Liverpool Newswire Archive

02-05-2007 19:43 | 3 comments

Time to plan for Mayday 2008 in Liverpool, UK.

This is a call out to anarchists, and fellow travellers, nationwide and internationally.

2008 is the year Liverpool welcomes people worldwide to our city for The European City Of Culture 'celebrations'. That means you! Read more >>

02-05-2007 14:52 | 5 comments

'Liverpool Care Slaves' Face Pay Cut

I am a care worker in Liverpool.
I work hard looking after the elderly people I care for. We all do.
The council are going to cut my wages by almost 30% in July for me to do the same job as I am doing now. Read more >>

01-05-2007 22:21

Preston Council's Crazy Plans To Barrage Ribble: One Step Closer to The Brink

The Riverworks Barrage across the River Ribble is one step closer to reality today after Preston City Council decided, against the advice of local people and environmentalists, to apply to the North West Development Agency for funds for a feasibility study into their plans to build a barrage across the Ribble and 4000 homes and businesses in it's floodplain - plans that would threaten the precious environment of the Ribble Estuary and raise the flood risk to local residents. Read more >>

01-05-2007 19:22 | 1 comment

May Day Picket of Liverpool Army Recruitment

After turning away from the lure of warm beer and a cover of John Lennon's Imagine at the official Merseyside TUC rally, ten activists from the Liverpool Social Forum picketed the Army recruitment office on James Street, to try and stop young scousers fighting and possibly dying for oil in the Middle East. Read more >>

01-05-2007 17:35 | 1 addition | 5 comments

Low-Key May Day March and Rally in Liverpool

About eight hundred people - including many from the striking Public and Commercial Services union - marched through Liverpool city centre this afternoon, in an event organised by Merseyside TUC. Read more >>

30-04-2007 09:18

Vindictive Costs Action Against Human Rights Researcher Fails

The WorkRep charity has successfully aided Dr Moran in fighting off Salford University's action for costs.

Further info:

http://www.workrep.co.uk/news/costs/salford_hearing.html

http://www.workrep.co.uk/news/costs/salford.html

http://www.workrep.co.uk/news/gen/rogueemployer2007candidate.html

http://www.workrep.co.uk/news/costs/260407rm_sign.html Read more >>

29-04-2007 08:56

Indoctrination

Radical thinkers needed for Alternative media documentary film about how we are indoctrinated by the state. Read more >>

27-04-2007 15:43

!!!Direct Action Training Day In Manchester!!!

!!!DIRECT ACTION TRAINING DAY!!!
Date: Sunday, May 6, 2007
Time: 10:00am (breakfast), 11.00am - 6:00pm (workshops)
Location: The Basement (just off piccadilly gardens, 3 mins walk from the bus stop!) On Lever Street (next to/ parralel to oldham street)
Read more >>

26-04-2007 19:08

Celebrate Mayday! Raise Money For Iraqi Workers! See Bands! In Liverpool!

Liverpool Social Forum presents: Mayday '07 - the last non-commercialised festival! Read more >>

24-04-2007 16:43 | 3 comments

One Third Of New Liverpool City Centre Flats Going To Waste!

A piece in today's Liverpool Daily Post revealed that a staggering 35% of the newly-built apartments in Liverpool city centre are lying empty! Read more >>

24-04-2007 16:19 | 1 comment

Liverpool Festival Site Plan 'Will Ruin Prom Landscape'

Liverpool’s landmark Garden Festival Site, the focus of a series of failed development plans over the years, has yet again become the centre of controversy and protest following the unannounced felling of more than 1,000 trees by property developers. Read more >>

24-04-2007 11:56 | 2 comments

Researcher Being Pursued For Costs - Help Needed

Rhetta Moran is being pursued by her ex employer after having been made redundant for what many believe were political reasons.
Read more >>

22-04-2007 20:20 | 1 comment

Support Palestine! - Northern Rally and Festival to take place in Sheffield

On May 12th a coalition of Northern PSC branches is organising a major rally and festival calling for an end to 40 years of Israeli occupation and for justice in Palestine.
Read more >>

21-04-2007 18:59 | 1 comment

Merseyside May Day March and Rally

Save our public services!

Say no to racism! Read more >>

19-04-2007 21:33 | 1 comment

gathering anticivilization 2007

After the success of the last gathering in Tavertet, we are calling for a new one this year. It will take place the 8, 9, 10 and 11 of September. Read more >>

17-04-2007 11:48

Regeneration and the privatisation of public land and council housing in Britain

As a part of encouraging solidarity and links between different campaigns for common struggle against capitalism in Britain and Latin America, we are having a screening on gentrification in Britain followed by a discussion.

This Thursday 19 of April at 8pm

Read more >>

13-04-2007 12:27

Support Blood Service workers! - IWW leaflet

Here's the link for a leaflet from the IWW in support of NBS staff in dispute with management over service cuts + 600 looming job losses. Read more >>

13-04-2007 00:07

Liverpool Alternative Radical Film Festival

To celebrate May Day, the Liverpool Social Centre Group are launching LARF, the Liverpool Alternative Radical Film Festival with a program of provocative and radical films. Read more >>

11-04-2007 22:01 | 1 comment

Garden Festival Fayre This Sunday!

Langtree McLean, the developers who want to build on the old garden festival site, have cut down more than 1000 trees already. But they don't have planning permission yet! If they get their way, the site will be almost completely clear-felled. They are destroying semi-mature trees, including oaks, from the original plantings for the Garden Festival in the early 1980s. Read more >>

09-04-2007 18:44 | 3 comments

Climate Camp organising gathering April 21 and 22, Liverpool

Organising for Climate Camp 2007 is well under way and it looks like being bigger, better and more inspiring than last year...so come along to our next gathering, find out what it's all about and get involved...doesn't matter if you haven't been involved before, everyone's welcome. Saturday will focus on camp-wide and how we network the Camp, Sunday is mainly working group time. Again, new people more than welcome in all working groups. Read more >>