Manchester Newswire Archive

BAE Blockaded

Jazz Richards, 27-04-2009 13:50

The BAE factory in Middleton, Manchester was blockaded early on the morning of 27 April in solidarity with the No Borders day of action to break the siege of Gaza... a blockade that was later reinforced by an independent group! Read more >>

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Mayday issue 3 launched for Mayday 2009

Mayday magazine, 27-04-2009 13:42

Mayday magazine is focused upon providing high-quality contributions and practical and theoretical satisfaction - we will do everything we can to meet your expectations.

We really do aim to produce some of the best working class practical theory and theoretical practice - Praxis for short. Read more | 2 comments >>

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BAE systems blockaded for Role in Gaza Siege

Break the Siege, 27-04-2009 05:48

This morning activists from Break the Siege! blockaded BAE systems factory in Middleton, Manchester. Using motorbike chains and D-locks they obstructed the plant by sealing off several entrance points. A banner was also hung which read: ‘BAE profits from the siege on Gaza’. This direct action was a response to a call for a day of action by the No Borders network. Read more | 2 comments >>

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Against the capitalist crisis, there is only one solution: class struggle

PCInt, 26-04-2009 22:01

The economic crisis which has crashed down on society has already had and for a long time will have disastrous consequences for the lives of the masses, as every worker can see in his daily life or her work. The bourgeois economists themselves admit it: they do not know what the causes of the crisis are – satisfying themselves by blaming the greed of the bankers or excessive financial deregulation – and they do not know when it will end and give way to the long-awaited “economic recovery”. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Event: Acting on Climate Change

Taking Soundings Leeds, 25-04-2009 15:15

Climate Change is the challenge of our lifetime. While the rhetoric of government policy addresses the urgency to act on Climate Change, many policy decisions undermine the transformations needed. Read more >>

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Policing the Crisis

Abody, 25-04-2009 08:10

A public forum with speakers on the G20 in London, the recent mass arrests in Nottingham, and the policing of dissent in Leeds Read more >>

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Manchester Mayday demo - 4th May

Manchester No Borders, 24-04-2009 17:04

The G20 protests in the City of London were, in many ways, a massively mediatized spectacle. The real challenge is to show our opposition to the status quo at the local level of our everyday lives. This is why we are inviting you to join us on the Manchester Mayday demonstration, on Bank Holiday Monday 4th May.

Assemble 12noon @ All Saints Park to march to Castlefields.
Read more | 1 comment >>

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fuck the nazi front

acb, 24-04-2009 02:58

the police protect the national front Read more | 5 comments >>

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Join the March for Capitalism - May 9, Manchester

Capitalism Represents Acceptable Policy (CRAP), 23-04-2009 20:20

Meet in front of Central Library, St. Peter's Square, Manchester, at 2pm on May 9. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Violent Arrest of Activist at Anti-NF Demonstration in Newcastle

ACAB, 23-04-2009 13:12

An activist was violently arrested this morning whilst attempting to protest against the National Front Read more | 2 comments >>

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Pennine House protest: A reply to Woolas

Manchester No Borders, 21-04-2009 21:54

Last month, 100 people demonstrated outside Pennine House, a purpose-built immigration prison at Manchester airport where migrants are locked up even though they haven’t committed a criminal offence. In the ‘Big Issue in the North’, the immigration minister Phil Woolas has responded to the protest with a number of inaccuracies. Here we set the record straight. Read more >>

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Come to Palestine!

Palestine Solidarity Project, 20-04-2009 19:34

Thinking of Coming to Palestine?
Interested in Being a Responsible Solidarity Activist?
Palestine Solidarity Project Needs YOU!

Read more >>

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Protest at Co-op’s “unethical banking decision”.

Annie O'Gara, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, 20-04-2009 13:37

On Friday, April 17th, a group of protesters from Manchester, York and Halifax Palestinian Solidarity groups gathered outside the Co-op headquarters in Balloon Street, Manchester Read more | 6 comments >>

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BNP says some members are oddballs, troublemakers and liars

XYZ, 20-04-2009 09:04

(and perverts, drug dealers and loonies) Read more | 7 comments >>

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Pirate Bay Verdict: Why Does SWEDEN Persecute its Citizens?

Clayton Hallmark, 19-04-2009 04:03

To kiss up to the United States of course, but read on. Read more | 9 comments >>

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**Vigil Today 6pm** for Palestinian killed in Bilin

aaa, 18-04-2009 11:56

Bassem Abu Rahma, who was part of the nonviolent protest at Bilin in the West Bank against the israeli apartheid Wall and racist settlements, was killed by the cowardly Israeli army yesterday.

Read more | 2 comments >>

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Terror raids unearth huge amount of bullshit

Daily Mash, 17-04-2009 20:48

According to security sources, police raids in Manchester, Liverpool and Clitheroe have so far yielded eight packets of crisps, some beard shampoo and a foreign looking hat. Read more | 1 addition >>

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DFEY-NW :: 25th April @ BBC Manchester

tdobson, 16-04-2009 15:10

DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education and Youth) is a group formed in response from a growing need in the Northwest of England for a group to encourage and promote young people's involvement with the free software community by creating a social space to make it more comfortable for young people to get involved with GLUGs and FSUGs. Read more >>

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Anti-Police Brutality Demo in Newcastle

(A), 15-04-2009 13:38

Geordies staged an anti-police brutality demo last week in response to the polices actions at the G20, and also to highlight the acts of brutality these thugs commit everyday. Read more | 2 additions | 1 comment >>

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Stop the BNP in Cheshire tomorrow

uaf, 14-04-2009 14:50

The BNP are holding a meeting in Winsford, Cheshire tomorrow (15/04/09), join the counter-demonstration. Read more | 13 comments >>

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