Manchester Newswire Archive

22 Days of Waging Peace: Targeting Brimar, Targeting Bloodshed, Remembering Gaza

Target Brimar, 01-12-2009 21:46

On 27th December it will be one year since Operation Cast Lead, the brutal 22 day bombing of Gaza by Israeli forces. Target Brimar will be organising 22 days of protest to commemorate not only those killed in Gaza, but those killed by UK/US forces in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere around the world. Read more >>

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Manchester Academies

MULE, 29-11-2009 20:30

Manchester’s education system is going through a dramatic period of change. Two new controversial academy schools opened in September with at least two more to follow in 2010. However, the recent track record of academy schools suggests that Manchester’s education revolution may not be all it’s cracked up to be. Read more | 2 comments >>

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Skelmersdale council tenants fight for their houses

hangbitch, 29-11-2009 18:23

A group of council tenants and council home owners in West Lancashire is fighting plans to demolish their homes and replace them with apartments for private sale. Why do so many regeneration plans do so little for the less well off? Read more | 1 comment >>

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Save Swallow's Wood Christmas Party

Save Swallow's Wood, 29-11-2009 15:39

We're celebrating the safeguarding of Swallow's Wood (for the time being at least!).

8pm, Saturday 12th December 2009
The Bull's Head Pub, Old Road, Tintwistle SK13 1JY Read more >>

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Report of STUC anti-racism march in Glasgow Saturday 28th November 2009

Paul O'Hanlon, 28-11-2009 15:52

Here is a short account of the anti-racism march and rally held in Glasgow on Saturday 28th November 2009. 3 photos are included - please note that these photos are from the BBC Scotland website and the STUC website. Read more | 2 comments >>

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Manchester Airport Expansion Approved

MULE, 28-11-2009 15:48

Several households will be forced to leave their homes after the City Council agreed to a proposed expansion of Manchester Airport. Read more >>

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MMU campus plans set to be delayed

MULE, 28-11-2009 14:47

Following last week’s news that 127 support staff are to be made redundant – an “efficiency” measure according to Vice Chancellor Professor John Brooks – Manchester Metropolitan University has announced setbacks in plans over its proposed campus developments. Read more >>

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Appeal to Journalists for Pen Pal Program West Africa

Fiona McAlpine, 26-11-2009 13:56

We are looking for journalists to participate in a penpal system with Cameroonian journalists in order to better the quality and transparency of the local english speaking media. Read more >>

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New National Fur Target - Flannels Group

ANTI-FUR, 26-11-2009 04:17

*** NEW NATIONAL FUR TARGET *** Read more >>

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Citizens in Defence of Rights and Freedoms – Project Justice Gonçalo Amaral

Citizens in Defence of Rights and Freedoms – Project Justice Gonçalo Amaral, 24-11-2009 06:48

“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19

Read more | 1 comment >>

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No Borders Fundraiser

Manchester No Borders, 22-11-2009 23:49

No Borders invites you to a fundraiser night at the Corner in Fallowfield, this Wednesday, 25 November.
Read more | 1 comment >>

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Fuelling Conflict: The Tar Sands and the Military Industrial Complex

Leonie, 21-11-2009 12:42

Why the tar sands are important for anti-military campaigning Read more >>

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MMU set to axe support staff

MULE, 21-11-2009 11:04

Manchester Metropolitan University has this week announced that it will be cutting 127 administrative and support staff roles. Read more | 4 comments >>

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Report of Edinburgh protest against NATO on Saturday 14th November 2009

Paul O'Hanlon, 21-11-2009 01:51

Here is detailed report of the demonstration against NATO in Edinburgh last weekend. 20 photos of the day are included. Read more | 1 comment >>

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squatting in Manchester! new social centre

reposter, 20-11-2009 23:53

Squatters in pub fight

November 20, 2009
SQUATTERS have set up home in a historic former pub and now want to highlight the plight of the dilapidated building. Read more | 8 comments >>

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Fuelling Conflict: The Tar Sands and the Military Industrial Complex

Leonie, 20-11-2009 19:01

Why the tar sands are important for anti-military campaigning Read more >>

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It’s Xmas – Welcome to Manchester Plc

MULE, 20-11-2009 14:21

Businesses in the centre of Manchester must wish it could be Christmas every day. Or to be more precise, that the Christmas shopping period came more frequently. They got an early present of their own this week, when the Council proudly announced it will be providing city-centre shops with a free marketing campaign worth £600,000. Read more | 2 comments >>

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Local Playwright and Human Rights Campaigner told to leave UK

MULE, 19-11-2009 20:32

Lydia Besong and her husband Bernard Batey fled Cameroon and came to the UK seeking asylum on 17 December 2006. On 29 October 2009 the couple returned to their home in Rochdale to find a letter from the Border and Immigration Agency informing them that they must return to Cameroon, where Lydia she is still wanted by the authorities since escaping prison. Read more >>

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Wildcat Strike at Risley Prison

MULE, 18-11-2009 17:19

Prison officers at Risley Prison in Warrington and at two prisons in Lancaster took part in wildcat strikes today in solidarity with staff in Liverpool, who walked out on Tuesday. The strike by hundreds of officers forced the governor of HMP Liverpool to bow to the pressure and agree to talks with the Prison Officers’ Association (POA). Read more | 4 comments >>

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Students thrown off English course at Manchester College

MULE, 18-11-2009 16:51

Up to 300 students have been thrown off the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) course at Manchester College. The college says this is because of “an unforeseen error in ESOL enrolment” and changes in government funding. Read more >>

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