Manchester Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Manchester Mayday Warm-up Weekend

The Ducie Group, 21-02-2006 09:58

Join us for three days of pre-May Day celebrations and political actions!
A coalition of activist groups in Manchester is planning a series of actions over May Day weekend. More details will be given nearer to the event. Check the website for updates…
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Oldham Labour MP borrows BNP tactics

FHAG, 18-02-2006 15:08

David Heyes, a Labour MP for part of Oldham, has attempted to discredit a local community group's campaign against the demolition of Victorian terraced housing by using the same tactics that he once condemned the BNP for using in the area. Read more | 3 comments >>

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No M66 10 years on exhibition, Manchester; launch event & info

lunatic, 17-02-2006 16:39

NO M66 10 years on - Manchester exhibition launch

'unnecessary development' | climate change | North West England | squatting / free spaces / protest sites | transport | wilderness defence
(from earthfirst.org.uk) Read more >>

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George Fox 6 Appeal - Lancaster Crown Court 13th March 2006

George Fox 6 Supporters Group, 16-02-2006 12:52

The George Fox Six are to be given a new trial after appealing the guilty verdict last September. Read more | 2 comments >>

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Federal Mogul's Spodden Valley manufacturing jobs to be axed?

Save Spodden Valley, 14-02-2006 15:32

US based Federal Mogul has just announced a consultation on the future of all manufacturing jobs at its Rochdale site in the Spodden Valley. Read more >>

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Reading Capital vol 1 in Manchester

squatticus, 13-02-2006 18:01

New reading group will exist shortly Read more | 2 comments >>

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Venezuelan trade union leaders to speak in Manchester on Mon 27th Feb

John Hunt, 01-02-2006 22:35

VENEZUELA INFORMATION CENTRE - PUBLIC MEETING

"VENEZUELA – WHAT'S GOING ON?
Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution – oppose US aggression"

MONDAY 27TH FEBRUARY 2006, 7.30 pm

Mechanics' Institute, 103 Princess Street, Manchester Read more >>

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More All-Party asbestos support for Spodden Valley

Save Spodden Valley, 27-01-2006 14:01

Local MP’s Paul Rowen and Jim Dobbin attended the Parliamentary Asbestos All-Party group this Tuesday.

MP, Peers and representatives of organisations concerned with asbestos disease were given an update of the past 6 months in the Spodden Valley.
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Worker from occupied Argentinean factory speaks in Britain

No Sweat, 27-01-2006 12:35

A worker from Zanon, the most famous of Argentina's occupied factories, is coming to speak in Britain on a tour organised by No Sweat and the Argentina Solidarity Campaign as part of the first anti-sweatshop week of action. Read more >>

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manchester climate camp meeting tues 7th feb 6.30pm

manc climate action group, 25-01-2006 12:02

a meeting for those wishing to be part of the manchester neighbourhood at the camp for climate action, and also build up links of people in manchester wanting to take action on climate change. Read more >>

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Italian people fight police to prevent construction of TAV train line

.... some anarchists, 25-01-2006 08:36

Mulitple battles in many cities as Italian people attempt to stop the construction of the environmentally destructive TAV high-speed train line from being built. They are also fighting against the Winter Olympics in Turin, the games of capital and finance.

Destroy the Olympics!
Destroy the TAV!

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Leeds anti-asbo demonstration - full report and more pictures

Leeds Revolution Member, 23-01-2006 16:56

A report of Saturday's anti-asbo action and details on the next organising meeting. Read more | 1 addition | 6 comments >>

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Class struggles at The Common Place

commoner, 15-01-2006 10:54

You think we're all just a bunch of middle class do-gooders escaping from actual social struggles. You're right. But today at The Common Place, we are dedicating our cinema and talks to class struggle in Britain over the centuries. Alas, the L'pool Dockers can't make it but we'll wack on another film. Read more >>

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Queer Mutiny Northern Spring Gathering

Bovver Boi, 11-01-2006 17:39

All current info on flyer Read more | 2 comments >>

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325 Magazine online - Website up NOW!

325kru, 10-01-2006 13:34

Autonomous anti-prisons magazine goes online, archiving articles about european repression and struggle. Read more | 1 comment >>

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European film crew visits Spodden Valley.

Save Spodden Valley, 22-12-2005 21:56

Producer Hendrik Verbeure and Cameraman Mark Schellingerhout are Belgian based filmmakers who have just visited the Spodden Valley. They came to Rochdale to film the former Turners Brothers Asbestos site. This visit is central to their 2 hour documentary on asbestos and the diseases caused by exposure to the dust and fibre. Read more >>

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Education Not for Sale website

Education Not for Sale, 16-12-2005 16:44

The Education Not for Sale website has been overhauled and updated, and includes lots of new material for student campaign activists. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Mindwalk 23: The Fight Within the Right

Upstart Radio America, 12-12-2005 20:38

We start off with this Anti-Walmart TV ad being badmouthed by some smarmy news anchors. Followed by a poem by David Wilcox about this hypocracy. David Rovics up next and Norman Finklestein speaks of a similar irony regarding The Wall that was once in Warsaw and is now surrounding Palestine. Read more >>

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ACT NOW TO SAVE ROMANIAN SOCIAL CENTRE!

Emma, 12-12-2005 19:51

The INCA centre in Timisoara, Romania is a rare example of an activist-run cultural centre in the country. Without it, alternative and activist culture in Romania will lack a focal point. The local authority is currently threatening to throw INCA onto the streets 18 months before their contract ends.


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Amendment. Venezuela; bolivarian revolution, coal and indigenous resistance

Sophie, 12-12-2005 19:39

CHANGES TO THE ADVERTISED PROGRAM
Six years after Chavez was voted into power indigenous people are still fighting for their lives and for the environment.
FILMS, FOOD AND DEBATE
Manchester, Sunday 18th 3pm, The basement, 24 Lever St
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