The red tents in St. Peter’s Square have been there for 10 months now, and the council want them gone. Their time may be up, depending on the outcome of a possession hearing.
Greater Manchester’s collective history: British Muslim Heritage Centre
This conversation in our generative inquiry into Greater Manchester’s shared heritage was held with Halima and Robina of the British Muslim Heritage Centre.
Labour’s Plan for Change: what does it mean?
The prime minister launched a new government plan with six milestones in a speech at Pinewood Studios earlier this month. But what’s the detail on these ‘plans for mission-led government’? And will they all be forgotten by the time Keir Starmer announces a new set of pledges?
Interview with Asma Begum, founder of domestic abuse charity Soul Sisters
As part of our series ’16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence’, we spoke with women working to reduce GBV and its impacts. This is the first interview in the series.
Book Review: The Rentier City by Isaac Rose
The Rentier City takes a geographical approach to arguing against the latest form of neoliberal conquest sweeping Manchester. Hinged on the concept of rentierism, something which writer Isaac Rose argues has been an undercurrent in the shaping of the city we see today, the book makes a wider warning about cities in the UK at large. Published by Repeater Books, the book makes its case by charting the Manchester story from the end of industrialisation to the present day, via historical examples of resistance, class struggle, racial equality, politically managed decline and Manchester’s obsession with memorialising certain aspects of its history.
Just Stop (New) Oil Protest Saturday 17 June
We received word that Just Stop Oil would be doing a slow march in Manchester city centre last weekend, so we went along and spoke to some of the protesters.
Songwriters Joe Solo and Johnny Campbell celebrate Engels Week at Working Class Movement Library
The Working Class Movement Library celebrated Engels Week last Thursday (24 November) with an evening of empowering songs by Joe Solo and Johnny Campbell.
Events dampen the numbers but not the spirit of a community fundraising Halloween record attempt
Did you see any spooky goings-on in Platt Fields Park this Halloween? You might have encountered a world record attempt at the most people dressed as ghosts in one place!
Manchester protesters remember Mahsa Amini, Iranian woman killed by security forces over ‘improper hijab’
Human rights defenders protested in Manchester city centre on 1 October over the killing of Mahsa Amini, a woman arrested and beaten by Iran’s ‘morality police’ for wearing her headscarf in a way that exposed her hair.
Manchester protests the Conservative Party conference
It feels like a lifetime ago now, but it’s only three weeks since the Conservative Party Conference. People from Manchester travelled down to Birmingham with The People’s Assembly to protest the event.