Battle of wills: Tensions rise as homeless campaigners evicted from St Peter’s Square
A war of words began between homeless campaigners and Manchester City Council today when protesters camped on St Peter’s Square were served an eviction notice.
‘Draconian’ Salford Uni sees hundreds of staff strike over unfair dismissal case
As many as 700 staff at Salford University are expected to join in unity today in protest at the unfair dismissal of two colleagues back in December.
Manchester neo-nazis take to city’s streets for White Pride Worldwide Day
A neo-nazi rally will be taking place in Manchester city centre to mark ‘White Pride Worldwide Day’ tomorrow.
‘Five years fighting injustice’: Anti-EDL rally back in Bolton to protest police ‘fascism’
Five years on anti-EDL protestors will return to Victoria Square, Bolton tomorrow to create awareness about the way police responded to their anti-fascist protest.
IN PICS: Just four arrests as anti-fascists unite to oppose EDL rally in Manchester
An anti-facist group have branded English Defence League supporters ‘Nazis’ as they attempted to counteract a rally in Manchester at the weekend.
Thatcher Museum plans are ‘utterly insensitive’, claims Manchester campaigner
Plans to build a £15million Margaret Thatcher museum would be ‘utterly insensitive’ given the ‘harsh’ austerity measures being imposed on the ‘bottom end of society’, argues a Manchester campaigner.
‘Muslim lives matter’: Manchester unite to honour Chapel Hill shooting victims
Manchester unite to show Muslim lives matter at a Piccadilly Gardens vigil for the three young victims of the Chapel Hill Shooting in America
ManVCam: Protesters prepare for Albert Square government cuts rally
Manchester celebrities Shaun Ryder, Terry Christian, Rowetta and Claire Mooney lead hundreds of protesters in a rally against ‘appalling’ coalition cuts that have affected the city at Albert Square.
I get TEN rape threats every week, reveals campaign leader ahead of Bolton march
A campaign leader of a group against the sexual objectification of women has revealed she gets TEN rape threats every week ahead of a protest march in Bolton tomorrow.
Banks who invest in weapons used by Israel are ‘morally bankrupt’, claim protesters
Pro-Palestine groups demonstrated in Piccadilly Gardens on Saturday to protest against Barclays bank and its investments in companies that supply weapons to Israel.
Protesters slam ‘Bailiff Oscars’ in Manchester for ‘celebrating people’s misery’
Anti-bailiff campaigners branded the annual Debt Collection Awards last night in Manchester as a sick event that ‘celebrated other people’s misery’.