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7th January 2019 | By [email protected]

Manchester activists join nationwide refugee solidarity demonstration

Manchester Stand up to Racism held a demonstration in St Peter’s square as part of a nationwide solidarity protest in support of refugees. Members of...

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19th December 2018 | By Sam Peckett

‘Major implications’ nationwide as police crackdown on protests following three arrests at a fracking site

A police crackdown on anti-fracking demonstrations could have ‘major implications’ for protests nationwide, according to a leading academic. Dr William Jackson, lecturer in criminology at...

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29th October 2018 | By [email protected]

Protestors march in city centre after four homeless people die in two weeks

Activists marched through Manchester city centre calling on the council to do more to combat the crisis of homelessness. The 50-strong march was made up of...

Rimrose Valley Friends

23rd October 2018 | By Henry Walker

Campaigners protest at Manchester court against bypass plan through Liverpool park

A group of residents took their fight against plans to build a road through a much-loved country park to Manchester’s civil and justice centre. Rimrose Valley Friends...

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22nd October 2018 | By Isaac Jordan

EDL protesters condemned for displaying white supremacist imagery during protest

Manchester saw a large police presence this weekend as the English Defence League (EDL) held a ‘national protest’ in Piccadilly Gardens. Police at the protest in...

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9th February 2018 | By Dan Gough

Manchester students make stand against modern day slavery with 24-hour vigil

University students in Manchester staged a 24-hour vigil against modern day slavery at the weekend to raise awareness of human trafficking.  The students are part...

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10th July 2017 | By nq_admin

VIDEO – Protesting: From Manchester to Utrecht

Protesting is an integral part of any society, modern day, or old. Protests have been documented, written about, videoed, quashed and proven successful since records began....

Cornerhouse Squat

25th April 2017 | By nq_admin

VIDEO: Squatters at the Cornerhouse Cinema are cleaning up before eviction today

Loose Space is finally being evicted from the old Cornerhouse Cinema.  Earlier this month, the NQ reported that squatters had taken over the old abandoned cinema...

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27th March 2017 | By nq_admin

VIDEO: Squatters who took over Cornerhouse cinema due to be evicted

Cornerhouse Cinema shut down and relocated as HOME two years ago, back in 2015, and has since been unoccupied and unused. Loose Space, a collective...

Unit X: Protest fashion (Credit: Israel Zoro)

13th March 2017 | By nq_admin

MMU Fashion Students Make A Statement In Protest-Themed Show

Throughout history, protests have been demonstrated to make an array of statements. They are founded on outrage and unite masses of people together to push...

Donald Trump protest (photo by Miles Casey)

3rd March 2017 | By nq_admin

Video: Manchester marches against Trump

Thousands of Mancunians marched against Donald Trump last February. The protest has been called by campaigners who strongly disagree with the President’s travel ban on nationals...

Manchester's Anti-Trump protest

26th January 2017 | By nq_admin

VIDEO: Manchester’s anti-Trump protest

Manchester's Anti-Trump Protest from Northern Quota on Vimeo. Protestors demonstrated on Saint Peter’s Square in Manchester last Friday to raise their concerns regarding Trump’s policies...

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6th December 2016 | By nq_admin

Party Protest Manchester holding special Christmas dinner for homeless

Manchester-based protest group, Party Protest Manchester, are holding a very special Christmas Dinner for Manchester's homeless. Nandos will be supplying the food for the Dinner,...

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15th November 2016 | By nq_admin

Anti-Fracking rally in Manchester attracts thousands of protestors

United Against Fracking protest attracts thousands to Manchester from Northern Quota on Vimeo. The national protest against Fracking, the controversial fossil-fuel extraction method, this weekend attracted...

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12th November 2016 | By nq_admin

United Against Fracking national rally & march takes place in Manchester

Manchester will be host to one of the nation's largest ever anti-Fracking marches today. Thousands of protesors are expected to turn up to Piccadilly Gardens to...