Manchester Technology Newswire Archive

Minutes of Manchester NO2ID Meeting, March 2009

Dave Page, 31-03-2009 23:18

Manchester NO2ID meeting, 18th March 2009, 7pm-9pm at the Town Hall Tavern, Tib Lane.

Thanks to Helen for taking and typing up minutes; a version with links is at  http://manchester.no2id.net/story/minutes-manchester-no2id-meeting-march-2009 Read more >>

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4th Oekonux Conference: Free Software and Beyond - The World of Peer Production

Trans-Pennnine Indymedia, 29-03-2009 21:26

Attached are some recordings of some of the sessions from the 4th Oekonux Conference, Free Software and Beyond The World of Peer Production  http://fourth.oekonux-conference.org/ which was organised in in cooperation with the P2P Foundation,  http://p2pfoundation.net/ and which was held in Manchester on 27th to 29th March 2009. Read more | 3 comments >>

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Manchester Hungry For Civil Liberties Discussion

Dave Page, 26-02-2009 01:48

Manchester is just a few days away from a major Convention on Modern Liberty, and it looks like being a huge success. The Manchester Convention has just announced a series of "lightning talks" in an attempt to include more people in the debate on matters of civil liberties. Read more | 2 comments >>

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Convention on Modern Liberty in Manchester, 28th February

Dave Page, 09-02-2009 23:28

Manchester will host a nationwide public on civil liberties at the end of February. The Convention on Modern Liberty in Manchester will be held at Manchester University Students' Union on Saturday 28th February from 9:45. The event is open to the public and free of charge. Read more | 5 comments >>

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Manchester airport: emissions cleared for take-off

Steve Jones, 05-02-2009 19:26

Manchester City Council announced their 'Call to Action' on climate change last month, which plans to reduce the City's emissions by one third by 2020. Great! we thought: the Council owns 55% of Manchester Airport Group (MAG), so surely this 'Call to Action' would see the Airport's emissions reduce as well? Alas no: the Council simply washed their hands of this issue. Read more >>

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Manchester tipped for ID 'beacon area'

>, 29-01-2009 12:36

The Home Office has said today that Manchester is being considered as a 'beacon area' for the introduction of ID cards, ie. it is to be one of the first places where mandatory ID cards will be introduced for British citizens. Read more | 3 comments >>

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Manchester's MPs Must Oppose Government Data-Sharing Powers

Dave Page, 25-01-2009 23:43

Local campaign group NO2ID are calling upon Manchester's MPs to oppose radical data sharing powers, to be debated in Parliament on Monday as part of the Coroners and Justice Bill.

These would allow Government ministers to take any private information about Manchester's residents, collected by any organisation for any purpose, and share it with anybody of their choosing, with no debate in Parliament. For example, the Minister for Health could access Tesco's club card database and see who's buying more wine than average. Read more >>

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Coroners and Justice Bill - Urgent Action Required

Dave Page, 25-01-2009 02:48

This is the most serious Parliamentary threat to our freedoms and privacy since the Identity Cards Act itself, and EVERYBODY can do something about it, without spending any money or leaving their computers. Just load up the links at the bottom of this article and off you go. Ten minutes later and you're done.

This is one of the most serious threats to our liberty and privacy we've yet seen. Please read this message from Phil Booth (NO2ID national co-ordinator) carefully, and act now. Read more >>

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DFEY-NW :: January 18th :: Digital Freedom in Education and Youth - North West

DFEY-NW, 13-01-2009 01:20

DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West) is a group focusing on young people and issues of freedom in the digital world, based in the Northwest of England at the moment.
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ID Cards protest against Thales in Stockport - Monday 17th November

Manchester Campaigns Collective, 19-11-2008 12:07

A group of student activist held a noise demo outside the offices of Thales in Stockport to protest at their involvement in ID Cards and the National Identity Register. Read more | 2 comments >>

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No Borders / NO2ID / Defy-ID protest against ID Cards for Foreign Nationals

Dave Page, 10-11-2008 19:03

THIS THURSDAY 13th November, there is a planning meeting in Liverpool for an action. 7pm at the Liverpool Social Centre, next to News From Nowhere bookshop, 96 Bold Street, Liverpool L1 4HY.

The action will take place on Tuesday 25th November, the first day on which foreign nationals will be interrogated and processed onto the Government's Database State. All groups opposed to identity cards, imposition of restrictions on foreign borders etc. are urged to attend. Read more | 1 addition | 38 comments >>

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Free Software Community Project needs Hardware

Dave Page, 15-10-2008 09:34

Manchester Free Software are looking to replace a low-spec server which powers a free software suite at the Marbella Cafin Manchester, and is used to provide zero-cost Internet access and as the basis for education and training projects.
Read more | 2 comments >>

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Liverpool Defy-ID / NO2ID Meeting, Thursday 9th October

Dave Page, 06-10-2008 21:39

Liverpool Defy-ID are holding a meeting this Thursday (9th October) at 7pm at
Next To Nowhere, the Liverpool Social Centre at 96 Bold Street, L1 4HY -  http://www.liverpoolsocialcentre.org/find.htm
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Digital Freedom in Education and Youth :: October 19th :: Marbella Cafe

DFEY-NW, 30-09-2008 11:38

DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education and Youth) is a group formed in response from a growing need in the Northwest of England for a Group to encourage and promote young people's involvement with the free software community by creating a social space to make it more comfortable for young people to get involved with GLUGs and FSUGs. Read more >>

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Public Meeting: Privacy and Security in the Database State

Dave Page, 12-09-2008 11:08

Manchester NO2ID and British Computer Society Manchester present:

ID Cards? Data Losses? NHS Records? E-Passports? Congestion Cameras?

What does it all mean, and how does it affect you? What are the costs? The benefits? The risks? Find out more at: Read more | 2 comments >>

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DFEY Meeting :: Digital Freedom in Education and Youth

DFEY - North West, 19-08-2008 00:57

DFEY-NW[1] (Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West) is a group focusing on young people and issues of freedom in the digital world, based in the Northwest of England at the moment. Read more >>

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Minutes of Manchester NO2ID Meeting, July 2008

Dave Page, 07-08-2008 22:34

Apologies for the late posting of these minutes; we could use volunteers to take and write up minutes at our meetings. Read more | 2 comments >>

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Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West :: First Meeting

DFEY-NW, 29-07-2008 22:00

DFEY-NW[1] (Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West), the North West of England's first group focusing on young people and issues of freedom in the digital world is looking forward to it's first meeting EVER in August. Read more >>

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Manchester NO2ID Events for August 2008

Dave Page, 17-07-2008 00:47

Recent news and upcoming events from Manchester's campaign to stop identity cards and the Database State. Read more >>

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Manchester Free Software Meeting - Ian Forrester - BBC Backstage

Tim Dobson, 14-07-2008 11:31

Manchester Free Software is a group based in the Manchester area that focuses on free software and GNU/Linux primarily and issues which infringe on the freedoms of computer users.
They hold monthly meetings of a non-technical nature on a range of intersting issues.
This month Ian Forrester from the BBC is to talk about "BBC Backstage".

Read more | 13 comments >>

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