Manchester Globalisation Newswire Archive

New video: CSOMilano 0.1

La Plataforma, 18-04-2007 18:20

A group of activists from the "8 de Marzo" collective squattered the old wedding hall "Milano". One week later, and one hour before starting a neigbourhood afternoon snack organized for the neighbours and local people as a part of the "presentation working days", the police sealed the building and started a pressure campaign trying to nip the project in the bud before it could grow. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Gina--A journalist detain in Yarls wood

Hashmi, 11-04-2007 21:56

Her name is Gina Khachatryan and she is being held with her husband VAHAN and daughter ELEN. The Home Office officials took them from Blandford Road, Salford in the early hours of Easter Monday, 9th April. They closed off the street and gave them 30 minutes to pack a few clothes. They are to be deported on Friday at 10.50 on flight KM101 to Malta, then on to Moscow and Armenia Read more >>

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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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Bhopal survivors risk starvation for justice

Percy Flage, 16-03-2007 10:54

Survivors of the world’s largest peacetime massacre – the 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, India, which killed over 20,000 people and maimed 120,000 more– are still battling for justice while, incredibly, being poisoned a second time by the same murderous factory. As you read this, six hunger strikers are heading into their third week without food and have already lost kilos in weight. Read more >>

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Manchester Bicycle Exhibition

i bike mcr, 14-03-2007 08:25

Manchester Bicycle Exhibition. An exhibition of film, photography and sculpture to celebrate the bicycle over car culture. The Basement, 24 Lever St, Manchester M2 (01612371832) Open Tues- Sat 12-6pm, March 30th-April 20th, Free Entry. Read more >>

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The Kemalist Apartheid Is One Thing And Democracy is Another

copy, 23-02-2007 22:57

The speech of Michalis Charalambidis during the unveiling of the Pontian genocide Monument in Pennsylvania, United States of America, September 10, 2006. Read more >>

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Rhythms of Resistance joins the Bremen Carnival to raise awareness about the G8

samba, 13-02-2007 18:40

Rhythms of Resistance Manchester joined the Rhythms of Resistance bands in Germany at the Bremen (Germany) Carnival parade to put the politics back in the streets. Read more >>

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Latin America and the struggle for socialism

Manchester RCG, 29-01-2007 22:57

A Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! (FRFI) forum on Latin America, with video showing.
Read more | 2 comments >>

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If you only read the US press, you must be very confused about Venezuela

Eva Golinger, 13-01-2007 22:11

If you only read the US press, you must be very confused about Venezuela. The extreme levels of distortion, lack of fact checking and source verification and outright manipulation of information in the US media on Venezuela is quite troubling and dangerous in a nation that has waged wars based on false data and misleading policies. Read more | 3 comments >>

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Fourth Anglo-Afghan War Shows Signs of Ending Similarly to the First Three

John Brown, 07-01-2007 18:24

Michael Smith reports today in Britain's Murdoch-owned Sunday Times about the increasing difficulty of Britain's occupying army's to recapture and hold once-controlled territory in southern Afghanistan, the first 'Central Front' for Uncle Sam's WarOn Terrorists. Read more >>

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Buy Nothing Day: Report

big fluff, 26-11-2006 11:12

Saturday, 25th November 06: Buy Nothing Day, a day where you challenge yourself, friends and family to switch off from shopping and tune into life. This is how a group of colourful happy people celebrated Buy Nothing Day in Manchester UK. Read more | 1 addition >>

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Mancunians against the G8

squatticus (in Rostock), 11-11-2006 13:57

Manchester folks are in Rostock this weekend. Meeting at Arch Bar on Wednesday to include report back of the talks being held by anti-capitalists in Germany. Read more >>

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Rossport Solidarity Meeting 2nd Nov and Pics from demo 26th Oct

knightrose, 29-10-2006 20:35

Two speakers from Rossport will be in Manchester on 2nd November. Also here are pictures from the solidarity demo on 26th October at Manchester University. Read more >>

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Shut down G8 2007!

Juliette, 23-10-2006 14:19

Russian speaker from the G8 protests this year will be in Liverpool on Friday 27th October to talk about the 2006 protests in St Petersburg. Come along to discuss organising against G8 next year/ find out about the protests this year! She will speak at 7.30 at the Casa, Hope Street (near Catholic cathedral) which is about 10 minute walk from Lime St train station or 15 minutes from the coach station. Read more >>

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Rossport Solidarity demo, Manchester Business School, Oct 26th

knightrose, 18-10-2006 21:14

Picket of Manchester Busines School called for Thursday 26th Oct - 11.30 - 2pm. Calling for the MBS to have Shell removed from their list of sponsors, unless Shell ceases its attempts to destroy the environment in Rossport, Co Mayo, Ireland. Read more >>

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Rossport Solidarity Action in Manchester

knightrose, 12-10-2006 19:31

A call for solidarity with the people of Rossport and Erris in County Mayo, Ireland in their fight against Shell Oil's attempts to destroy their community and environment. Read more | 2 comments >>

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UK's national ID scheme will cost £5.4bn

Thanks, but no thanks, 09-10-2006 19:16

UK's national ID scheme will cost £5.4bn to set up and run over the next 10 years, the Home Office says.
Read more | 2 additions | 4 comments >>

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On the ground: Time to go - the Manchester conference protest

Oscar Beard, 26-09-2006 14:38

£4.9 million indeed. And it could easily be seen. Police, horses, dogs, helmets, body armour - even the horses had kneepads. They looked ready for some kind of weird sporting spectacle that crossed horse-racing and skateboarding. Read more >>

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Housing and Land Rights 06 Campaign

LONDON SOCIAL FORUM, 20-09-2006 01:49

London Social Forum as part of international
support for World Habitat Day on Monday 2nd October 2006
Day of Direct Action on Housing & landrights in London.

Open Forum on speculation, housing, land, civil and social rights

Sunday October 1, 2006, 12.30pm-6 pm
Limehouse Town Hall,
646 Commercial Road, London E14 7HA
Read more >>

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