Manchester

Manchester

• 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

• Video: take back Manchester! People's Assembly Against Austerity protests

  

  Video from the People's Assembly protests at the Tory party conference in Manchester, October 4th - 9th 2015. Video by Paul Hanes

• 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.