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Post by michele cryer on Jul 24, 2004 17:30:25 GMT
Please post any political events here, provide links where necessary.
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Post by michele cryer on Feb 18, 2005 0:15:44 GMT
Well! Thanks for posting all the recent links to events everyone, seems to be plenty going on now...let's hope some of us can make one or two of them..and report back on the forum!
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Post by bryan on Mar 23, 2005 23:30:43 GMT
SHOCK OF THE NEW/TRIUMPH OF THE UGLY:
MEETING CALLED BY MANCHESTER SOCIAL FORUM, the MANCHESTER ELECTRICIANS & TAMESIDE TUC: To be held at the FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE, mOUNT sTREET (off Albert Square), MANCHESTER on April 7th, 2005 ~ starts 7.30pm.
CHAIR: PAUL ARNOLD OF 'NORTHERN VOICES'.
SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
SUE MACHIN.........BARRISTER & ADVOCATE at the INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL for the Manchester electricians.
HILDA PALMER........Greater Manchester HAZARDS.
STEVE ACHESON......MANCHESTER ELECTRICIAN.
ALEC McFadden........TUC/JCC.
JASON ADDY..............SAVE SPODDEN VALLEY ASBESTOS CAMPAIGN.
ALSO INVITED IS THE SPANISH GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF LABOUR (CGT).
This winter The Winsor Tower Block in Madrid was burnt to a crisp after a suspected short-circuit and the new building at The Edge in Salford had a fire that led to the sacking of local labour. The Manchester electricians' dispute that began in May 2003, was about health & safetyand the employment of local labour. April 7th, is the last day of theier Remedies Hearing at the Industrial Tribunal.
The Manhester City Council is pinning its faith on salvation through building design - Spanish cities like Barcelona are their model. Yet, in February, 1,000 citizens of Barcelona were on the streets demanding 'More Cement/Less Scandals' after damage to their houses caused by work on a new Metro station at Carmel. This is not the first scandal this city has seen.
Meanwhile, in Rochdale, Lancashire, developers plan to build an urban village on on the site of a former asbestos factory. And there are now threats to demolish communities in this country at the rate of 800,000 houses a year.
GOD SAVE US FROM DEVELOPERS, PLANNERS AND POLITICIANS.
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Post by bryan on Mar 23, 2005 23:49:53 GMT
NORTHERN ANARCHIST NETWORK MEETING:
Saturday 9th, April 2005, at Central Methodist Hall, Hargreaves St. (off Manchester Road), Burnley: 5 mins walk from Manchester Road Station. Short walk from Burnley Bus Station.
10am till 4pm.
10.30 PFI..........SPEAKER MIKE BALLARD (mANCHESTER)
Hopefully the morning will include contributions from Piccadilly Road housing development campaign in Burnley.
Lunch 12am to 1pm.
1pm: MILITANT TRADE UNIONISM.....DAVE DOUGLASS (DONCASTER) of the IWW/WOBBLIES: we hope there will be some discussion of the roving pickets of the Manchester electricians and rank & file movements in general.
2.45pm: NORTHERN ANARCHIST ALTERNATIVE MEDIA ~ Michele (NELSON) to speak on the Burnley web site forum, together with speakers from the newly launched 'MANCHESTER TIMES' & 'NORTHERN VOICES'.
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Post by bryan on Mar 27, 2005 6:55:53 GMT
NOTICE:
Mike Ballard has contacted the NAN (Northern Anarchist Netword to say that he will be specifically talking on Saturday 9th, April AT THE cENTRAL mETHODIST hALL, BURNLEY, on HOUSING PFIs (PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVES) and will not consider other forms of PFI; such as hospitals or railways.
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Post by bryan on May 2, 2005 6:54:37 GMT
MANCHESTER RADICAL BOOKFAIR:
SEE 'What is the Manchester Social Forum' on 'POLITICS' subject IN ACTIVIST ARENA FOR REPORT ON BOOKFAIR.
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