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The next Animal Rights Coalition National Networking Meeting will be on Sunday 17th Feb at the East Oxford Community Centre, 44b Princes Street (corner of Cowley Rd), Oxford OX4 1DD. Please keep the date free and make every effort to attend this important meeting. Doors open from 10am for vegan breakfast and snacks by Veggies, info stalls, films etc. Meeting starts at 12noon til about 5pm, with a break between for food and discussion.

This weekend, around 100 people arrived from around the UK to a lovely squatted building in Leeds for a squat network gathering. Our presence was bold with a banner across the side of the place reading 'There is a lot of 'money' (crossed out, inserted 'people') in this building'. A blank agenda on the wall was gradually filled with interesting discussion/workshop ideas, and most of them took place in the sunshine outside! I did not stay until the very end of the gathering, so there might be a need for additions to this report. Here is a summary of some of the significant outcomes from each discussion.

Bali and beyond- what to DO in 2008 Manchester Climate Forum Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:15pm - 9:15pm Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester  manchesterclimateforum@googlemail.com First half will be info about the climate negotiations in Bali. Deepak Rughani of Biofuelwatch, who attended the Bali talks, will tell us about what went right, what went wrong... Second half will be dynamic and participatory: what's coming in Manchester. What's needed? How do we get it?

British National Party member, Alan Warner, has resigned from Heanor Town Council and Denby Parish Council because he's upset that everybody else keeps ignoring him.

Forthcoming event of interest to activists - workshop on Utopian Values, University of Nottingham

15 activists held a day of action in Leeds with a number of successes.

Around 20 activists, some dressed as wolves in sheep’s clothing, visited the D1 Oil refinery in Bromborough on the Wirral, on 2nd February 2008. They were there to highlight the dangerous consequences of large-scale bio-fuel production for the climate and for people worldwide.

Hussein Al-Alak is Chairman of the Iraq Solidarity Campaign.

Activists are proposing the reformation of the northern network or setting up a completely new one. Either way it cannot succeed without your help! In order to form a new regional group we need your input and ideas, as well as your help.

Activists are proposing the reformation of the northern network or setting up a completely new one. Either way it cannot succeed without your help! In order to form a new regional group we need your input and ideas, as well as your help.

Activists are proposing the reformation of the northern network or setting up a completely new one. Either way it cannot succeed without your help! In order to form a new regional group we need your input and ideas, as well as your help.

No Borders Groups from across the country will be gathering to discuss strategy and tactics in order to oppose the repression of migrants and refugees.

The following is a chronological list of FREE/cheap/fundraising events self-organised by Greater Manchester’s LGBTQI Community, which everyone is welcome to attend:

OPEN MEDIA in Association with UMSU Unite Against Fascism Society will be showing Young, Nazi and Proud (2002) This Monday, February 11, 730pm-10pm

Between 21 February and 7 March 2008, Che Guevara’s closest comrade from Cuba will be touring Britain, speaking at meetings organised by the campaign group Rock Around the Blockade.

This follows on from a previous article which was critical of Working Links connections to far-right Christian extremists. Following sanctions imposed on my JSA I have had a closer look at the relevant regulations and have found that the legislation appears to suggest that Mandatory Employment programmes are not quite so mandatory after all.

After a 5 year campaign to seek asylum in the UK, the Pakistan journalist Mansoor Hassan, now living in Manchester, has been given permission to stay in the UK.

Sharphill woods are once again under threat from developers

The Fur-Free Leeds campaign have just received confirmation that Ryan Vintage have removed all real fur from sale and a statement has been issued.

Richard Branson's Virgin Healthcare is moving in on the NHS. It's holding a presentation in Nottingham Castle on Tuesday evening. This week's meeting of Notts Trades Council decided to back a protest outside Nottingham Castle at 6:30pm on Tuesday (12 February). If you value the NHS, come along and help defend it!