Sunday Round-Up #14 Welcome to all our new users ☺️ Lots of stuff coming up in the next few weeks. In response we have reduced the info for events beyond the coming week. For more info on these events check out our actual online calendar which you can import to your calendar app. Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/commonscalendarmcr%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics * * * This Coming Week * * * _Co-operation Manchester Welcome Event_ When 🗓️: Monday, February 17th 7:00PM - 9:00PM Where 📍: The Salutation, M16 6ED What ❓: We’re hosting a Welcome Gathering for anyone interested in getting involved with us. Organisers 💪: Co-Operation Manchester _Greenpeace Manchester New Members Welcome Evening_ When 🗓️: Tuesday, February 18th 7:30PM - 9:30PM Where 📍: Ape and Apple Pub What ❓: Welcome evening for those interested in getting more involved in the local Manchester Greenpeace group. Presentations on what we get up to and a chance to meet like-minded people. Organisers 💪: Manchester Greenpeace Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/welcome-to-manchester-greenpeace-tickets-1237178567399 _Demonstration against UOMs rent prices_ When 🗓️: Thursday, February 20th 5:00PM - 7:00PM Where 📍: Whitworth Art Gallery What ❓: Join the demonstration against the University's soaring rents. Organisers 💪: Love Music Hate Racism Tickets: Tickets £8 - https://skiddle.com/e/40580597 _Multi_ When 🗓️: Thursday, February 20th 7:30PM - midnight Where 📍: Withington Public Hall What ❓: Anti-fascist music and art event. All profits will go to CareforCalais so any extra donations are more than welcome. Organisers 💪: Love Music Hate Racism Tickets: Tickets £8 - https://skiddle.com/e/40580597 _A Public Discussion with Hannah Proctor_ When 🗓️: Friday, February 21st 2:00PM – 3:00PM Where 📍: Ellen Wilkinson Building UoM A2.16 What ❓: Hannah Proctor, writer of "Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat" will be running a public discussion. Organisers 💪: MCR feminist coalition, Manchester Leftist Action, and others. _Antifa: oppose UKIP and Turning Point UK_ When 🗓️: Saturday, February 22nd 2:00PM – 5:00PM Where 📍: Picadilly Gardens What ❓: UKIP/Turning Point UK members are planning to come to Manchester on Saturday 22nd. Manchester Antifascist Collective are calling for a mobilisation against them. Check their socials for more information but in short: "no tables, no speeches, stay mobile, wear a mask, don't come alone, don't leave alone". Arrive at Picadilly Gardens for 2PM Organisers 💪: Manchester Antifascist Coalition _Who Cares about Working Class Queers?_ When 🗓️: Saturday, February 22nd 1:30PM – 3:00PM Where 📍: Working Class Movement Library What ❓: Yvette Taylor will discuss her book in this event at the working class movement library. Organisers 💪: Working Class Movement Library _Running down the walls_ When 🗓️: Sunday, February 23rd 2:00PM – 4:00PM Where 📍: Alexandra Park, M16 7JL What ❓: Join us for a 5K run/walk/roll for the Filton 18 Palestine Action political prisoners. Organisers 💪: lots of Palestine solidarity groups and Manchester Antifascist Collective * * * Further in the Future * * * _Ash Sarkar - In Conversation_ When 🗓️: Tuesday, February 25th, 6:30PM – 7:30pm Where 📍: Manchester Academy _Unite Solidarity Rally at Capita_ When 🗓️: Wednesday, February 26, 8:00am – 12:00pm Where 📍: Broadhurst House, 56 Oxford Street, M1 6EU _Queer Workers Coalition AGM_ When 🗓️: Wednesday, February 26⋅7:00 – 9:00pm Where 📍: Bridge 5 Mill (22A Beswick St, Manchester, M4 7HR) _Screening: The Women's Front: The Miners' Strike through the eyes of women_ When 🗓️: Thursday, February 27th, 6:30 – 8:30pm Where 📍: UoM, TBA _Workers Solidarity Fundraiser_ When 🗓️: Friday, February 28th, 7:15 – 11:30pm Where 📍: English Lounge _Viraj Mendis Memorial and Performance_ When 🗓️: Saturday, March 1st, 2:00 – 6:00pm Where 📍: Ascension Church, Hulme _Landworkers Alliance Biannual Tegional Gathering_ When 🗓️: Sunday, March 2nd, 10:00AM – 4:30pm Where 📍: Northern Lily, Grassroots Oldham Women's (GROW) Enterprise, M35 0LP Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/lwa/1540516 _Partisan Political Reading Group (Everything for Everyone ME O'Brien and Eman Abdelhadi)_ When 🗓️: Sunday, March 2nd, 5:00 – 7:00pm Where 📍: Working Class Movement Library