Legal aid in crisis in Manchester?

Article published: Wednesday, September 29th 2010

Today campaigners are set to march on the Labour party conference to call for support for the South Manchester Law Centre which faces closure. MULE’s Michael Pooler asks why this valued and well used service is being forced to shut its doors and argues that far from an isolated incident, its closure is part of a […]

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Interview – Disabled People’s Direct Action Network

Article published: Monday, September 13th 2010

We asked Steve from the Disabled People’s Direct Action Network (DAN) what his organisation was doing about Fitness to Work and discriminatory behaviour more generally.

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Welfare Reform: who will it affect?

Article published: Wednesday, March 10th 2010

As part of MULE’s feature on the Welfare Reform Bill, set to be trialled in Greater Manchester towards the end of 2010, Hazel Kent looks at who’s likely to be hit hardest by the Government’s latest welfare-cutting masterplan.

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Halloween creatures invade Manchester early: chance to win two tickets to the Illuminaughty Halloween party!

A heavy mist suddenly falls on a darkened Manchester hiding from sight unspeakably hideous creatures. Drums can be heard in the distance lulling you into a hypnotic trance, the work of witches and daemons no doubt. Or perhaps Voodoo ring masters, descending onto the city streets armed with psychedelic beats banged out by their armies of musical Goblins possessed with the desire for mischief and fun. It must be that time of year again; it can only be the Illuminaughty Halloween party.

Science Slam: a synergy of science and poetry transcends expectations

Poetry and science are two things generally not associated with each other, in fact if you joined the two in a word association test you would be one step closer to a chemical cosh and your very own padded cell. However the audience attending the Science Slam at the packed out Nexus Art Cafe Thursday night will never again doubt the validity of the two pursuits being combined; though I can’t rule out they may end up bouncing of the walls of a padded cell at some time in the future.

Review: Greater Manchester Fringe Festival – A Dream Play

We were outside Nexus Art Café in the Northern Quarter, queuing, when a car raced up, the driver shoved a woman to the pavement and the performance began. This was the introduction to the character Aggie in A Dream Play by the Déjà Vu Ensemble, daughter of the gods, who has come to our world to learn what it means to be human.