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‼️ Gorton & Denton by-election: Levenshulme community hustings live. One thread to rule them all. 🧵

Will Keir Starmer still be PM at the time of the Gorton & Denton by-election?

🏳️‍⚧️@WeAreQueerAF is crowdfunding to investigate anti-Trans+ networks, expose healthcare inequalities and strengthen reporting through a dedicated Trans+ journalist, while also spotlighting community wins. 🎯 Target: £8,000 ⏳ Deadline: 28 Feb 2026 🔗INFO: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/queeraf2026

TOMORROW: @theactionnet event: Media Complicity in Genocide: Journalism, Power, and the Manufacture of Consent. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/media-c…

We're sending out a special newsletter to our co-op members today (once a small tech issue is resolved). If you want to be in on the news, you can join the Meteor media co-op here: themeteor.org/join-the-meteo…

Refugee Riots – Salience and Storytelling Media analysis from Gary's Economics, explaining why the public are obsessed with immigration while ignoring the real issues. Only the Right's message is cutting through, so what are we going to do about it? youtube.com/watch?v=9F4OSD…

Today in Manchester on the first day of the football season demanding Israel is excluded from the world governing body of football FIFA. Israel in 2 years have murdered over 430 Palestinian footballers and the Israeli Football Assocation incorporate 6 teams on stolen West Bank Palestinian land. EVERYONE should demand that Israel is no longer part of football and any other sports when they have for decades destroyed Palestinian sports and Palestinian sporting infrastructure.

ALERTA ALERTA Yesterday rs21 Greater Manchester branch was out with people from across the left - Salford Antifascists, Young Struggle, GMTU and more - to resist fascists from gathering. We saw the fascists off and ensured Manchester stays firmly antifascist.

Protesters and counter-protesters gather outside a hotel housing refugees in Fallowfield. The fash are outnumbered roughly 2 to 1 in both numbers and volume #RefugeesAreWelcomeHere

Is We Demand Change going to succeed in challenging the status quo? Read the article and let us know what you think. themeteor.org/2025/07/09/gre…

In our latest article we hand the mic to @Schoolreaders, a charity working to give children across Greater Manchester better life chances by supporting their literacy. themeteor.org/2025/07/07/the…