The Meteor : Manchester's Independent Media

14/06/2025

Press freedom is vital everywhere, not just in the UK. Anywhere there is injustice, brave journalists will shine a light. Boost this and help more light reach those being persecuted for telling the truth.

We at the Independent Media Association are deeply concerned at reports that the journalist Nikita Jain, the editor of Migrant Woman Press—a member of our network—has been arrested in Egypt along with other journalists and activists.

We call on the UK and Indian governments to urgently seek information and ensure her safety.

Journalists must be free to report without fear of repression.

12/06/2025

It is Indie News Week, and to celebrate we are holding an open newsroom, tomorrow Friday 13, at Feel Good Club in Manchester. We will be co-working there from 10:00-18:00, so come down and say hi, pitch us a story, or find out how to get more involved.

We are here to help tell the stories that matter to Greater Manchester, that won't get told anywhere else, so let us help you and your communities.

Check out link in comment for more info, and don't forget to donate to our crowdfunder.

10/06/2025

This Indie News Week we are running a crowdfunder to help keep our independent local journalism going. Donate here:

We want to raise £1000 to support our work reporting Greater Manchester news stories that get overlooked by the mainstream media.

03/06/2025

Thank you Independent Media Association

Jenny Mabbott is Head of Collections & Engagement at People's History Museum, based in Manchester. She has worked on a number of the museum’s programmes highlighting key moments in UK democracy and social change, from LGBTQIA+ rights to migration, and commemorating moments in our radical history f...

03/06/2025

On Friday 18 April 2025, an emergency protest was organised in Manchester following the ruling of the UK Supreme Court on 16 April that the definition of ‘s*x’ in the Equality Act 2010 refers to ‘biological s*x’, meaning “the s*x of a person at birth”.

The momentum from this protest led to a second protest the following day, Saturday 19 April, with demonstrations continuing in Manchester and more than 20 other British towns and cities.

This video contains still images and clips of speeches from the protests in Manchester city centre.

02/06/2025

Jenny Mabbott is Head of Collections & Engagement at People's History Museum, based in Manchester. She has worked on a number of the museum’s programmes highlighting key moments in UK democracy and social change, from LGBTQIA+ rights to migration, and commemorating moments in our radical history from the expansion of voting rights to the Peterloo Massacre.

Read our article about her take on Manchester's history - link in comments.

28/05/2025

On 14 May 2025 protestors from a coalition of environmental groups demonstrated against the annual conference of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA).

These groups hope that if large fossil fuel projects can’t get insurance, they can’t be built or operated.
Watch for more, and if you are protesting injustice in Greater Manchester, let us know and we'll help you get your message out.

Manchester Greenpeace

23/05/2025

Recent legislation has set out to curb protest in the UK in the form of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and the Public Order Act 2023. And it could affect you, even if you're not protesting.

This week on In Solidarity, we're in discussion with openDemocracy's senior investigative reporter and feminist activist, Sian Norris. Sian joins us on the p...

17/05/2025

Teen Vogue providing the media literacy training the mainstream press don’t want you to have:

"By cherry-picking anecdotes, news reports can distort our interpretation of the world."

16/05/2025

More children than ever are living in poverty in Greater Manchester, and numbers will continue to rise unless something is done.

Link in comments to read the full article.

13/05/2025

George House Trust has made their archives freely accessible to the public at Manchester Central library.

To celebrate 40 years of George House Trust’s work in providing support, advice and information about living with HIV, the charity has worked with 8 volunteers and curator Jo Rosenthal to bring the archives to life and share the inspirational stories from activists and people living with HIV.

The exhibition will be displayed in Manchester Central Library from 2 April to December 2025, with an additional display in the upstairs Reading Room until 30 May 2025.

11/05/2025

Linda Carver was a member of the Ancoats Dispensary Trust, a local organisation set up to save the dispensary building from demolition and redevelop it into a cultural hub. While the original plans did not proceed, the building was saved.

We met in March to discuss the importance of Greater Manchester’s architectural heritage and her work to save a significant Victorian-era building.

This story is part of our generative inquiry into Greater Manchester’s shared heritage.