Dave Page from Manchester NO2ID has been invited to speak at this debate. See the MOSI website for ticket details.

The UK national DNA database is the largest of its kind in the world, containing records of all those who have been arrested in recent years. One in 20 citizens have their DNA fingerprint on file. Human rights organisations such as Liberty protest that the system goes too far whilst others argue that the database should be extended to all citizens.

We'll be running a Saturday afternoon stall in St. Ann's Square to raise awareness among the public and engage people in discussion about the National Identity Register. We'll be encouraging people to take the NO2ID Pledge, and collecting signatures for the NO2ID petition to keep people in touch with the campaign.

Manchester University's OPENMEDIA society will present a screening of the acclaimed documentary "Taking Liberties", which features the NO2ID campaign. The showing will be in Meeting Room 1, on the second floor of the Student's Union, Oxford Road.

Manchester Students Against ID and Manchester NO2ID supporters will be on hand to answer questions about ID cards and the database state, and to give people a chance to get involved in opposition.

Manchester NO2ID will be holding our monthly meeting in the upstairs function room of the Town Hall Tavern, Tib Lane, Manchester. Sadly, this venue is not wheelchair-accessible; please contact us if you have accessibility needs.

At our monthly meetings we discuss the state of the NO2ID campaign, what we've been up to recently and where we're going in future. Everyone is welcome, newcomer or not, curious or committed.

Manchester NO2ID will be sponsoring a dystopian film screening at the FAB Café on Portland Street, Manchester. The film will probably be Terry Gilliam's excellent vision of a bureaucratic database state gone mad, "Brazil".

Join us to relax, enjoy the film and ask any questions you may have about the NO2ID campaign against identity cards and the Database State.

We'll be running a Saturday afternoon stall in St. Anne's Square to raise awareness among the public and engage people in discussion about the National Identity Register. We'll be encouraging people to take the NO2ID Pledge, and collecting signatures for the NO2ID petition to keep people in touch with the campaign.

Manchester NO2ID will be holding our monthly meeting in the upstairs function room of the Town Hall Tavern, Tib Lane, Manchester. Sadly, this venue is not wheelchair-accessible; please contact us if you have accessibility needs.

At our monthly meetings we discuss the state of the NO2ID campaign, what we've been up to recently and where we're going in future. Everyone is welcome, newcomer or not, curious or committed.

Leeds NO2ID and Leeds University Union present

IDENTITY CRISIS

An open public meeting to discuss the impact of the National Identity Scheme and the database state on the future of our society.

7pm, Wednesday 21st May 2008

Leeds University Conference Hall, Union Building, Leeds University
Speakers:

James Elsdon-Baker - NO2ID Regional Coordinator for Yorkshire
Dr Martin Hemmingway
Dr Carole McCartney - Lecturer in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, Leeds University
Jamie Matthews

Not quite a Manchester event, but Sheffield is less than an hour away.

Manchester NO2ID has been invited to hold a stall at the Manchester Anarchist Bookfair, at the Jabez Clegg pub on Oxford Road (opposite the Manchester University Student Union), on Saturday 7th June 2008 from 11am to 5pm.