Manchester Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Ethnic Cleansing of Jerusalem

Leeds PSC on tour, 23-10-2006 20:51

Israeli controled Jerusalem municipality is demolishing Palestinian homes to mke way for a park. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Radical Reading Group

Mike, 20-10-2006 14:26

Come help set up Radical Reading Group at the Basement 6-7.30pm this Thursday 26th - all welcome. Read more >>

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OutRage!-Manchester Imam says" Killing gays is ok"

pirate, 20-10-2006 12:34

OutRage! News Service reveals that an Imam in Manchester (which has a large lgbt community) has said that kiilling gays is ok....
Read more | 17 comments >>

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The Yorkshire Ripper cover up continues to haunt us

Elsie, 19-10-2006 21:47

Nobody wants to see it, least of all the people of Yorkshire. But the Yorkshire Ripper case will continue to haunt the people of England until they face up to it. Read more | 1 comment >>

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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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Hummer Dealership shut down by protesters against urban 4 x 4's in Manchester

reclaim power, 17-10-2006 11:39

Inspired by the camp for climate action, 40 people protested outside a Hummer dealership in Manchester about the environmental impact of SUV emissions which are contributing to climate chaos. Read more | 1 addition | 14 comments >>

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Iranian left activists manhandled on stop the war demo

repost, 15-10-2006 13:10

Women rights activists manhandled by the organizers of the Stop the War Coalition in the demonstration in Manchester. Read more | 5 comments >>

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Social Centre Squat in Preston,'Viva Six Fingers'

Jonathan Cottam, 14-10-2006 20:29

A few anarchists in Preston have set up a squat which at the moment we are in the middle of repairing.The squat will be used as a social centre but help is required. Read more | 11 comments >>

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Refugees demonstrate at North Shields Immigration Reporting Centre

Tyneside Community Action for Refugees, 13-10-2006 17:38

On Friday 13th October members of Tyneside Community Action for Refugees (TCAR) held a lively picket of North Shields Immigration Reporting Centre to protest against detention and deportation of asylum seekers and their children. Annie, a supporter of Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! and part of TCAR reports: Read more | 1 comment >>

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The terror plot that didn't fit

Lancaster UAF, 12-10-2006 14:30

We're only interested in the sort of terrorism that suits our paranoia Read more | 4 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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Close down Dallas Court!, Fri 13 Oct 2006

North West Asylum Seekers Defence Group (NWASDG), 09-10-2006 16:45

The next protest in the series of monthly protests at Dallas Court Reporting Centre, Salford Quays, will be held on Friday 13 October at 12-2pm. People, including women, chidren and victims of rape and torture, are kidnapped daily at Dallas Court and taken to detention centres. Many who escape kidnap also report being racially abused and insulted regularly by racist staff at Dallas Court. NWASDG and Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! (FRFI) urges everyone to attend and to support and publicise these protests against the oppression of asylum seekers by this racist Labour government.

Nearest Tram 'Broadway'. Read more >>

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Big teacher is watching you!!

Croltbopper, 08-10-2006 10:18

3500 schools in the UK have introduced fingerprint identification for children Read more | 2 comments >>

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Labours employment policy??

Mrs. Bradley Investigates, 06-10-2006 21:24

is Labour closing Job Centre? Read more >>

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Shell's Wild Lie - counter exhibition and speaker tour

Art Not Oil, 06-10-2006 12:22

Shell is the third largest oil company in the world.
It is also the new sponsor of the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife
Photographer of the Year exhibition.
Read more | 2 comments >>

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Life insurance business fails so BNP moves into double-glazing

Lancaster UAF, 03-10-2006 06:17

Yet another new business venture for the near-bankrupt BNP Read more | 11 comments >>

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Welfare Reform, Not Welfare Destruction.

Jason, 01-10-2006 16:01

On Monday 25th September the Coalition Against the Welfare Reform Bill (CAWRB) lobbied the Labour Party conference in Manchester. Protestors from all over the country strolled and rolled with whistles and cries of “New Labour? Slave Labour!” through the city centre. Read more | 7 comments >>

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The Yorkshire Ripper revisited

Elmer777, 28-09-2006 21:27

The Peter Sutcliffe myth is wearing a bit thin now. This is big, really big. When the lid blows off this one, I intend to be standing well back from ground zero. Read more | 3 comments >>

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Rhythms of Resistance Manchester: drums not war! (27/9 action)

1,2,3,4 what are we here for, 28-09-2006 00:12

27/09/06 at 8pm:

Young, naive but loud! A small band of Rhythms of Resistance Manchester sambistas walked right at the entrance of Midlands Hotel (where the labour conference delegates were staying) playing funky tunes and shouting antiwar chants. Read more | 5 comments >>

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Cops get heavy handed at Manchester Peace Rally

Protester, 27-09-2006 15:38

Today in Manchester, a group of around 70 protesters gathered for the Rally of Resistance, an act of civil disobedience against Anti-Terror laws preventing protests close to the G-Mex conference venue of this year's Labour party conference. Manchester Police decided to act less than peacefully and several protesters were gratuitously shoved into a cordon. Read more | 1 addition | 5 comments >>

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