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Greater Manchester’s collective history: Jim, Caring and Sharing Rochdale
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Greater Manchester’s collective history: Jim, Caring and Sharing Rochdale

Jim works for Caring and Sharing Rochdale, a community organisation which exists to support and empower vulnerable people of diverse ethnicities in Rochdale and surrounding areas. We first met Jim at Rochdale’s 7th Annual Black History Month Celebration event, hosted by Caring and Sharing Rochdale.

This conversation forms part of our generative inquiry into Greater Manchester’s shared heritage.
ByByAlice Toomer-McAlpine
“No climate justice without a free Palestine” rallies activists across Manchester, and the world
News

“No climate justice without a free Palestine” rallies activists across Manchester, and the world

On Saturday 16 November, hundreds marched in Manchester city centre to mark the global day for climate justice – joining forces with Palestine activists under the banner ‘No Climate Justice without Palestine’s Liberation’.
ByByAnja Jungmayr
You told us you were interested in more stories on Greater Manchester’s heritage – here’s your chance to get involved
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You told us you were interested in more stories on Greater Manchester’s heritage – here’s your chance to get involved

We are seeking generative conversations with people and community groups interested in our diverse heritage, to allow us to get to the heart of the story and understand what matters to real Mancunians.
ByByThe Meteor Team
Communities across Greater Manchester are saying ‘no’ to the far right – here’s how you can join them
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Communities across Greater Manchester are saying ‘no’ to the far right – here’s how you can join them

ByThe Meteor Team
Interview with Ben, policy officer at ACORN the union
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Interview with Ben, policy officer at ACORN the union

ByEmma Roy-Williams
2024 General Election results for Greater Manchester
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2024 General Election results for Greater Manchester

ByThe Meteor Team

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Features

Manchester is owed a Universal Basic Income
Features

Manchester is owed a Universal Basic Income

In the spring of 2023, it was announced that Manchester was to take after other European cities by introducing a “Tourism Tax”. This was met with mixed reactions amongst residents – not because of the tax itself, but because it…

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Greater Manchester’s collective history: Jim, Caring and Sharing Rochdale

Greater Manchester’s collective history: Jim, Caring and Sharing Rochdale

Jim works for Caring and Sharing Rochdale, a community organisation which exists to support and empower vulnerable people of diverse ethnicities in Rochdale and surrounding areas. We first met Jim at Rochdale’s 7th Annual Black History Month Celebration event, hosted by Caring and Sharing Rochdale.

This conversation forms part of our generative inquiry into Greater Manchester’s shared heritage.
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You told us you were interested in more stories on Greater Manchester’s heritage – here’s your chance to get involved

You told us you were interested in more stories on Greater Manchester’s heritage – here’s your chance to get involved

We are seeking generative conversations with people and community groups interested in our diverse heritage, to allow us to get to the heart of the story and understand what matters to real Mancunians.
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Interview with Ben, policy officer at ACORN the union

Interview with Ben, policy officer at ACORN the union

Our reporter Emma spoke with Ben, a policy officer at ACORN the union, to find out more about ACORN’s work and what the future might hold for renters now that we have a new government.
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Opinion

Westminster has failed Britain on Palestine. What can we do next?

ByByJames Taylor
The role of global protest since the beginning of Israel’s most recent attack on Gaza cannot be underestimated. Co-ordinated, international shows of solidarity have kept the issue relevant and on the front pages. Without feet on the ground in cities across the world there would likely not have been an ICJ hearing or investigation into the ongoing Israeli genocide. Subsequently, Westminster has found itself reluctantly debating a subject it ordinarily avoids.
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“Let’s change the world together!”

ByByAnnette Wright
The Meteor spoke with ward councillor for Hulme, Annette Wright, about declaring a climate emergency in 2019, and the council processes that were needed to make it happen.
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Why I joined the Green Party

ByByEkua Bayunu
The Manchester Green Party stands for climate and social justice — unlike Manchester Labour.
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Culture

Rochdale’s Breaking Barriers production company is raising the bar with new project ‘Elevation’

Rochdale’s Breaking Barriers production company is raising the bar with new project ‘Elevation’

On a very rainy Wednesday, off the back of an exceptionally sunny weekend, I made the trip to Blackstone Edge – a reservoir perched high above Rochdale on the border…

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Book Review: The Rentier City by Isaac Rose

Book Review: The Rentier City by Isaac Rose

The book takes as its subject certain axes which physically dissect the city along economic, social and political lines. So, in order to discuss the book, we decided to take…

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Friends of The Meteor

The Friends of The Meteor category contains articles that have been published elsewhere and  selected by The Meteor team as worthy of sharing to our audience. They will generally have a Manchester or Greater Manchester focus and are from publications we trust and respect.

All Feedback is Good
Friends of The Meteor

All Feedback is Good

All feedback is good. Really, it is! But it’s what you do with it that counts. The defences we put up can hold us back, especially when they prevent us absorbing that feedback properly.
ByByAyisatu Emore
Co-op News reports on failures at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing
Friends of The Meteor

Co-op News reports on failures at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing

Three recent stories from Co-op News cover the criticisms levelled at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH). And why did they report on the social housing provider’s failures? Because the organisation was set up as a type of co-operative.
ByByGuest Writer
Glaciers in the Alps are melting faster than ever – and 2022 was their worst summer yet
Friends of The Meteor

Glaciers in the Alps are melting faster than ever – and 2022 was their worst summer yet

For this week’s Friends Of The Meteor, we are republishing this article by a University of Salford academic, Neil Entwistle, whose research is in hydromorphology – the way that water interacts within its natural landscape.
ByByGuest Writer