A Manchester activist demonstrated alongside a tank driven through central London last week to demand tougher controls over the arms trade.
Mancunians are being asked to take aim at the banks this weekend. ‘Robin Hood tax’ campaigners are holding a workshop to train supporters in a move to pick the pockets of the financial sector through a tax which they claim could raise billions for cash-strapped public services.
Rumours of plans to turn Oxford Road’s Kro 2 restaurant into a Tesco have been confirmed with the publishing of a licensing application on Manchester City Council’s website.
Friends and family of Anthony Grainger led a vigil yesterday lunchtime in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester city centre to remember all those who have died in custody and to press for justice over the 36 year old father’s death after being shot by a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) firearms officer.
Walk-in centres in Ancoats and Wythenshawe are due to close within months, as the council committee responsible for managing the transition from the current health service to the coalition government’s vision of ‘joined-up’ provision, held its first public meeting last week.
Trade unionists, campaign groups and community activists are holding a weekend of conferences, street parties and demonstrations across the city to tackle austerity, unemployment and the arms trade.
Internationally-acclaimed photographer Simon Roberts will be at the Working Class Movement Library this Saturday to film activists, after massive support saw the institution win the public vote in the national Connect10 competition for arts celebration Museums at Night.
