Manchester

Victory for trailblazer Tracey Scholes

Tracey Scholes, the Go North West bus driver who was dismissed from her job for 'being too short' has won her appeal and her job back, reports Chris Neville
Manchester rallies behind unfairly dismissed bus driver Tracey Scholes

Protesters gathered outside the Go North West depot to show their support for Tracey Scholes at her final appeal, reports Chris Neville
Manchester marches with striking lecturers

Hundreds rallied and marched through Manchester on the last day of the UCU strike in a big show of solidarity, reports Chris Neville
Building a coalition of resistance against the Tories

Anger, joy and even revolution were in the air, as Manchester People’s Assembly brought together a wide array of campaigns wanting to build the resistance, reports Martin Hall
Enough! Taking the streets, taking on spiking

Thousands come out to protest against the continuous attack no women on and off the streets, Karen Buckley reports
Class and community: backing the Evonik workers

As part of a growing pattern, local activists are coming out to support an important strike in Manchester
An unfriendly welcome: Tory party conference, Manchester 2021

As the Tories usher in more austerity, thousands march through Manchester in united opposition, reports Sam Colclough
Manchester is united against the racists: hundreds join demo at Marcus Rashford mural

A demonstration in Manchester met the recent and widespread racist abuse by football fans of the England team’s Black players with unity and support, reports Sabina Ofori-Kuragu
How Manchester bus drivers beat fire and rehire - interview with Colin Hayden

Counterfire's Chris Neville spoke to Colin Hayden about the Go North West bus strike which successfully defeated fire and rehire
Manchester May Day march takes aim at fire and rehire

A large contingent turned out to march up to the Go North West bus garage in solidarity with the striking bus bus drivers, reports Martin Hall
Occupy the University: Manchester students take on the management

Students at the University of Manchester have occupied a building demanding a rent rebate, an end to policing of accommodation and staff redundancies, reports Lucy Nichols
Activists block strike breaker buses at Go North West depot

Manchester bus drivers are refusing to back down in their fight against fire and rehire at Go North West and community activists have joined them to stop strike breakers, reports Karen Buckley
Driving solidarity to Go North West strikers: Manchester’s day of resistance

People’s Assembly activists came together with trade unionists in Manchester in solidarity with striking Go North West drivers and other key workers, reports Chris Neville
Kill the Bill! Manchester marches for the right to protest – Report

The movement to stop the Tories’ clampdown on protest and to challenge violence against women continues in Manchester, reports Karen Buckley
‘We are all Sarah Everard’: women of Manchester stand up to the police

Women in Manchester will not be silenced, argues Lucy Nichols, in this report from the vigil
Go North West goes nowhere as community acts to support bus strikers

Ahead of an all-out strike beginning Sunday against fire and rehire, community activists blocked Go North West's buses, reports Chris Neville
#NoMoreNancy: Manchester students march against University management

Students in Manchester marched in their hundreds to send a clear message to the university management: they're not backing down
Message from Manchester: if you fight you can win

Lucy Nichols, one of the occupiers at the University of Manchester, calls on students around the country to follow suit
Racists off campus: Manchester students protest against university security racism

After a black student was racially profiled by university security, students have taken to the streets of Fallowfield to demand justice
#OccupyUoM: students have had enough

Lucy Nichols tells us why she's part of the occupation at the University of Manchester, what are the demands and how the university has responded
Manchester action is only the beginning: a Glasgow University perspective

As Glasgow students take action against mistreatment by university management, resistance must continue to spread, argues Sophie Johnson
#OccupyUoM: Students take over University of Manchester building

Students at the University of Manchester are fighting back against the way they've been treated and have occupied a building until their demands are met
Manchester students tear down fences in thousands-strong protest

Students are raging at being repeatedly let down by the government and universities. Fences were the last straw for Manchester students - so they brought them down
Paper-plating the Tories for voting against free school meals

The anger against the Tories is growing and activists are developing creative ways of protesting, reports Chris Neville
Tory splits widen as opposition to No. 10 grows in all quarters - CounterBlast

The Tories are failing in the most basic principle of government, to keep its people safe, and its uniting people against them, writes Terina Hine
Manchester won’t pay for the crisis - protest report

