Manchester Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Road Alert: New Road Building Proposed for the Peak District

reposted from Sheffield IMC, 16-08-2004 18:12

details of road proposals & links to info sources & opposition Read more >>

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Striking electricians win!

joi, 09-08-2004 14:12

Manchester striking electricians have won their case... Read more >>

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Invitation to the Dissent! Network Gathering in Edinburgh 17th - 19th September

fgsdf, 05-08-2004 12:08

The G8 (Group of eight most industrialised nations) Summit will be held at Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, about 40 miles/70 kilometres away from Edinburgh, in Scotland from 6-8th of July 2005. In past years, everywhere they have tried to meet they have been met with a massive response from the world's social movements. Now, in Britain, a network of groups and individuals is emerging that resists the Summit, and forms a lasting movement against capitalism.

The next Dissent! Gathering will take place in Edinburgh on 17th-19th September 2004.

Come along and get involved!

Read more >>

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Resisting ID Cards Gathering, Manchester

admin@defy-id.org.uk, 05-08-2004 10:01

A gathering to organise resistance to the Government's plans to introduce identity cards and a national population database is taking place in Manchester on September 11th 2004.
Read more | 6 comments >>

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“The wall is totally blocking the creation of a Palestinian state”

“The wall is totally blocking the creation of a Palestinian state”, 26-07-2004 16:32

Last July 9th the Hague-based International Court of Justice ruled that Israel's separation barrier is illegal by standards of international law, and recommended its demolition.

Israeli government answered through its Justice Minister, Yosef Lapid, who declared that The Hague court is integrated by European judges that don’t like his country and that they will only obey the decision of the Israeli Supreme Court, that recently order a change on the path of the “security fence” as a humanitarian measure. Read more | 20 comments >>

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Benefit for Rafah

philb, 02-07-2004 11:41

Come along for an evening of food, drink and music in aid of the families who lost their homes in the recent Israeli campaign of demolitions in Rafah in the Gaza Strip. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Postal Votes Fiasco in the NW

pingupete, 01-06-2004 20:11

Can we publish this on Indymedia? Read more | 39 comments >>

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Doing It Up North: Nine Ladies Support Action

Lancaster IMC, 30-05-2004 20:31

DOING IT UP NORTH is a bi-monthly campaign that moves around to different arrears in the North of England. Different local groups take on the planning for the next action.

For more info email:  diun@hushmail.com Read more >>

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Earth First! Summer Gathering dates

EF! summer gathering, 27-05-2004 17:15

Earth First! Summer Gathering: a place to share skills and ideas on
direct action for people & planet.

Dates & roughly where EF! Summer Gathering announced - contact us for flyers to distribute Read more | 9 comments >>

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Defend the Right to Protest

VICTORY TO THE INTIFADA GROUP, 27-05-2004 16:30

DEFEND THE M&S PICKET!
DEFEND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST!
THE APPEAL DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR OUR FIGHT AGAINST MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL'S SUPPORT FOR THE RACIST APARTHEID STATE OF ISRAEL, COME AND PROTEST OUTSIDE THE COURT... Read more | 4 comments >>

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Marshalls - Ripping the heart out of the Peak District

Red, 18-05-2004 12:23

A small group of dedicated protesters struck another blow at Marshalls PLC at their Mansfield Woodhouse storage depot on Monday 17th May.
A protestor managed to lock on to the gates despite struggling with security guards that Marshalls now have to employ, due to previous actions against them over their plans to quarry at the Nine Ladies and rip the heart out of the Peak District
Read more | 2 comments >>

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Freedom of speech and censorship...

