Manchester Newswire Archive

Controlled buy

Lowell Keef, 26-10-2007 08:42

A controlled marijuana buy in a sting operation. Read more >>

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Cuba responds to Bush

posted by F Espinoza, 25-10-2007 16:27

REPLYING to three spurious initiatives for Cuba proposed by George Bush in Washington on October 24, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque set out 12 points “covering what the U.S. president should propose as aid” to the island. Read more | 5 comments >>

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witches, hags 'n whores

madge.ickle, 25-10-2007 00:45

come out to play!

a celebration of radical women! Read more >>

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Longsight tree protest begins

jen, 24-10-2007 11:56

Last Sunday determined residents of the Longsight area launched the start of their campaign to save a copse of willow trees from being built on. Read more | 2 comments >>

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Demonstration - Tesco Turtle Slaughter, Liverpool

Care for the Wild International, 24-10-2007 11:23

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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Manchester NO2ID November Newsletter

Dave Page, 24-10-2007 10:00

Recent news, upcoming events and ongoing campaigns
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Preston Council Forced Into Barrage Retreat By Ribble Bloggers

Riversider, 23-10-2007 10:56

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 >>

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Garden City Social - Peterloo Memorial benefit

Garden City Social, 23-10-2007 09:20

£4 on the door
8pm Sat 24th November 2007
Yard Theatre, Old Birley Street, nr Kim By the Sea, Hulme M15 5RF Read more >>

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Benefit night for Break the Siege - Free Gaza

Break the Siege - Free Gaza, 22-10-2007 18:00

Benefit night for Break the Siege - Free Gaza at the Trades Club, Hebden Bridge on Dec 20th to raise money for the Freegaza campaign. It is 'A Winter Festival Party' featuring Sketch (Maggie Boyle, Gary Boyle and Dave Bowie), Captain Hotknives, Clive Russell and The Bookworms (plus DJ).
Doors open at 8.30pm, £5 or £4 entry. All proceeds go to humanitarian aid. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Fatma Navruz's life is in danger as Britain attempts deportation to Turkey! Octo

NWASDG, 20-10-2007 22:10

FATMA NAVRUZ MUST STAY!
19 October 2007


Message from the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum (NNRF)

Contact: Konnie Lloyd for more info:  konnie2006@talktalk.net>





'Ms Navruz is a 54-year-old woman who is suffering from considerable problems of ill-health. She has no less than three different appointments scheduled for this week at the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham – one for an endoscopy, another in the department of Thoracic medicine, and another with her psychiatrist. She has further appointments pending because she is suffering severe pain requiring treatment for pain relief and physiotherapy. Ms Navruz's consultant states that she is suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, anxiety and depression, which they say is in keeping with her accounts of torture, rape and imprisonment in her country. She is also suffering from psychosis. The fact that Ms Navruz has not been able to prove torture and rape at the hands of the Turkish authorities for her political actions in support of working people in Turkey and the Kurds in particular is not a surprise to anyone who has worked with survivors of both torture and rape – two of the most heinous and hidden acts of terror to the individual.



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The Uthayakumar family must stay! Stop deporting Tamils to Sri Lanka!

NWASDG, 20-10-2007 21:45

On 5 September immigration authorities snatched a Tamil Sri Lankan family from South Benwell, Newcastle. The immigration police pounded at the door of the Uthayakumar family home at 7am and demanded access. The family were informed that they faced deportation and were made to pack their belongings under the supervision of immigration officials from North Shields Immigration Reporting Centre. The family is suspected by the Sri Lankan government of having connections to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and would be in extreme danger if deported.

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Refugee From Iran Snatched By Police!

NWASDG, 20-10-2007 21:34

At 4pm today - 20th October 2007 An activist from North West Asylum Seeker Defense Groupt was arrested. Faraydun Abdulazzadah was travelling on bus number 192 when he was arrested supposedly for a ticket offense. Faraydun is a political refugee from Iran and if forced to return would be at risk of imprisonment or execution as he is a communist.
Read more | 1 comment >>

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Anti-deportation/anti-racist stall, 20 October 2007, Liverpool.

NWASDG, 18-10-2007 18:48

There will be a protest and campaign stall at Church Street, Liverpool, from 12pm. All campaigns, organisations and anti-racists are invited. Defend all asylum seekers! No to deportations!




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Manchester nurses continue strikes in defence of suspended colleague

Ed, 18-10-2007 13:39

Manchester mental health UNISON members will be on strike again on Thursday 18th, Friday 19th and Monday 22nd October. Read more >>

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Nara Update: Blue Rinse Remove Fur Coats

Northern Animal Rights Alliance, 17-10-2007 22:48

The newly formed Northern Animal Rights Alliance (NARA) are pleased to let supporters know that Blue Rinse in Leeds have removed all real fur items and the white power patches.

Our new website should be up and running soon, so please keep an eye out. Read more | 2 comments >>

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Standing up for the right to know

NUJ Member, 17-10-2007 11:56

A protest in the North West against greedy media bosses who don't care about journalism. Read more | 1 comment >>

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

Julian Bond, 15-10-2007 20:56

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 >>

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student protest forces vice-chancellor concessions

z, 15-10-2007 20:33

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 | 1 comment >>

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

NWASDG, 15-10-2007 17:15

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 >>

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Audio Report of Manchester Royal Bank of Scotland protest

Royal Bright Sunshine, 15-10-2007 13:39

RBS provides oil companies with the cash to build and operate drilling rigs, pipelines and oil tankers. RBS also profits through the aviation industry. Read more >>

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