On 9th August at 3pm at Bridge 5 Mill, we will be detouring into fiction and examining the topic of incels.

Reading list:

Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte

First story here or better yet, order a copy: https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-35/fiction-drama/the-feminist/

‘Welcome to the Goon Squad’ by Daniel Kolitz

Criticisms of/reactions to the Daniel Kolitz article: ‘Letters by Magdalene J. Taylor, Sascha Cohen’

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nSnUy6L5Sxan1c-EYVayx3OyLKLptF2O

📚️ Partisan Book Club's First Session! 🚀 🛌🤸

Whether you’re a prolific reader looking to discuss your favourites with other members, or someone who is eager to discover and unpick must-reads - we would love to have you! Our first read will be Olga Ravn's The Wax Child:

"The Wax Child' by Olga Ravn explores a 17th-century witch trial in Denmark through the eyes of a wax child witnessing historical events." - Amina's Bookshelf

📆 Thursday 6th August 7 - 10pm
📍 Bridge 5 Mill, Flaxworks (Foyer)

Join as a member and access Book Club group chat via our WhatsApp community to find out about future announcements, including our format and initial selections. 💖 The group intends to give everyone an opportunity to pitch selections but even those who just want to read and discuss are more than welcome.

Wednesday August 5th 2026
at Cultplex Manchester
Partisan Cinema Presents: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

https://cultplex.co.uk/Cultplex.dll/WhatsOn?f=1221626

Partisan Cinema are very proud to present our first collaboration with Cultplex (@cpxmcr) where we will be screening Radu Jude’s 2023 satirical absurdist black comedy Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World.

Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World follows Angela, a production coordinator in Bucharest who spends much of her day driving round the city interviewing injured employees of a multinational corporation for a ‘Safety at Work’ video. Intercut with the Andrew Tate-style TikToks Angela makes to blow off steam on her long days, as well as footage from a 1981 film about a female taxi driver in the Romanian capital, a complex interrogation of the interaction between labour, gender and bodily danger emerges.

Radu Jude’s darkly comic exploration of exploitation at work in the twenty-first century flits between Zoom screen, phone camera and archival footage providing an at times uncomfortable but always compelling perspective on the absurdity and obscenity of being alive in the current moment. Radu Jude’s filmmaking is as discordant, poetic, dense and impressive as you would hope.

This is not one to be missed.

Want to learn about RISO printing and or get more confident in using Partisan’s EZ model? Come along to this refresher group session. Let us know if you want to join so we can plan accordingly and allocate time slots. Just find us in the Partisan Community chat on WhatsApp or email us to get the join link sent to you.

Usually runs twice a month.

Just Do The Thing is a DIY/Do It Together community/social group for trans women & transfems in Manchester to come together to get shit done. Message for any Qs via Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/justdothethingmcr/

Our next meet up will be on Saturday 25th July at 3 PM. It's been working quite well not planning anything specific so we're just going to do that again. Bring any board games, projects, crafts, and snacks you'd like to share. The time and space is for us to be around our community.

See you at Just Do The Thing!

💡 Are you a writer who is looking for a place to share their work? 💡

🤔 Someone who’s never written before, and wants to begin? 🤔

💖 The Partisan Writing Club wants YOU to join our next meeting on Tuesday the 21st July at HOME MCR, from 6.30pm 💖

Are you an experienced writer delving deep into one genre? Someone unfamiliar with writing who's been inspired to new? Whatever it may be, we are an enthusiastic, supportive group here to provide solo or group feedback on your writing that will enable to grow and develop as a writer, with no experience needed!

In this meeting, we'll be delving into why we write, and what we write. This will be a relaxed session as we get to know one another as writers, and we hope to see you there!

Join as a Partisan member and access Write Club group chat via our WhatsApp community to find out about upcoming news about our club, and stay in touch with your fellow writers.

DM us for a join link or find the channel in our WhatsApp Community.

We hope that you'll come along and share your creativity with us!

⚽️ WORLD CUP FINAL WATCH PARTY ⚽️

Down bad with World Cup fever 🤒? Join your Partisan pals at B5M next Sunday to watch the World Cup Final!!!

FREE Members only watch party, BYOB, get a free ticket
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/partisancollective/2306402

Want to learn about RISO printing and or get more confident in using Partisan’s EZ model? Come along to this refresher group session. Let us know if you want to join so we can plan accordingly and allocate time slots. Just find us in the Partisan Community chat on WhatsApp or email us to get the join link sent to you.

