Liverpool Newswire Archive

26-10-2007 14:56 | 1 comment

NHS whistleblower Stands Up for Journalism

A nurse victimised for her trade union activity joins journalists for a day of protest. Read more >>

25-10-2007 10:52 | 1 comment

Community Website For Your Area

Two working friends have set up a website in their spare time to help local social interaction. The site is free to use and offers a user a place to swap local information with other residents. It is called www.whosyourneighbour.co.uk. John is from York and David is from Bradford
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25-10-2007 00:45

witches, hags 'n whores

come out to play!

a celebration of radical women! Read more >>

24-10-2007 11:23

Demonstration - Tesco Turtle Slaughter, Liverpool

A leafleting event has been organised by Merseyside Animal Rights on behalf of Care for the Wild International outside the lecture theatre where Tesco's CEO Sir Terence Leahy will be speaking about the economic benefits of operating in China.
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23-10-2007 16:15 | 2 comments

SWP collaborates in union’s betrayal of postal strikes

On October 17, the web site of Britain’s Socialist Workers Party published the first detailed depiction of what was then only a proposed management offer to settle the ongoing post dispute. It was published as the response “from Socialist Worker supporters in the Royal Mail” and was only available online, as it came out after the party’s newspaper had gone to press. Read more >>

23-10-2007 16:14

Oppose efforts by Communication Workers Union to end postal strike

The Communication Workers Union executive has endorsed a rotten deal with the Royal mail to bring an end to the postal workers’ dispute. Read more >>

23-10-2007 10:56

Preston Council Forced Into Barrage Retreat By Ribble Bloggers

The Save The Ribble Blog has been pointing out the environmental and social idiocy of Preston City Councils plans to barrage the River Ribble and build thousands of houses in it's floodplain.

Now it seems our concerted campaigning and blogging is beginning to pay off as this developer-driven project is taken 'back to the drawing board'. Read more >>

22-10-2007 22:30

The Vícam Declaration: “we will defend mother earth with our lives”

Reports from the Encuentro of the Indigenous People of América are still coming in. I was hoping to share with you an English version of the Encuentro's "Vícam Declaration," but I've not yet found it available in print...and the task of translating from the audio recording seemed too daunting. So here in its place is a solid piece by Hermann Bellinghausen: Read more >>

22-10-2007 07:14

Sussex students pass motion in support of posties

The University of Sussex Students' Union just passed a motion of support for the strike, with reference to scab student labour in Liverpool, and with the intention of increasing student awareness about union organising. A letter is also being written to be sent to the Liverpool students' unions informing them about this and asking them to take some sort of action. Read more >>

22-10-2007 06:44

'Guy Fawkes Had The Right Idea' gig in Liverpool

Skum/Militia 23 present...Guy Fawkes Had The Right Idea on Saturday, 3rd November 2007 at Next To Nowhere, Bold Street, Liverpool, 7pm til late Read more >>

21-10-2007 01:54 | 1 comment

Oaxaca Solidarity Gig in Liverpool

Outside Next To Nowhere last night, England fans trudged through the streets after their hopes for the desperate glory of international conquest were dashed. Inside, we celebrated internationalism by raising money for some of our current favourite anti-imperialists, those from Oaxaca, Mexico. Read more >>

21-10-2007 01:17

Turner at The Tate, Liverpool

Opening night of Turner Prize
19th October 2007 Read more >>

20-10-2007 15:52

Rolls Royce to close Merseyside plant

Workers at the Rolls Royce plant in Netherton today claimed the company had given them notice to close the factory with the loss of 220 jobs. Read more >>

18-10-2007 15:43 | 2 comments

Reject the deal - restart the strikes

Sell out deal is a stab in the back for striking postal workers and threatens to derail the strike - for a rank and file conference of postal workers to campaign for a no vote and fight to restart the strikes! Read more >>

17-10-2007 11:56 | 1 comment

Standing up for the right to know

A protest in the North West against greedy media bosses who don't care about journalism. Read more >>

17-10-2007 08:38 | 6 comments

Students in Liverpool cross Royal Mail Picket Lines

A temp agency in Liverpool has been employing 300 students to sort the

mail after workers walked out in wildcat strikes. The students have been

picked up in the town centre and driven through picket lines in Royal

Mail vans. Read more >>

15-10-2007 20:56

Anti-war Play in Chester, Oldham, Leeds, Northwich....

Jack's Hard Rub Theatre present 'The boy who dropped an egg on the world' a startling contemporary play set in Iraq using mythology and the supernatural to look at the horror of war. Read more >>

15-10-2007 20:33 | 1 comment

student protest forces vice-chancellor concessions

Manchester University student union staged a protest under the slogan "education not profits" today. 100 students followed the call and converged on the university's 3rd foundation ceremony headlined by VC Alan Gilbert. After scuffles with security guards, some 25 students broke into the conference centre forcing Gilbert to agree to a public debate. Read more >>

15-10-2007 19:15

Encounter of the Indigenous Peoples of America

Picture from the third day of the indigenous gathering Read more >>

15-10-2007 17:15

Anti-racism march! Defend all asylum seekers! 3 Nov 2007

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