Kai Andersen - One of the censored, denied freedom of speech!, 15-05-2004 17:00

So someone mentions the local elections in Liverpool article on "ALTERNATIVE VOTES", and we inform one another of who's standing where ie the non-mainstream parties, ie the ones without megabucks or media/press backing. Yes so now I know there is a Communist standing, people know there are 6 not 5 SLPers standing, then of course we know there is Democratic Socialist Alliance, then we know there is a party called 'Liverpool Labour Community Party', OK so it's taken off the main page, which I disagree with, then it's taken off the Liverpool Newswire as if it didn't exist, so tell me something what makes Indymedia any better than the capitalist/establishment media/press who deny working class people coverage of our daily lives and struggles, like Thomas McKay who's facing eviction, who deny working class organisations fair and balanced coverage.

The article "Alternative votes", so tell me what makes Liverpool Indymedia any better than the Liverpool Echo / Daily Post, or the BBC or ITV? One of the fundemental UN human rights is the right to freedom of speech, providing it doesn't encroach on the rights of others, ie racist propaganda, anti-muslim, anti-catholic or anti-protestant, sexist, homophobic, ageist, or even that one our wonderful bourgeois (middle class) society chooses to overlook "CLASS PREJUDICE", so tell me Liverpool Indymedia, you block, censor and deny freedom of speech to parties who aren't part of the capitalist system, sure they're hierarchical, just like the family is heirarchical, ie a mother and a father, head of the household. Just like Indymedia is heirarchical, at least I can complain to the press complaint commission if I'm bothered, I can complain to the Liverpool Echo's editor, or I could organise a protest and encourage the press/media to give a issue coverage. So tell me Liverpool Indymedia who are the shadows in the dark deciding what postings get censored, and which one don't get censored??? Who do I appeal to, what's his/her name, etc... Read more | 12 comments >>

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Manchester Electricians - One Year On

Eleanor, 14-05-2004 11:51

On Wednesday 19th of May the DAF electricians will have been on strike for a year.
For the last 52 weeks they have continued their struggle against DAF electrics and the collusion of UNISON with their employer at the expense of their so called members! There will be a meeting at the Friends Meeting House 19th May at 7.30 in support of them. Read more | 3 comments >>

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Sophie & Jocelyn Hurndall nominated for EMMA Award - vote online!

ISM London, 09-05-2004 05:38

Sophie & Jocelyn Hurndall have been nominated for an EMMA Award (Public Figure of the Year). Read more >>

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Des Warren's Funeral Today

Kai Andersen, 05-05-2004 16:23

Des Warren - Shrewsbury Picket 1972
The key to my cell

A real working class hero and Socialist
10-10-1937 to 24-04-2004 Read more | 1 comment >>

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Des Warren died April 24th, his funeral this Wednesday 5th May

Kai Andersen, 04-05-2004 08:37

Des Warren died on April 24th, his funeral is this Wednesday 5th May 11.15am at Blacon Crematorium Chester. Read more | 9 comments >>

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End the Massacre! End the Occupation! (Demo in Manchester!)

Iraq Solidarity Campaign, 16-04-2004 11:49

In light of recent events in Iraq, the Iraq Solidarity Campaign and Friends say: Read more >>

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Anti-G8 'Dissent! Network' National Gathering in Manchester, April 24-25

sdafffffafa, 14-04-2004 23:02

Dissent! is a Network of resistance to the G8, set up in the Autumn of 2003 to co-ordinate resistance to the 2005 G8 Summit in the UK, and to contribute to the building of an anti-capitalist movement in the UK. The Network is open to all of those who work within the PGA Hallmarks (www.agp.org) Read more >>

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Death on Camera... Christopher Alder - murdered by racist police!

Kai Andersen, 14-04-2004 17:53

On 1st April 1998 Christopher Alder, an ex-paratrooper,
was dragged unconscious into a Hull police station.
Read more | 3 comments >>

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Manchester March - while Tony is in town

hulme news, 14-04-2004 17:40

A report on the a 'Stop the War Coalition' march in Manchester to co-incide with the Labour Party Spring Conference in the city. Made by Conor Hartnett as part of a City and Guilds in Digital Video Film technology run by Hulme Adult Education centre. Read more >>

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