Manchester Newswire Archive

Garden City Social - G8 Benefit night

Garden City Social Executive Committee, 26-05-2005 08:20

8pm Thursday June 2nd 2005
Benefit Gig at the Kings Arms, Bloom Street, Salford. Read more >>

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CIRCA in Time Out

Private Parts, 25-05-2005 15:33

This article about The Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army's tour of the country is from this week's Time Out magazine.

Their next stop is London (this weekend) then Birmingham, Sheffield, Manchester and Newcastle before heading up to Scotish cities, Aberdeen, Glasgow and finally Edinburgh. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Countryside Properties. Asbestos criticisms voiced in Parliament...

Save Spodden Valley, 25-05-2005 13:10

In an unprecedented move, asbestos victims and asbestos environmental concerns have just been made the subject of a Maiden Speech in Parliament.

The controversial planning application for 600 houses at the former Turner & Newall Asbestos factory in the Spodden Valley was addressed in the maiden speech of Rochdale’s new MP Paul Rowen.

Here are some of the excerpts: (as reported at:  http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/News/news.asp?ID=624 )
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2012 show coming to town!

2012info, 24-05-2005 22:48

Reclaiming weirdness to open minds, plot the possibilities and create a space for change - before it's too late.
Bringing back the dancing with a mindbomb of love, understanding, and a passion for something quite different.
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Critical Mass ride on Friday

Ant, 24-05-2005 19:23

Another critical mass this Friday, Chinatown Gate, 6.30pm!! Be there or be a bit crap. Read more | 2 comments >>

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Reopen 9-11 Events in London and Manchester

ThoughtCrimeNews, 24-05-2005 16:36

Reopen911.org, sponsored by Jimmy Walter, is putting on events in London and Manchester where they will be discussing the evidence concerning the September 11th attacks.

Reopen 911 is a call to reopen the investigation into the 9-11 attacks Read more | 5 comments >>

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Carlisle Calling

mark, 24-05-2005 11:36

There will be a Public meeting about the G8 in Carlisle this Friday Read more >>

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Victory: Selfridges take on "No Fur" policy

CAFT, 20-05-2005 12:06

After a year-long campaign against their involvement in the fur trade, fashion retailers Selfridges have declared that they have stopped selling fur in their stores. Read more | 12 comments >>

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get clued up bout the G8 in Manchester sat 11th june

nes, 20-05-2005 10:44

not only a chance to get clued up bout the G8, what it is and what's wrong with it, but also an opportunity to meet people going to scotland, get inspired for action, book onto the transport going to scotland and find out bout what's going on... and have fun in the meantime! Read more | 1 comment >>

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GASHcollective FREE party

GASHcollective-Bolton, 18-05-2005 17:46

For a night of rockin and heavy drinking..... Read more | 1 comment >>

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City of Culture becomes City of Slavery with the help of the YMCA

Clarence Carlos, 18-05-2005 15:52

The Home Office have now ratcheted up the ante by re-introducing slavery through the form of 'voluntary service for people who have failed the Asylum System and needing subsistence and accommodation' with the assistance of the National YMCA Organisation.

Liverpool YMCA is going to be the first voluntary sector agency to collude with the Home Office in the immigration slavery scheme introduced by section 10 of the 2004 legislation.

While Liverpool is parading on its City Of Culture, 2008 Status (more like Culture of Capital, Here & Now), it would be worthwhile stating historical fact - Liverpool was home to the Slave Trade - and now in 2005, Liverpool could and may well become home to the New City Of Slavery.

The YMCA and the Home Office have called for a 'Closed Door' Meeting to be held at Liverpool City Councils Millenium House on Tuesday 24 May 2005 from 12:40 - 14:40hrs.

The aim of this meeting from what I can gather, is to 'embrace community dialogue' - through restricting the meeting to just a few (highly-paid & self-anointed) NGOs (whose own sources of revenue are probably paid for by the Home Office...)

The question is, can real community dialogue be achieved like this?

The meeting was posted on the SmartGroups Liverpool asylum seeker and refugee support group:

 http://www.smartgroups.com/message/viewdiscussion.cfm?gid=1256290&messageid=2609

----Section 4 Support - 'Voluntary Service'

>> There is a consultation meeting with the YMCA and
>> the Home Office about this on 24th May - 12.40 - 2.40
>> at Millenium House in Liverpool.

As you can see this is the only outside knowledge of this meeting.

