Liverpool Newswire Archive

17-03-2006 23:16 | 3 additions | 6 comments

Condoleezza Rice to visit Liverpool on Friday 31st March!

LINE UP ON STEPS OF LIVERPOOL'S CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL 5pm FRIDAY 31st MARCH AND MARCH TO PHILHARMONIC HALL. CONDOLEEZZA RICE WILL BE AT THE PHIL THAT EVENING! Read more >>

17-03-2006 15:50 | 2 additions | 6 comments

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17-03-2006 12:58 | 1 comment

Condoleezza Rice protest at town hall

Short report of the demo and the start of the council meeting Read more >>

16-03-2006 15:52 | 13 comments

Dismay across Merseyside as Cheap CD’s Disappear and Police Waste Resources Prot

There was a worry amongst many in Liverpool that knocked off CD’s and DVD’s would no longer be available as police boasted of their crack down on pirates. Read more >>

15-03-2006 14:58

Connections - a Day of Protest in Liverpool

Two protests took place in Liverpool at 1pm last Saturday 10th March.

One was to show distain at the forthcoming visit to Liverpool of America’s most vocal neo-con warmonger Condoleezza Rice. The second was to protest at the cuts in funding that the city council is making to youth services.
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13-03-2006 19:41

Continuing protests against Condoleezza Rice visit

Lobby Liverpool Town Hall 4pm Wednesday 15th March

Let’s lobby our elected representatives asking them to say no to the visit to Liverpool by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
See letter below. THERE IS A FULL COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS DATE & THE PRESS WILL BE THERE!
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10-03-2006 01:04

Trumped Up Dismissal Rejected By Tribunal

A trumped up charge of insubordination and abusive and threatening behaviour was used to dismiss a longstanding employee. The union refused to defend its member.
WorkRep took the case to the Manchester Employment Tribunal. Read more >>

07-03-2006 22:41

Protest against Condoleezza Rice

Merseyside Stop the War Coalition will be protesting outside Liverpool's town hall against the visit to Merseyside by the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice from 1pm on Saturday 11th March 2006: Read more >>

06-03-2006 13:07 | 2 comments

NUS presentation

The National Union of Students have done a powerpoint presentation which they have distributed to Student's Unions around the country, and is available here as a MS Powerpoint file (sorry not openoffice format too - it has sound in it. if somebody has a few minutes to seperate out the sound file and then include it into an openoffice version that would be cool). Read more >>

06-03-2006 06:36 | 5 comments

obsessive compulsive disorder

my 11 year old son shouldnt have to deal with this type of pain alone..... Read more >>

04-03-2006 16:45 | 1 comment

Jose Couso - victim of state murder

On 8 April 2003, the US army attacked the Hotel Palestine in Iraq and killed José Couso, a Spanish TV cameraman. José is one of nearly forty journalists who have been killed in this war - one of the deadliest wars in history for journalists . Read more >>

02-03-2006 16:08 | 2 additions | 15 comments

BNP front groups

BNP sets up a civil liberties group and a union 'Solidarity' Read more >>

27-02-2006 15:53

Austria, Hitler and Howard’s Australia

Pauline Hanson recently announced on news radio that her political views have been “vindicated”; she cited the overt racist attitudes of John Howard and Peter Costello as proof of her claim. Who could deny it? Hanson’s imprisonment on trumped-up charges was an act of political assassination instigated by Howard but executed by his then errand boy, Tony Abbott. Hanson’s trial and subsequent imprisonment effectively eliminated her and her party from the Australian political landscape; mainstream racist ideology was re-established in its rightful home, the white Australian conservative ultra-right Liberal Party of Howard! The world watches Australia take a giant leap backwards as Howard continues to divide the nation. Read more >>

26-02-2006 22:33

'Google Bans Video'

These pictures were banned from Google video because they were unsuitable. They show what is not appealing and I guess they're right? What do you think? See transcript and video. Read more >>

21-02-2006 06:23

Mindwalk 31: Driving to Baghdad

Audio of convoys and patrols by US & UK soldiers. Sounds of beating victims from the recent whistleblower video from the UK set to Klaus Nomi. William S Burroughs, Raymond Lafferty & Jody Paulson chime in, including skits from Kanye West. Poetry by Lord Patch, Charles Bukowski and Vera Lynn with the curtain call "Iraqi Victims Reprise".
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17-02-2006 12:11

Tree Planting in Princes Park

Help to create new areas of mixed woodland in Princes Park, Toxteth. Read more >>

16-02-2006 12:52 | 2 comments

George Fox 6 Appeal - Lancaster Crown Court 13th March 2006

The George Fox Six are to be given a new trial after appealing the guilty verdict last September. Read more >>

16-02-2006 09:16 | 1 comment

This Friday - Rossport Solidarity Demo - Stop the Shell Pipeline!

Meet 1pm in Liverpool city centre (meet-up point to follow) this Friday 17th Feb

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15-02-2006 13:51

Report on Disablity Benefit Reforms demo

the opposition to the Govt's plans to cut/ reform Incapacity benefit (and
in the future others) is growing, join it! Read more >>

14-02-2006 15:07 | 1 comment

How Much Is Your Overtime Worth?

How much overtime do you work and what is it worth?

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