On Thursday 22 October 1,400 mail centre staff in Manchester went on strike as part of national industrial action taken by the Communication Workers Union. The following day 78,000 delivery workers nationwide withdrew their labour.
Ahead of Tuesday’s launch of the ID card trial in Greater Manchester, Saturday 21 October saw NO2ID hold a day of action across the city, promoting their new ‘Stop the ID Card Con’ campaign. Events culminated in Albert Square outside the Town Hall, where around 25 activists gathered for the symbolic burning of an enormous […]
A new report from the City Council suggests that the proposed relocation of the National Football Museum (NFM), from Preston North End’s Deepdale stadium to the Urbis exhibition centre in Manchester, will cost £8 million. But a last ditch bid has been made by Preston City Council, Lancashire County Council and the University of Central […]
A new campaign group claim that products made by Manchester company Brimar can be linked directly to human rights abuses and infringements of international ‘laws of war’.
Clashes between police and protestors took place in Manchester city centre yesterday as the neo-fascist English Defence League (EDL) attempted to hold an anti-Islam demonstration. The EDL were met by a large anti-fascist counter demonstration, centred around Unite Against Fascism (UAF).
At 8am on Monday morning, several ‘citizen weapons inspectors’ from the Target Brimar campaign visited the Chadderton premises of arms manufacturer Brimar, seeking information on possible connections between Brimar’s products and human rights abuses committed in Gaza and the West Bank, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
One week before anti-Islam protesters the English Defence League (EDL) hit Manchester, up to 20 Muslim graves have been damaged by vandals at Manchester Southern Cemetery. Police are treating it as a hate crime.
