activists from Rock around the Blockade (RATB) took to the streets across Britain to demand freedom for the Cuban Five and an end to US occupation of Guantanamo Bay. Rock Around the Blockade is the campaign set up by the Revolutionary Communist Group (RCG) in solidarity with the Cuban Revolution. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Demonstration At Dallas Court--All Communities togather

Mansoor Hassan, 08-04-2007 20:14

The demonstration today ( 4th April 2007) outside the Dallas Court Reporting Centre in Salford Quays was unique in the sense that several other nationalities were there to show their solidarity with Sudanese people seeking asylum in the UK and instructed to report to the Home Office authorities day. Darfur is not safe and neither is Khartoum – that is why people are seeking protection in the UK Read more | 3 comments >>

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RAPAR ---Bringing People From Different Communities Together

Mansoor Hassan, 08-04-2007 17:00

On 3rd April 2007 RAPAR’s party was just such an event: Over 70 Afghan. Bangladeshi Congolese, Libyan, Pakistani, Somali, Sudanese, Iranian and other nationalities of refugees seeking asylum came together to share ideas, food, pain, happiness and fun Read more >>

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Defend Halima and 1 year old Bailey Jr! - Wednesday 11th April

North West Asylum Seekers Defence Group, 07-04-2007 02:37

There is to be a demonstration and protest outside the offices of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) on Wednesday 11th, April 2007 from 9.00 am, in Piccadilly Exchange, Manchester, near Mosley Street Tram stop, Piccadilly Plaza. The demo is in support of Halima Aboubacar and 1-year-old Bailey Jr. who face a deportation appeal hearing. Read more >>

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Demolition Derby

Ciara Leeming, 06-04-2007 18:20

Sham consultations, compulsory purchases, mass demolitions and the displacement of entire communities. Call this a housing policy? A look at the government's Pathfinder initiative.
First published in Red Pepper April 2007.
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River Barrages are an Expensive Burden on Nature and Communities

Riversider, 05-04-2007 21:29

An analysis of the potential economic and environmental costs of the Preston Vision Board's 'Riverworks' Barrage scheme, in the light of the experience of the people of Cardiff and the highly expensive Cardiff Bay Barrage.

Barrages are an expensive burden on nature and on communities, but make substantial profits for greedy developers. Read more >>

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Street Event: Free the Cuban Five!

posted by F Espinoza, 04-04-2007 22:34

Come and take part in a lively street event involving street theatre, banners and flags! Read more | 3 comments >>

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Demonstrate outside Home Office, Liverpool, 4 April, 2pm.

NWASDG, 03-04-2007 13:03

Protest outside racist Home Office. Stop 'failing asylum seekers! Read more | 2 comments >>

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Privatising the NHS

Free healthcare for all..., 02-04-2007 22:12

A private GP practice on Merseyside. Private health care for the paying patients only. Can we afford to let it happen? Read more | 1 comment >>

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Stop Deportations of Darfurians! Stop All Deportations!

NCADC, 02-04-2007 13:49

Called by the Darfurian Community in Manchester
Demonstration: Thursday 5th April at 12:00 noon
Dallas Court Enforcement Unit, South Longworthy Road, Salford Quays, Salford M50 2GF

Congolese, Zimbabwean, Iraqi, Afghan, Somali asylum seekers of other nationalities stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Sudanese, the latest targets of the Home Office's most shameful, vile attacks. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Rivers Of Life - Dams Of Death

Riversider, 01-04-2007 23:13

All round the world, rivers are under threat from greedy developers, keen make money building dams and barrages - yet these dams and barrages have a terrible impact both on the environment and on the people who live nearby, and need vast amounts of money to keep them going. Read more >>

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Hemp Expo - Coming Soon!

Phil, 30-03-2007 19:20

Embracing the wondrous virtues of the Hemp plant!
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Cabaret, samurai swords, clowning theatre and more at Ladyfest Leeds

Ladyfest Leeds, 29-03-2007 23:46

Celebrating women from all walks of life and exciting new creative talent, Ladyfest Leeds (www.ladyfestleeds.co.uk) is the festival which promotes gender equality; featuring over 25 dance, comedy, cabaret, theatre and spoken word performance events from April 10th-15th.
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Reparations Group Demans Truth from Barclays on Slavery Link

Restitution Study Group (United States), 28-03-2007 14:42

New York/USA -- Considering the 200th anniversary of the British closing of their Transatlantic slave trade, it is fitting that attention is focused on existing British institutions that participated in the practice. There are enormous online resources that help with the task of identifying these parties, and the Restitution Study Group, a New York non-profit, wants to share some with the public. Of particular note in their research of British archive and museum records is information on two prominent slave trading bankers, Benjamin and Arthur Heywood, brothers from Liverpool, England who founded Arthur Heywood, Sons & Co. (Heywoods Bank) in 1773, which merged into Martins Bank in 1883, which merged into Barclays Bank in 1968.
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Stockport Law Centre Will Fight to Stay Open

Amy Taylor, 28-03-2007 10:38

Stockport Law Centre faces closure if Lord Carter's reforms of Legal Aid go ahead unchallenged. As a not for profit charity, Stockport Law Centre is heavily reliant on funding from the Legal Services Commission and this is set to change from an hourly rate to a fixed fee. This reform means more quantity, less quality advice. Read more >>

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Announcing IMC-UK-PHOTO

imc-uk-photo, 27-03-2007 00:26

A new indymedia mailing list has been created to help facilitate communication and collaboration between photographers working on environmental and social justice reporting. If you regularly go out to document protests etc with a camera, please join this list. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Manchester No2ID @ Oxford Road Station, Thursday 29th March 5:30pm-6:30pm

Dave Page, 26-03-2007 22:56

Manchester No2ID will be holding a Fortnightly Flyering event at Manchester's Oxford Road Station on Thursday 29th March at 5:30pm. These events raise awareness of the anti-ID Card cause among the public, as well as generating attention in the press and elsewhere. Read more >>

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Anti-racist protest/stall - Saturday 31 March 2007, 12-3pm

NWASDG-Ejderha-Mahir, 26-03-2007 11:50

As the racist Labour governments' attacks on immigrants and especially asylum seekers intensifies (ESOL, snatch squads, charter flights, etc), anti-racist activists from NWASDG and Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! will be holding anti-deportation stalls/protest on Saturday 31 March from 12pm-3pm on Market Street in Manchester city centre. You are invited to attend and take an active part. Actions speak louder than words. Say no to the racist Labour government's policies of starvation, isolation, detention and deportation of asylum seekers and refugees, where it matters: on the streets. Read more >>

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