Manchester Newswire Archive

a good and bad day for liverpool feminists

feistyfingers, 08-10-2007 00:11

feminists come to liverpool, hurrah! Read more | 1 addition >>

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Manchester Temporary Autonomous Arts Exhibition

taa manchester, 07-10-2007 19:24

Following the success of last years extravaganza in Manchester's Northern quarter....it's happening again!

The 2nd annual Temporary Autonomous Arts festival in Manchester 24-28th October 2007. Read more >>

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I Bike MCR October 2007

i bike mcr, 05-10-2007 16:11

Some bike stuff happening in Manchester in October Read more >>

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First ever Food Not Bombs Manchester - This Sunday 7th October

Food Not Bombs Manchester, 05-10-2007 11:22

Free food and a hot serving of grassroots activism... 4pm, corner of Wilmslow Road/Platt Lane, next to Platt Fields Park. Read more | 2 comments >>

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Anti-racism march in Manchester on 3 November 2007

NWASDG, 04-10-2007 18:11

There will be an anti-racism march in Manchester on 3 November 2007, in defence of all asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants and all victims of racism. Read more >>

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demo at manchester trial

stephenc, 02-10-2007 22:15

RFFJ demonstate at manchester crown court....2 arrests Read more | 3 comments >>

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The Cuban Five: Imprisoned for opposing Terrorism

posted by F Espinoza, 02-10-2007 13:38

The National Lawyers Guild and several legal and human rights organizations have called on the U.N. Human Rights Committee and the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture to launch a formal investigation of the United States government’s continuing violation of human rights of five political prisoners known as the Cuban Five. Read more | 2 comments >>

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faslane ppl NEEDED

dave, 01-10-2007 19:33

blockades need ppl now- lets keep this going!!
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Aznar’s Silence...

posted by F Espinoza, 01-10-2007 12:45

During a Round Table program aired on Cuban television on April 25, 2003, I pointed out that the then Spanish President José María Aznar, an ally of the world's leader in genocides and massacres, had met with President William Clinton on April 13, 1999, at an uncertain juncture of the war in Yugoslavia, and had told him, verbatim... Read more | 1 comment >>

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Manchester NO2ID Newsletter, October 2007

Dave Page, 01-10-2007 12:07

What's new in the world of Manchester NO2ID, Manchester Students Against ID and the struggle against the National Identity Scheme and ID cards in the Manchester area.
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Public meeting on Che Guevara

Rock around the Blockade campaign, 30-09-2007 22:58

Film showing and discussion Read more | 2 comments >>

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NWASDG organising meeting, Saturday 6 October 2007, 12pm.

NWASDG, 29-09-2007 20:19

There will be an organising meeting on 6 October at the Friends Meeting House (Quaker House), 6 Mount Street, Manchester, from 12pm to 2pm. Read more >>

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IRAQI REFUGEE KIDNAPPED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN MANCHESTER.

NWASDG, 29-09-2007 20:16

IRAQI REFUGEE SEIZED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN MANCHESTER. - PLEASE ACT NOW!




Despite fleeing oppression in Iraq, Sabah Abdul Rahman Kasim was arrested by what he thought were police officers, but were in fact officers from Borders and Immigration Agency (BIA), on a bus in Manchester (Bus no. 17) at 3:30pm on Saturday 8 September 2007. He was essentially kidnapped and sent to a holding centre, possibly Dallas Court Reporting Centre, in Salford.




Read more | 1 comment >>

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The Alternative Yellow Pages released - ‘The Guide to Freeconomy – Episode 1’

Saoirse, 28-09-2007 23:11

Check out this really funny new short film about The Freeconomy Community, the new skill-sharing, free help website that has just been launched. It’s called the ‘Guide to Freeconomy – Episode 1’ and is essential viewing for all non-freeconomists. You can view it at  http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wLPOEQcZiQo . And remember, the yellow pages is just a load of old tosh! Read more >>

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Our Oil and other tales

knightrose, 26-09-2007 16:38

The film that the Venezualan Government tried to disappear!
Tuesday 2nd October, 7.30pm, Friend's Meeting House, 6 Mount St,Manchester, M2 5NS. It starts at 7.30pm. Read more >>

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Alternative Fresher's Fair this Friday

x, 26-09-2007 15:20

This Friday (28th Sept):Manchester Alternative Freshers Fair 2007- NOT a student only event!
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CUBA Calls for End to Insensitivity...

posted by F Espinoza, 26-09-2007 14:45

Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque spoke on Monday, September 24, at a UN high-level event on climate change in New York, United States. We offers here the full text of the Cuban diplomat's speech. Read more | 1 comment >>

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"Drum Them Out!" at Menwith Hill - Say No to "Missile Defense"

Dieter Mind, 25-09-2007 16:31

On July 25th Prime Minister Gordon Brown went largely unnoticed when he announced Britain's agreement to use two UK bases as part of American Missile Defense. On October 13th join us at Menwith Hill to protest and Drum Them Out! Read more >>

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The Cuban Five

posted by F Espinoza, 25-09-2007 13:24

I attended a briefing by Leonard Weinglass (he of the Daniel Ellsberg/Pentagon Papers fame, of the Amy Carter tribulations, and other famous efforts to achieve justice against at times huge odds) at Howard University's Law School on Wednesday, 12 September. I was stunned by what counselor Weinglass revealed... Read more | 3 comments >>

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Report: Tyneside March in Solidarity Against Immigration Prisons

TCAR (Tyneside Community Action for Refugees), 24-09-2007 00:05

On 22nd September Tyneside Community Action for Refugees organised a march from the West End to the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, in solidarity with the international day of actions against immigration prions called by the No Borders network, which in Britain centred on a march against the building of another detention centre near Gatwick airport. Read more >>

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