Manchester Newswire Archive

North West Development Agency celebrates 10 years

MULE, 01-03-2010 17:33

You might have noticed the name North West Development Agency appearing all over MULE recently – it’s under pretty much every public-private stone you overturn. It puts a lot of money into regeneration, and is part of the New East Manchester Ltd partnership. It’s been funding the National Football Museum, it’s given money to United Utilities, and it’s supporting development of the region’s nuclear sector. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Nottingham Freemen Unlawfully Arrested

nottm freemen and freewomen, 28-02-2010 09:57

Two Nottingham Freemen on-the-land we unlawfully arrested, kidnapped and incarcerated on Wednesday 24 February, by police who showed no warrant. Read more | 6 comments >>

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Detained for speaking out

MULE, 26-02-2010 09:53

Two people, including a MULE editor, were detained by anti-terror police at Heathrow Airport on January 6 after they raised objections to a deportation taking place on their flight. Read more | 4 comments >>

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Andi Ali's book on the BNP Dead Paki Walking: A study of the BNP

Tommy Flinn, 25-02-2010 17:46

Synopsis

During his investigations into the British National Party (BNP), academic researcher Andi Ali has come face-to-face with the brutal reality of racism in the UK. Threatened as a 'Dead Paki Walking' Ali has been beaten, stabbed and even abducted, and is included on the Neo-Nazi Redwatch hit-list. Ali s academic research in to the BNP has made him powerful enemies who have warned him to stop his activities. When he refused he was viciously assaulted outside Downing Street and left for dead. In Dead Paki Walking, Ali explains how his investigations started and of the means members of the far-right have taken to smear his name in order to stop his activities. As an autobiography, Dead Paki Walking is written in the first person and reads like a dark and sinister political thriller. The frightening fact is that the BNP are attracting an increasing number of supporters. If nothing else, Andi's book epitomizes the maxim 'know thine enemy'. This disturbing autobiography is a tale of one man's battle against racial intolerance, which Ali has fought everyday to uphold the liberal values in which he believes. Read more | 10 comments >>

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Dissident Island Radio - check out the show

dissident chickpea, 25-02-2010 12:25

Check out the 53rd episode of Dissident Island Radio, broadcast live on 19 February 2010... Read more >>

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Made in Cumbria - now funded by the nuclear and arms industry

Marianne Birkby, 24-02-2010 10:48

Made in Cumbria members learnt on Monday by email that they will be funded
wholly by the nuclear and the arms trade industry. Made in Cumbria was
established in 1989 as an economic development initiative by Cumbria
County Council to promote the sales of crafts, gifts and local foods. Read more | 3 comments >>

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Never Mind the B*****s?

Mrs. Charity Sweet, 22-02-2010 18:00

I have been further arrested on two separate occasions for public expression of "bollocks" and "blair". Both cases were dropped on the date of trial under somewhat convenient circumstances, the CPS offering no evidence. The first case was dropped the week the Sex Pistols released their 3oth anniversay edition of the album "Never Mind the Bollocks - Here's the Sex Pistols". The second case was to be attended by Lady mary Warnock, picking up the torch of common sense from Professor Kingsley and QC John Mortimer who valiantly defended our right to use that Saxon Age old word of bollocks. Read more | 2 comments >>

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“Knife arch” for Piccadilly Gardens

MULE, 21-02-2010 17:32

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have today erected a temporary “knife arch”, consisting of a metal detector and sniffer dogs, in Piccadilly Gardens for pedestrians to walk through. Read more | 3 comments >>

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The Really Open University: Strike / Occupy / Transform!

ROU, 18-02-2010 11:10

In recent weeks a struggle has begun to emerge at the University of Leeds. The university management is claiming that they need to cut spending by £35 million due to the economic crisis. The lecturers union (UCU) rightfully claims this could cause the loss of 700 jobs. The effects will go beyond just job losses but will continue the degradation of education caused by deep rooted systematic problems. Read more | 4 comments >>

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Manchester Class Struggle Forum, meeting on elections

knightrose, 17-02-2010 22:43

The Manchester Class Struggle Forum are holding their first meeting on Wednesday 24th February. Read more | 4 comments >>

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Migrant Hangar reopens despite police repression

Calais Migrant Solidarity, 17-02-2010 11:32

After last weeks violent raid, the Kronstadt Hangar is back in business!! Read more | 2 additions | 6 comments >>

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Resisting the cuts at Leeds University. Strike, Occupy, Transform!

The Really Open University, 16-02-2010 21:55

A group called the Really Open University has been established to help resist the £35 million of cuts being made at the University of Leeds. Read more >>

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22 Days of Waging Peace

MULE, 12-02-2010 12:28

Campaigners against the Brimar military components factory in Chadderton in Oldham braved the snow and sub-zero temperatures to carry out a series of vigils and protests in January. Read more >>

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Solidarity hunger strike for detained asylum seekers

MULE, 11-02-2010 22:54

84 Northwest No Borders activists will take part in a 24-hour fast this Friday 12 February in support of the 84 detainees on hunger strike in the Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre in Bedfordshire. The female detainees at Yarl’s Wood began their hunger strike to protest at the length of their incarceration in the centre, as well as inhumane treatment. Read more >>

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Manchester Airport and Heathrow residents join forces

Stop Expansion at Manchester Airport, 09-02-2010 12:20

Sunday 7th February 2010

Residents and campaigners against the expansion of Manchester and Heathrow airports have joined forces in a show of solidarity between both places threatened by airport expansion. Around 80 people turned out for the launch of the 'Adopt-a-Resident' scheme on Hasty Lane which involved campaigners from across Manchester and across the country pledging to support the residents in their battle to save their houses and that if it came to it – to take direct action against the bulldozers trying to demolish their homes.
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Bruntwood: Movers and Shakers

MULE, 08-02-2010 18:49

Our upcoming print edition takes a detailed look inside the boardrooms of Manchester’s biggest earners. Here MULE offers an insight to Bruntwood, the biggest owner of office space in the city, to give you just a taste of what the movers and shakers of Manchester are involved in. Read more >>

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EDL Bottles Out Of Bolton Nazi Brawl

Domestos - Destroys All Known Nazi Groups!!!, 08-02-2010 02:21

The excellent news for everybody who finds racism repulsive is that the neo-Nazi (in denial) cretins of the EDL have decided not to seik heil around Bolton after a customary visit to Wetherspoons. The street-fighters of the EDL had deliberately planned their riotous punch-up to coincide with a multi-faith gathering, hoping the gutter antics of their football hooligan masterrace would drive a wedge between Muslims and people of other religions setting community against community resulting in an increase in racial tension. Read more | 8 comments >>

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STOP the EDL in Wrexham 20th February

Stringer, 07-02-2010 13:31

“All that is necessary for evil to triumph
Is that good men and women do nothing”
Edmund Burke. Read more | 9 comments >>

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Appeal for help - Salford BNP:

Me:, 03-02-2010 21:36

.... Read more | 1 comment >>

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Phil Woolas answers your questions

Manchester No Borders, 02-02-2010 18:02

***please spread this widely***

Tomorrow (Wednesday) at 12.30, anti-immigration minister Phil Woolas will
participate in a live webchat to answer questions on immigration, ID cards
and the UK Border Agency for the Manchester Evening News. Read more >>

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