Now in a Tier 3 lockdown, Manchester protesters call out Tory incompetence and demand proper support, reports Lucy Nichols
Divide and rule: why the Tories are imposing Tier 3 on Manchester – CounterBlast

The government’s Tier system of local lockdowns is deliberately pitting regions against each other and avoiding an effective national strategy with the necessary financial support
Greater Manchester vs Tier 3 - CounterBlast

Manchester continues to resist Tory plans for an ineffective local lockdown with inadequate financial support, reports Chris Neville
Manchester students call for rent strike as thousands are infected with virus

Students and lecturers unite to confront government failure to keep universities safe, reports Lucy Nichols
Students and lecturers must unite and fight for people over profit

With the mounting crisis in universities over rising Covid cases, students and lecturers must agitate together for safe learning, argues Lucy Nichols
NHS workers say enough: pay rise now!

Activists report from around the country as health workers take to the streets to demand fair pay
Queen's Road Bus depot blockade continues

Protesters disrupted Go North West’s services for two days this week showing how community and trade union activism can work together, reports Chris Neville
Police bussed in to stop Go North West protesters

Protesters took a stand against the bullying tactics of Go North West during a second day of action at the Queen's Road bus depot, reports Chris Neville
Go North West: direct action against bullying management

Activists in Manchester took peaceful direct action in defence of a victimised trade unionist, reports Chris Neville.
Regional lockdown puts wealth before health

New lockdown measures introduced in Great Manchester, East Lancashire and West Yorkshire are an incoherent farce, argues Chris Neville.
Prestwich takes the knee for George Floyd

Activists in North Manchester gathered for a local socially-distanced Black Lives Matter protest, reports Penny Hicks
On the canvassing trail in Lancashire

Although there is no clear front-runner in Lancashire, there is hope in young voters and the widespread care for the NHS, reports Karen Buckley
Stop Boris' Coup - Counterfire Freesheet September 2019

All out for 29 September: Protest the Tory Party Conference, Central Manchester. Plus social care crisis, William Blake: artist and radical, how we won democracy, India's crackdown on Kashmir and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet
Peterloo: Witnesses to a Massacre - book review

This graphic history of Peterloo is a poignant piece of people’s history told through stunning artwork and the voices of those who were there, finds Adam Tomes
Peterloo: Manchester is still resisting

Remembering Peterloo means keeping the fight on the streets, writes Penny Hicks
How socialists should commemorate Peterloo

Peterloo presents us with unfinished business, argues John Westmoreland
Rise Like Lions: the politics of Shelley's Mask of Anarchy

200 years after it was penned, Jacqueline Mulhallen explores the politics of Shelley's great poem
Don’t criminalise and scapegoat our homeless rough sleepers with PSPOs: blame Tory austerity

PSPOs are another heartless and poorly conceived reaction to problems caused by austerity, argues Karen Buckley
The actress who gives a toss: A Working Diary - book review

Julie Hesmondhalgh’s diary of a tumultuous year of politics, creativity, theatre, film and activism is funny, moving and inspiring, finds Penny Hicks
Manchester's new councillors and the fight against austerity

How has the first year been for the new wave of Left Labour Councillors? Ben Clay, Councillor for Burnage in Manchester, spoke to Penny Hicks, Convenor of Manchester People’s Assembly
Tommy Robinson not welcome in Salford, say anti-racist protesters

A counter-protest against Tommy Robinson's rally outside the BBC in Salford brought hundreds out on the streets against racism and fascism, reports Brian Madden
Peterloo: an 'anti-period drama'

Peterloo presents our history vividly, finds David McAllister - the result is a film that is both timely and historically accurate
Hundreds stand up to the FLA in Manchester

The Football Lads Alliance had a rally in Manchester, but there were more anti-racist activists that mobilised against them reports Karen Buckley
A festival of resistance in Manchester as a united movement protests at the Tory conference

As the Tories demonstrated their cluelessness, people from across the country demonstrated that another world is possible
The most stunning pictures from the protest at the Tory party conference

As the Tories held their conference in Manchester, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in opposition to a government that is hanging on by a thread
The clock is ticking

As the Tories prepare to meet in Manchester, our side needs to keep its eyes on the prize
Into battle: Manchester prepares for the upcoming Tory Party Conference

