A campaign is underway to prevent the deportation of a 16 year old Iranian girl and her mother. They are currently being held 150 miles outside of their home in Salford at the notorious Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre, where they have been for over three weeks.
Local residents are continuing a long-running campaign opposing the development of a new “mega-Tesco” in Stretford and Gorse Hill. The proposed Chester Road site would create a behemoth of 140, 000 square feet, the largest Tesco in the UK, for the moment at least.
A green oasis constructed by local residents in the Poet’s Corner area of Salford is the newest victim of development plans in the area.
The English Defence League (EDL), a far-right group with links to the British National Party (BNP) and other neo-fascist organisations, looks set to march through Manchester on October 10. Their demonstration will be met with an enormous counter-mobilisation from anti-fascists.
Manchester No Borders have called for action against the mass evictions and arrests of refugees taking place in the French port town of Calais.
A Mule readers survey has cast doubt on the credibility of Manchester City Council’s Governance Consultation. 88% of respondents have not received consultation leaflets from the Council. 79% were unaware that a consultation is taking place.
With Manchester providing the testing ground for the government’s controversial ID card scheme this October, NO2ID have launched a campaign to alert and inform citizens as well as voice opposition to the National Identity Database project.