I contacted the Liverpool YMCA today which people believe to be the site of the Pilot Scheme, and the Office Administrator has denied any knowledge of the meeting, but said that, "if it's not Liverpool then it might be Chester which will do it."

If the meeting is being held within Council premises, can Trade Unionists based within Millenium House please make and take action with regards to this?

UNISON, and other Unions the call-out for you is here.

Individuals with a conscience, please make your views heard on this subject.

The following links are related to this meeting:

YMCA slave labour scheme

Section 4 Support - 'Voluntary Service'

There is a consultation meeting with the YMCA and the Home Office
about this on 24th May - 12.40 - 2.40 at Millenium House in Liverpool.

 http://www.smartgroups.com/message/readmessage.cfm?gid=1256290&messageid=2602

IND has announced that YMCA England will be running a pilot exercise for Section 10 of the Asylum & Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act in Liverpool.

Word document:

 http://www.asylumpolicy.info/mayiapnews.doc

YMCA England Statement following meeting with Church Action on Poverty, Boaz Trust and Churches Commission on Racial Justice

Word document:

 http://www.asylumpolicy.info/ymcastatement.doc

It is important that no-one allows this 'Pilot' to get off the ground.

While the YMCA may or could agree to the scheme, it can only be made unworkable if YMCA Staff take a stand on this issue - strike action, refuse on moral grounds, refuse on Health & Safety issues (will the refugees be given proper H&S training?)

Or perhaps I could 'release' the person out, if I saw a refugee doing what I called anything like 'labour'?

Or maybe, the homeless people within the YMCAs will start "getting refugees to do their 'dirty-work'", or cause deep divisions within already dis-enfranchised communities?

If this doesn't happen here, it could happen near YOU.

Maybe meet up at The Egg, Tuesday 24/05, 11:30am?

Anyone into it?

Banners, drums, trumpets, anything to make a party & noise.

Can the 'Outside Media' meaning The Echo/BBC do something on it? Read more | 2 comments >>

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Under the Pavement from may 16th online

spike, 17-05-2005 19:14

Under the Pavement - fortnightly radical radio show broadcast in Manchester. Read more >>

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Watch Galloway Live

Me, 17-05-2005 13:42

Watch Galloway Live Read more | 1 comment >>

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The Power Of Performance

Paul J. Burgess, 16-05-2005 10:41

The Power of Performance
"There is too much to learn from Acting, to keep it the sole reserve of Actors"

The link between Psychology and Drama is a barely visible, hugely underestimated and very powerful human resource. Augusto Boal knew this and developed exercises with this link in mind. Though they were still firmly rooted in the theatre, the psychological benefits cannot be ignored. Read more >>

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Lancaster University denies freedom of speech

Phil Exton, 15-05-2005 23:54

Market orientation at university results in zero-tolerance approach to dissent ---> Read more | 10 comments >>

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Anniversary is woodland destruction - their answer is to ban public access!!!

Save Spodden Valley, 14-05-2005 22:31

This Sunday 15th May at 2pm Spodden Valley campaigners are to meet at the concrete blocks on Dell Rd/Woodlands Rd in the Spodden Valley, Rochdale.

Thieaim is to walk the short distacnce on the public path ans cycle path of Woodlands Rd to where woodland was destroyed a year ago to the day.

To find out more about the environmental corporate vandalism that happened on 15/16th May 2004 go to

www.Spodden-Valley.co.uk/beforeandafter.htm

This might be the last chance to people may have to walk and cycle there for years…
Read more >>

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The "Mental" Hospital Parties

NEMO, 13-05-2005 12:51

Free parties, the people and the meaning. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Mental Health is a Human Rights Issue

Kiss it! team, 12-05-2005 22:30

Kiss it! is campaigning against the inhumanity of current psychiatric practices prevalent throughout the Mental 'Health' System. Join us to demonstrate in a peaceful, humourous demonstration at 1pm on Thursday 14th July 2005, Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester (site of the original Manchester Asylum!) Read more | 4 comments >>

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Manchester: nuclear waste management training on 23- 27 May

John, 11-05-2005 19:00

A five day training for nuclear waste management takes place on 23 - 27 May im Manchester. If you look at the last and all the other accidents in Sellafield you will get the impression, that all these nuclear waste managers had only trained five days for there Jobs. Let us protest against such dangerous training which occupies the future over thousands of years with dangerous radioactivty. Read more | 1 comment >>

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FFS! (Fit For Struggle)

Squatticus, 11-05-2005 11:59

Would you like to be a bit fitter, and improve your endurance and alertness in the anti-capitalist struggle? Read more >>

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