Protestors staged a demonstration outside the Vodafone store on Market Street for a second consecutive weekend on Saturday 6 November. They accuse the multinational telecommunications giant of owing £6bn in tax – a claim strenuously denied by the company.
A public rally is to be held this Saturday (16 October) to highlight the threat to the over 60s’ Free Bus Pass posed by the coalition government’s public spending cuts.
An anti-fascist activist who was arrested at a protest in Bolton has been found not guilty of using threatening and abusive words and behaviour against a police officer. Dane Kelly, 24, of Leeds, had been arrested at the counter English Defence League (EDL) demonstration which took place at Bolton’s Victoria Square in March earlier this […]
Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) will be holding a social event this Friday at Chorlton Irish Club. Acts will include Afro-European dance music star Freddy Wanga, Monkey Poet Matt Panesh and a performance from Women Asylum Seekers Together (WAST).
Six Manchester residents from the group Manchester Plane Stupid pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated trespass yesterday (5th October 2010). A trial date has now been set for February 21st 2011. In the first climate change trial of its kind in Manchester expert climate scientists will defend the six in court. On 24th May […]
A new Local Exchange Trading System (LETS) will launch at the October Harvest Festival and Local Food Market this Saturday in Hulme.
