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Education

‘Explore the past, change the future’ at the Working Class Movement Library

By Gary Roberts | February 25, 2022Features

The Working Class Movement Library in Salford holds a unique record of Greater Manchester’s radical past that resonates with current social issues and the continuing fight for justice.

Elephants in the room

The elephants in the room: the ordinary people tackling the issues professionals fail to

By Kit Bell | February 6, 2022Features

The Elephants Trail is a project working in Greater Manchester to address the problems faced by people living with severe and multiple disadvantage.

RECLAIM members on breakfast TV

‘If you’ve ever been told to stay silent, get louder’ RECLAIM tells the young working-class

By Judith Suckling | January 6, 2022Features

Manchester based charity RECLAIM are on a mission to increase the diversity of working-class voices heard in professional life.

Manchester Museum

‘What the bloody hell are museums for?’ Manchester Museum launches ‘Local Matters’ in Ardwick to help reimagine their role

By Conrad Bower | December 24, 2021Features

Manchester Museum is reimagining their role in society with the launch of a research project investigating inequality in Ardwick, undertaken by Museum staff, and the co-curation of a South Asia gallery reflecting the experiences of the diaspora in Greater Manchester.

Universities in Manchester need to value their students more than their profit margins

By Jamie Greer | September 28, 2021Opinion

Manchester student returning to University this year after experiencing the last academic year under the Covid lockdowns, reflects on how the marketisation of education contributed to the dire experience of students through the pandemic.

Maxine Peake at the Working Class Movement Library

By Guest Writer | August 28, 2021Friends of The Meteor

A stunning set of photographs from a shoot at one of Maxine’s favourite locations, the Working Class Movement Library in Salford.

Photography by Rose Baylis and James Taylor. Guest article from the Greater Mancunians blog.

City of Trees: tackling climate change and promoting sanity

By Dale Anne McAulay | July 21, 2021Features

With Covid and the climate crisis exacerbating mental health issues across society, City of Trees is tackling the problem by aiming to plant three million trees – just over one for every person in Greater Manchester.

Police in Greater Manchester

Manchester council scraps school-based police officers

By Alex King | July 20, 2021News

While anti-racism campaigners welcomed the move as “an important step”, they warn it “does not go anywhere near far enough” to remove police influence in Manchester’s schools.

university

University of Manchester under pressure to cut ties with Tel Aviv University

By Alex King | June 22, 2021News

The Manchester university highlights that the partnership is based on UK government guidance, but academics say it violates the institution’s publicly espoused values of anti-racism.

Salford Star cover with Shaun Ryder

The Salford Star, reporting with ‘attitude & love’ for 15 years, is closing

By Judith Suckling | April 29, 2021Features

‘I can think of only two local newspapers that consistently hold power to account: the West Highland Free Press and the Salford Star’ said journalist and author George Monbiot. The Salford Star is to close after the elections in May. Judith Suckling talks to Stephen Kingston, the journalism powerhouse behind the Star, on its rise and fall.

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