Mancunian activists are already laying the groundwork for October’s crucial demonstration, reports Martin Hall
Manchester attack: the terror and the news

We would all benefit from a journalism that didn’t resort to tired stereotypes and instead expands our understanding of a violent world
We cannot allow terror threats to undermine democracy - Election briefing #24

Try as she might, Theresa May’s high office manoeuvring cannot conceal her complicity and weakness, writes Lindsey German
Solidarity not scapegoating is how to defeat terrorism - Election briefing #23

There is no escape from the horrors of imperialism, at home or abroad, argues Lindsey German
Don't let this attack divide us - Election briefing #22

There can no justification for this appalling atrocity in Manchester, writes Lindsey German
Manchester protest diary

A satisfying, hopeful and successful week ruining the Tory Conference recorded by Cameron Panting
New protestors turn out against austerity in Manchester

Manchester became the latest city to join the wave of anti-austerity action as thousands joined a protest initiated by two local residents. Report by Penny Hicks
Julie Hesmondalgh among hundreds at 'huge' Manchester People's Assembly meeting

The post-election anti austerity surge came to Manchester as over 350 turned up to the monthly meeting of the city's People's Assembly group reports Penny Hicks
Class act: Engels classic brought to the stage

In the 1840s Engels wrote ‘The Condition of the Working Class in England’, based upon his experiences in Manchester. Ben Metters reviews a contemporary theatrical take on this political classic
A Marxist History of the World part 50: The Industrial Revolution

Frederick Engels was sent to Manchester, centre of the Industrial Revolution, to dispel his radicalism. Instead it made him the revolutionary he is remembered as today, Neil Faulkner explains.

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Manchester

Manchester

Tracey Scholes, the Go North West bus driver who was dismissed from her job for 'being too short' has won her appeal and her job back, reports Chris Neville

Protesters gathered outside the Go North West depot to show their support for Tracey Scholes at her final appeal, reports Chris Neville

Hundreds rallied and marched through Manchester on the last day of the UCU strike in a big show of solidarity, reports Chris Neville

Anger, joy and even revolution were in the air, as Manchester People’s Assembly brought together a wide array of campaigns wanting to build the resistance, reports Martin Hall

Thousands come out to protest against the continuous attack no women on and off the streets, Karen Buckley reports

As part of a growing pattern, local activists are coming out to support an important strike in Manchester

As the Tories usher in more austerity, thousands march through Manchester in united opposition, reports Sam Colclough

A demonstration in Manchester met the recent and widespread racist abuse by football fans of the England team’s Black players with unity and support, reports Sabina Ofori-Kuragu

Counterfire's Chris Neville spoke to Colin Hayden about the Go North West bus strike which successfully defeated fire and rehire

A large contingent turned out to march up to the Go North West bus garage in solidarity with the striking bus bus drivers, reports Martin Hall

Students at the University of Manchester have occupied a building demanding a rent rebate, an end to policing of accommodation and staff redundancies, reports Lucy Nichols

Manchester bus drivers are refusing to back down in their fight against fire and rehire at Go North West and community activists have joined them to stop strike breakers, reports Karen Buckley

People’s Assembly activists came together with trade unionists in Manchester in solidarity with striking Go North West drivers and other key workers, reports Chris Neville

The movement to stop the Tories’ clampdown on protest and to challenge violence against women continues in Manchester, reports Karen Buckley

Women in Manchester will not be silenced, argues Lucy Nichols, in this report from the vigil

Ahead of an all-out strike beginning Sunday against fire and rehire, community activists blocked Go North West's buses, reports Chris Neville

Students in Manchester marched in their hundreds to send a clear message to the university management: they're not backing down

Lucy Nichols, one of the occupiers at the University of Manchester, calls on students around the country to follow suit

After a black student was racially profiled by university security, students have taken to the streets of Fallowfield to demand justice

Lucy Nichols tells us why she's part of the occupation at the University of Manchester, what are the demands and how the university has responded

As Glasgow students take action against mistreatment by university management, resistance must continue to spread, argues Sophie Johnson

Students at the University of Manchester are fighting back against the way they've been treated and have occupied a building until their demands are met

Students are raging at being repeatedly let down by the government and universities. Fences were the last straw for Manchester students - so they brought them down

