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

“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’.
Polls predict a Tory wipeout in Greater Manchester

Polls predict a Tory wipeout in Greater Manchester

The latest MRP poll from Electoral Calculus and Find Out Now shows the Conservatives down to just 60 seats in the whole nation, and none at all in Greater Manchester.
Greater Manchester constituency boundaries are changing

Greater Manchester constituency boundaries are changing

On polling day, some of us in Greater Manchester will be voting in new constituencies. Look at our interactive maps to see what’s changed.

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Interview with Ben, policy officer at ACORN the union

Interview with Ben, policy officer at ACORN the union

So I guess we’ll just get into it then with the first question, what do you do at ACORN? I moved into my role recently after being an organiser for a couple of years. A lot of it is helping…

The uncertain pirate

The uncertain pirate

Interview with Sam Conniff, author of Be More Pirate and founder of Uncertainty Experts
This is Greater Manchester: Trafford

This is Greater Manchester: Trafford

Photographer Gary Roberts was back on the road again last month, gathering images of life in Trafford as part of our whistle-stop tour around Greater Manchester’s ten boroughs.
This is Greater Manchester: Bolton

This is Greater Manchester: Bolton

This month, we sent photographer Gary Roberts to Bolton, to see if there was anything good happening there. It was a mixed picture.

Sustained pressure is needed for the Black Lives Matter movement to succeed in Manchester

Since the killing of George Floyd, Manchester has seen an outpouring of anger and passion in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, with local action ongoing across the city, but continued and active support is still needed to win the struggle against racial injustice. On 25 May 2020, the world witnessed murder of George […]

Conditions that led to the Covid-19 crisis in social care

Salford Council have guaranteed full pay for care workers isolating because of Covid-19 under ‘The Salford Offer’. Now the council and UNISON are pressing private care homes to take up the policy, with the mayor and a local MP leading protests.

We need ‘pop-up’ cycle lanes – Manchester should reconsider decision

On Friday, Manchester City Council announced on Twitter it will not be bidding for pop-up cycle provision as part of a GMCA bid for £16 million from government. City centre resident, Sarah Mann, explains why she’s disappointed about the decision and what we stand to lose if we don’t have a regionally joined-up ‘pop-up’ cycle […]

“They’re depriving a whole generation of accessible arts, of ambition, of hope and storytelling”

“They’re depriving a whole generation of accessible arts, of ambition, of hope and storytelling”

At the public meeting held by Equity at Oldham Coliseum on Tuesday 21 February, I met Jane Hazlegrove who raised a good question about what Oldham Council would be spending…

Save Oldham Coliseum: actors and community unite to keep theatre in Oldham

Save Oldham Coliseum: actors and community unite to keep theatre in Oldham

There are a number of people close to the Coliseum that are willing to attest to the mismanagement that has been going on behind the scenes in this long-running saga…

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National parks are beautiful, but austerity and inequality prevent many from enjoying them

National parks are beautiful, but austerity and inequality prevent many from enjoying them

Ian Mell from the University of Manchester argues the case for more small urban parks, to level up the playing field when it comes to accessing nature.
Work is not the way out of the cost-of-living crisis

Work is not the way out of the cost-of-living crisis

Economist Richard Murphy says Boris Johnson’s argument that work is the way out of the cost-of-living crisis is flawed, due to ongoing government policy creating an abundance of ‘shit jobs’.
The new enclosure: how land commissions can lead the fight against urban land-grabs 

The new enclosure: how land commissions can lead the fight against urban land-grabs 

In 2020, Liverpool became the first city in England to set up a land commission.  Researchers Jonathan Silver & Tom Gillespie track the widespread enclosure and privatisation of public land in preceding decades and highlight the power of democratic decision-making to force developments to serve the communities they are built in. When Boris Johnson sold […]