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Manchester’s self-organised homeless challenge Andy Burnham to join them
May 16th: Organisers at squatted former arts space Cornerhouse have called on new Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to go a step further than simple charity donations and engage directly with homeless people in finding solutions to the city’s rough sleeping crisis.
Gallery: Yarl’s Wood protests
May 15th: Peter Marshall was at Yarl’s Wood this weekend and has kindly let us share his excellent photos of the day, which saw hundreds of people gathered as part of the campaign to shut the infamous migrant detention centre down.
Dirty energy resistance roundup: Court cases, blockades and police aggression
May 8th: Court cases have opened today at Merthyr Tydfil court as prosecutions are brought against five Reclaim the Power and Earth First!
Spycops inquiry delayed until late 2019
May 4th: In a double-whammy ruling Sir Christopher Pitchford has said his inquiry into misconduct by police undercovers will hear no formal evidence before the second half of 2019 — but exonerated the Met of using delaying tactics.
Manchester activists fight against turnover of Cornerhouse
May 3rd: After successfully seeing off an eviction last Tuesday, homeless people backed by the Manchester Activist Network (MAN) have made a callout for support in what they say is a “high alert period” in their fight to keep their Oxford Road site open as a centre for the city’s regular rough sleepers, the number of which has quadrupled since
Scotland: Action Against Austerity kicks off new campaign to protect welfare
April 28th: Dozens of posters have appeared on Edinburgh’s Leith Walk insisting the Scottish government must stop the reassessment process being used against Disability Living Allowance claimants.
Leo Baxendale: An anarchic inspiration
April 27th: Leo Baxendale, the comic illustrator and creator of Minnie The Minx, The Bash Street Kids and loads of other comic strips and characters, died on Sunday April 23rd aged 86.
Zero-hours Tate staff amazed as they’re asked to stump up for boss’s new boat
April 27th: What do you get the man who has everything when you’re working on an outsourced, casualised contract he implemented?
Brighton land occupation evicted – so activists squat £100m development
April 21st: A homeless camp set up in Brighton on April 5th to protest against a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) which has been imposed on the city’s parks and seafront was evicted on Wednesday — and activists have responded by taking over a building linked to a £100m development project.
As Yemen starves, Britain is arming Saudi bombing runs
April 19th: Campaigners are challenging British complicity in the Yemen carnage, writes Campaign Against Arms Trade spokesperson Andrew Smith.