The anger against the Tories is growing and activists are developing creative ways of protesting, reports Chris Neville

The Tories are failing in the most basic principle of government, to keep its people safe, and its uniting people against them, writes Terina Hine

Now in a Tier 3 lockdown, Manchester protesters call out Tory incompetence and demand proper support, reports Lucy Nichols

The government’s Tier system of local lockdowns is deliberately pitting regions against each other and avoiding an effective national strategy with the necessary financial support

Manchester continues to resist Tory plans for an ineffective local lockdown with inadequate financial support, reports Chris Neville

Students and lecturers unite to confront government failure to keep universities safe, reports Lucy Nichols

With the mounting crisis in universities over rising Covid cases, students and lecturers must agitate together for safe learning, argues Lucy Nichols

Activists report from around the country as health workers take to the streets to demand fair pay

Protesters disrupted Go North West’s services for two days this week showing how community and trade union activism can work together, reports Chris Neville

Protesters took a stand against the bullying tactics of Go North West during a second day of action at the Queen's Road bus depot, reports Chris Neville

Activists in Manchester took peaceful direct action in defence of a victimised trade unionist, reports Chris Neville.

New lockdown measures introduced in Great Manchester, East Lancashire and West Yorkshire are an incoherent farce, argues Chris Neville.

Activists in North Manchester gathered for a local socially-distanced Black Lives Matter protest, reports Penny Hicks

Although there is no clear front-runner in Lancashire, there is hope in young voters and the widespread care for the NHS, reports Karen Buckley

All out for 29 September: Protest the Tory Party Conference, Central Manchester. Plus social care crisis, William Blake: artist and radical, how we won democracy, India's crackdown on Kashmir and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet

This graphic history of Peterloo is a poignant piece of people’s history told through stunning artwork and the voices of those who were there, finds Adam Tomes

Remembering Peterloo means keeping the fight on the streets, writes Penny Hicks

Peterloo presents us with unfinished business, argues John Westmoreland

200 years after it was penned, Jacqueline Mulhallen explores the politics of Shelley's great poem

PSPOs are another heartless and poorly conceived reaction to problems caused by austerity, argues Karen Buckley

Julie Hesmondhalgh’s diary of a tumultuous year of politics, creativity, theatre, film and activism is funny, moving and inspiring, finds Penny Hicks

How has the first year been for the new wave of Left Labour Councillors? Ben Clay, Councillor for Burnage in Manchester, spoke to Penny Hicks, Convenor of Manchester People’s Assembly

A counter-protest against Tommy Robinson's rally outside the BBC in Salford brought hundreds out on the streets against racism and fascism, reports Brian Madden

Peterloo presents our history vividly, finds David McAllister - the result is a film that is both timely and historically accurate

The Football Lads Alliance had a rally in Manchester, but there were more anti-racist activists that mobilised against them reports Karen Buckley

As the Tories demonstrated their cluelessness, people from across the country demonstrated that another world is possible

As the Tories held their conference in Manchester, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in opposition to a government that is hanging on by a thread

As the Tories prepare to meet in Manchester, our side needs to keep its eyes on the prize

Mancunian activists are already laying the groundwork for October’s crucial demonstration, reports Martin Hall

We would all benefit from a journalism that didn’t resort to tired stereotypes and instead expands our understanding of a violent world

Try as she might, Theresa May’s high office manoeuvring cannot conceal her complicity and weakness, writes Lindsey German

There is no escape from the horrors of imperialism, at home or abroad, argues Lindsey German

There can no justification for this appalling atrocity in Manchester, writes Lindsey German

A satisfying, hopeful and successful week ruining the Tory Conference recorded by Cameron Panting

Manchester became the latest city to join the wave of anti-austerity action as thousands joined a protest initiated by two local residents. Report by Penny Hicks

The post-election anti austerity surge came to Manchester as over 350 turned up to the monthly meeting of the city's People's Assembly group reports Penny Hicks

In the 1840s Engels wrote ‘The Condition of the Working Class in England’, based upon his experiences in Manchester. Ben Metters reviews a contemporary theatrical take on this political classic

Frederick Engels was sent to Manchester, centre of the Industrial Revolution, to dispel his radicalism. Instead it made him the revolutionary he is remembered as today, Neil Faulkner explains.