The US empire’s illusion of benign omnipotence has been broken by the heroic acts of Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden writes Neil Harrison  The grotesque climax to the manifest destiny dream. Invisible in the sky, malevolent and capricious, an Old Testament-stye god rains arbitrary, brutal fate upon unsuspecting civilians.  On that Baghdad street, on that…

Words by Amillah Javed. The Lord Mayor of Manchester, Naeem Ul Hassan, warmly invited me to open my fast with him on the evening of Thursday, 1st August, at Manchester’s Multifaith Centre. As soon as I walked through the door, I was astonished to find so many people meeting and greeting, whilst also waiting for…

Words by Amillah Javed   L to R James Scanlon Naeem Ul Hassan Suzanne Clapson and Aaron O’Connor On Thursday, 1st August, students along with their parents gathered together from schools across Manchester in order to celebrate their tremendous efforts and achievements in completing an independent travel training programme. The event was hosted and funded…

Left to right: Mark Goodwin, Maajid Jamil, Sadia Khan and Dr. Sam Edwards  On Tuesday 22nd July, students from Bolton Sixth Form College came to the Humanities Faculty at MMU for an Academic Skills session, designed to bridge the gap between A-Level and university, with History lecturer, Dr Sam Edwards. In the morning, English Librarian,…

Words by Neil Harrison The first time Manchester’s Northern Quarter hosted The People’s Assembly Against Austerity, back in May of this year, resulted in not only the largest regional turnout since the movement’s inception, but also ‘the largest political meeting in the city since the miner’s strike.’ Now it’s back, and, buoyed by the success…