Usually runs twice a month.

📚 Partisan Reading Group – Rejection 📚

On 5th July at 3pm at Bridge 5 Mill, we will be detouring into fiction and examining the topic of incels.

Reading list:

Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte

First story here or better yet, order a copy: https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-35/fiction-drama/the-feminist/

‘Welcome to the Goon Squad’ by Daniel Kolitz

Criticisms of/reactions to the Daniel Kolitz article: ‘Letters by Magdalene J. Taylor, Sascha Cohen’

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nSnUy6L5Sxan1c-EYVayx3OyLKLptF2O

Want to learn about RISO printing and or get more confident in using Partisan’s EZ model? Come along to this refresher group session. Let us know if you want to join so we can plan accordingly and allocate time slots. Just find us in the Partisan Community chat on WhatsApp or email us to get the join link sent to you.

Usually runs twice a month.

🤖 Partisan Computer Club Partisan Computer Club is a space to learn new things and share what you know about software and hardware stuff related to computers. Let’s explore the liberatory potential of computing together. Join the Computer Club channel via the WhatsApp community to find out more or send an email to Partisan.

Just Do The Thing is a DIY/Do It Together community/social group for trans women & transfems in Manchester to come together to get shit done. Message for any Qs via Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/justdothethingmcr/

Our next meet up will be on Sunday 21st June at 3 PM. It's been working quite well not planning anything specific so we're just going to do that again. Bring any board games, projects, crafts, and snacks you'd like to share. The time and space is for us to be around our community.

See you at Just Do The Thing!

📚 Partisan Reading Group – Orientalism Session No.2 📚

By popular demand we will be reading Edward Said's Orientalism over the course of 8 sessions, with the second on Sunday 14th June.

The full schedule spreadsheet with optional readings is here

Considering that we are reading a decent chunk of the book each session we've kept the optional readings to lighter primary source material. But as always happy for anyone to share other related reading/viewing in the chat here from session to session. Looking forward to seeing you there!

🌿👷🏽‍♀️🛠️ CAN WORKERS WIN THE WORLD FOR HUMANITY?🌿👷🏽‍♀️🛠️

Drawing from worker and ecofeminist movements in Italy, Tunisia and Chile, Lorenzo Feltrin makes a compelling case for the ecological potentials of working-class politics. Workers are not doomed to be merely the victims of environmental devastation.

Join us at Bridge 5 Mill on 11 June.

6.30pm for food, 7pm start.

Comrades who eat together fight together!

Register (free): https://buytickets.at/planc/2200282

Plan C x Partisan

Partisan Football have trialled a Monday game and are keen to organise more in the future! If you’re keen to play beginner friendly, inclusive football with members but can’t attend Friday sessions join the WhatsApp and look out for future games. We’ll be doing drills and having a go at a game.

If you’re already in our WhatsApp community, just join the ‘Partisan Football’ chat and say hello. Not in the WhatsApp community? Message us on Instagram for the link!

It’s pay to play (£5 members / £6 non-members a session or whatever you can afford).

Want to learn about RISO printing and or get more confident in using Partisan’s EZ model? Come along to this refresher group session. Let us know if you want to join so we can plan accordingly and allocate time slots. Just find us in the Partisan Community chat on WhatsApp or email us to get the join link sent to you.

Usually runs twice a month.

Partisan Queer Sauna and Swim returns! 🐠🐠🐠

🕔 May 31st, 5-6:30pm

📍Withington Baths

Come join fellow queers for the second edition of watery whimsy. Expect the fruitiest of sunday evenings… with ample sliced oranges ofc! 🍊

We are lucky enough to have the ENTIRE venue to ourselves for 90 mins. It's an open session where you can use both the Sauna and Pool as you wish.

Look out for the group on the Partisan Community WhatsApp for any queries and to add a tune or two to the playlist.

For more info on the event and the venue, please take a look at the description in TicketTailor, and grab your tickets there too! Non-members £14, members £10 general and £7 low-wage.

https://buytickets.at/partisancollective/2209972

Partisan Computer Club is a space to learn new things and share what you know about software and hardware stuff related to computers. This month’s meeting will be a weekend social at Social Refuge rather than Partisan’s headquarters.

27 Great Ancoats Street, Manchester, M4 5AJ

Join the Computer Club channel via the WhatsApp community to find out more or send an email to Partisan.