Manchester Newswire Archive

Week of Action Against Selfridges Involvement In The Fur Trade

Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade, 09-05-2005 12:35

9th May to the 15th sees a week of action against fashion retailer Selfridges continued involvement in the barbaric fur trade. Read more >>

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All you ever wanted to know about G8

sheffield dissent, 08-05-2005 14:44

On Sunday 15th May Sheffield Dissent invites you to learn more about the upcoming G8 summits (15th to 17th June in Sheffield and 6th to 8th July in Gleaneagles, Scotland) in a day of information, workshops and laughter... Read more >>

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Regeneration or social cleansing?

Mike Lane, 08-05-2005 09:41

The community must be moved at all costs even if it involves violence. The service providers are supposed to provide the services, but instead they subjugate and oppress the community so that outside vested interests can impose their agendas onto the community Read more | 3 comments >>

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Who Stole The Poll? Jack's Back With 20,000 Postal Votes In His Sack

Postal Pete, 06-05-2005 10:31

From dodgy dossiers to dodgy ballots...

Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, has been re-elected with a reduced majority amid warnings of widespread electoral fraud in his Blackburn constituency.

At a public meeting in the town's cathedral, the Liberal Democrat and Conservative candidates accused the Foreign Secretary's supporters of rigging ballots to keep Labour in power. Read more | 5 comments >>

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Spoof Newspaper - The Hate Mail

www.makebordershistory.org, 05-05-2005 16:39

The Hate Mail. You are being lied to about asylum seekers. This Spoof newspaper is aimed at those sympathetic to the issues facing refugees but who need more info to help them become active in this area. Read more >>

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They KNEW about the exposed asbestos in the Spodden Valley?!

Save Spodden Valley, 04-05-2005 20:39

The Save Spodden Valley campaign has seen a letter dated 10th September 2004 sent to the owners of the TBA site confirming exposed asbestos in the Spodden Valley. Until late February 2005, Countryside Properties appeared adamant that there was no exposed asbestos on the land owned by MMC Developments Ltd/ Rathbone Jersey Ltd. Read more | 3 comments >>

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G8 Critical mass

cm, 04-05-2005 17:26

come to cm rar Read more | 1 comment >>

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manchester mayday weekend + audio

spike, 03-05-2005 10:18

amongst the party and protests of the mayday weekend were;
the seventh manchester radical bookfair
critical mass bike ride
anarchist picnic Read more >>

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Brush up your skills for action - for the G8 and beyond!

Training for Action, 30-04-2005 12:28

A call out for training!
From the G8 action trainers group

Gonna take action at the G8, at home or elsewhere? Thought about direct action training in your town? Read more | 1 comment >>

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Desperate Jack Straw drags Iraqi Prime Minister into Blackburn campaign

.., 30-04-2005 08:52

Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has enlisted the support of Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari in a desperate and controversial move to avoid defeat in his "safe" constituency of Blackburn, Lancashire. Read more >>

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How to make brass out of muck: in Rochdale life is cheap so profits are high!

Pete Field, 29-04-2005 17:37

Asbestos is a killer. It causes cancer, a slow death, and it bides its time. Breathe in asbestos fibres now and you might die in twenty or thirty years’ time. Just a few fibres are enough. Now that the dangers of asbestos are widely known most people don’t want to go anywhere near it. Read more >>

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Nora Castañeda and Angelica Alvarez bring the Venezuelan Revolution to Europe

Global Women's Strike, 29-04-2005 11:20

The first European tour by Venezuelan women, began in London (via Barcelona) on 13 March. Nora Castañeda, president of the Women’s Development Bank (Banmujer) and Angelica Alvarez, promoter co-ordinator of Banmujer in Bolivar state received a warm and enthusiastic welcome at the packed Crossroads Women’s Centre, base of the Global Women’s Strike. The strike co-ordinated the tour as part of its activities for International Women’s Day and the UN Year of Micro-credit. Read more >>

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International Asbestos Memorial Pledged for Rochdale

Save Spodden Valley, 29-04-2005 01:17

General Election Candidates Lorna Fitzsimons (Labour) and Paul Rowen (Lib Dem) have both supported calls for a permanent memorial to all those who have suffered as a result of asbestos exposure. The pledge was made as dozens of people attended a candlelit vigil outside Rochdale Town Hall for International Workers' Memorial Day. Read more | 2 comments >>

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Manchester Mayday

tommy_woodnut, 27-04-2005 21:58

The main event of the day is a mass picnic at 2pm at Plattfields Park. We need people to bring food, instruments, music. hopefully, sunshine will be provided. Read more | 2 comments >>

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Manchester Mayday Celebrations

tommy_woodnut, 27-04-2005 21:56

Manchester Mayday Celebrations

The main event of the day is a mass picnic at 2pm at Plattfields Park. We need people to bring food, instruments, music. hopefully, sunshine will be provided. Read more >>

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Garden City Social - DISSENT! benefit, Thurs May 5th

Garden City Social Organising Sub-Committee, 27-04-2005 18:48

8pm Thursday 5th May
Kings Arms, Bloom Street, Salford
Digging not voting! Read more >>

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Let's share together

Michele bruce, 27-04-2005 15:55

the hopeful expansion of lets. Read more >>

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National Demonstration Against Jack Straw

.., 26-04-2005 19:33

Tell Jack Straw To Hit The Road! National Demonstration Against Jack Straw - Blackburn - 2.30pm Saturday 30th April Read more >>

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Candlelit vigil at Rochdale Town Hall...

Save Spodden Valley, 26-04-2005 14:59

A candlelit vigil is to be held outside Rochdale Town Hall on Thursday 28th April from 8pm. Organised by Greater Manchester hazards Centre, this is to commemorate Workers’ Memorial Day. Its purpose is to remember all those who have died in Rochdale, Britain and throughout the world as a result of their work. Read more >>

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Piles of crushed asbestos factory of immediate concern...

Save Spodden Valley, 26-04-2005 14:32

Spodden Valley, Rochdale:

Official concern has been raised about large piles of crushed rubble on the site of the former Turner Brothers asbestos factory. Read more | 2 comments >>

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