Networking Newsletter: Issue 16

Last updated: Feb98

Welcome
to the New Year. Many of you will have received a brief questionnaire asking what you think about the Newsletter. From first glance it seems everybody likes it, so I'll keep on plugging away at it. However, if I'm to put the work and money into it, then I need something from each of you - articles, photographs, news, jokes, viewpoints, background information and so on. (Oh yes, and an annual subscription!) So, why not write to me today and let me know what you're up to and why. If you get the information to me by FRIDAY 13 MARCH then I'll include it in the next issue of the Newsletter and also put up a page on the World Wide Web for you.

Finally, apologies for the lack of photographs in this issue. But if you don't send 'em to me then I can't print yer faces!

Please note...
Remember to let others know of the NETWORKING NEWSLETTER. It's copyright-free, so don't worry about copying bits of it. But please credit the Networking Newsletter Project and if you print any of it for photocopying/distributing or email parts to others please include the Networking Newsletter's phone number (0161 226 9321) and email address ([email protected]).

Remember to submit your articles for future issues

The Networking Newsletter Project relies on donations to survive so, to encourage you to subscribe to the real thing, we have included here but a sample of the printed newsletter.

News

This section covers news, information, and updates on campaigns and issues relevant to activists in the region.

Final Warning for Global Warming - Manchester activists take to the airport roof as politicans fiddle in Kyoto
US Blocks Mine Ban... Again - update on Ottawa (anti-landmine) Treaty
Time to Cooperate (?) - the Coop Bank, CIS and Huntingdon Life/Death Sciences
Just Say "No" to Incineration - that's what the Manchester public did
Editors sent down for 3 Years - Read this and be careful (or not)
MARS Attacks - campaigning against Manchester road schemes
Rights for Refugees - can they be delivered?
Multilateral Agreement on Investment - the growing resistance to corporate rule

Not included in the on-line version
News included in the newsletter, but not here, includes:

Motorway Madness: Activists at the M65 opening ceremony
Happy Birthday: Celebrations for CND's 40th birthday
Dockers Solidarity: Argos Action (before Liverpool Dockers settled their dispute)
Gizza Job?: say "Yes" or "No" to Labour's "New Deal"?

So order your copy now!

Clash Avoidance Calendar

The hardcopy of the Networking Newsletter includes a double-page colour pull out "clash avoidance calendar" which gives a graphical description of who's doing what, when and where.

Regular events - eg weekly meetings in the pub - are given here.

Other activities are given by month: 1998 dates

Contacts

Check out the most up-to-date and comprehensive contacts list
of campaigners in and around Manchester.

Focus

An (almost) regular feature in the Networking Newsletter is a spotlight on different groups working towards similar goals. Previous Networking Newsletters have focused on the following:

A look at networks in Manchester (issue 11)
Neil Lea discusses campaigning tactics (issue 10)
Hazel Greenwood reports back on her recent visit to Iraq (issue 9)
anti-Trident campaigning in the US (issue 8)
racism (issue 7)
green groups (issue 6)

Please email us if you would like a copy of any of the above.

Training

A selection of training events for campaign groups. Please let us know of any training you require, or can offer, so that we can include details in future issues

Training events on offer from the Networking Newsletter Project and other organisations

Enquiries about the Networking Newsletter Project should be made to

Networking Newsletter Project, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS.

Tel: 0161 226 9321
Fax: 0161 839 0840
Email: [email protected]

Subscribe to the real thing
Submit your articles for the next issue