Folk Club
Partisan Folk Club is a place for sharing and learning folk songs.
Everyone is welcome to sing or bring and instrument, or just sit back and enjoy the music.
Intro to our space
Come for a chilled afternoon learning about Partisan, our new space, and how you can get involved!
Partisan Reading Group
All welcome! If you have any questions, please email info@partisancollective.net <3 Please join the Reading Group via the Partisan WhatsApp in advance.
Partisan Football - Beginners special!
Special edition of our weekly football session - all about welcoming newbies! We’ll be doing drills and having a go at a game. If you’ve never kicked a ball before, or haven’t for a while, this is the perfect opportunity to give it a go!
Every Friday, 6.30 - 7.30pm. It’s pay to play (£5 a session or whatever you can afford).
If you’re already in our WhatsApp community, just join the ‘Partisan Football’ chat and say hello.
Alternative f*ck the pride parade members social
Enjoy a chilled social with your pals at Partisan over pride weekend! This event is members only.
General Meeting
oin us to discuss next steps for our programming at our new home Bridge 5 Mill!
We’re super excited for this new chapter and would love to see lots of old and new faces at this in-person meeting. Help us shape Partisan’s future! The organisation is carried by its membership - so don’t be shy and get your voice heard. It’s a perfect place to learn new things and inspire others with your skills. Curious ahead and want to know more? Email us info@partisancollective.net.
This is a members’ general meeting and signing up for membership is encouraged but likewise you’re super welcome to just test the waters and see if it’s your cup of tea before signing up. We’re looking forward to see you there!
Tuesday 29th July 2025
7 - 8.30pm (with social afterwards)
Bridge 5 Mill, 22A Beswick St, Manchester M4 7HR
RISO Club
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 Lisa know if you want to join so we can plan accordingly and allocate time slots. lisa@partisancollective.org
Runs every second Tuesday and fourth Monday of the month.
Until we move this will be at the Working Class Movement Library annex, 6 - 7.30pm.
Partisan Football
Do you want to play very casual, very fun 5-a-side football on a Friday evening? Join us!
We’re very keen for newbies/complete beginners - if you’ve never played football before, or haven’t for a long time, we provide a fun and supportive environment to give it a go!
Mixed gender, mixed ability but the vibe very much favours newbies to develop their football skills!
We usually do a drill followed by 45min of playing time.
Every Friday, 6.30 - 7.30pm. It’s pay to play (£5 a session or whatever you can afford).
If you’re already in our WhatsApp community, just join the ‘Partisan Football’ chat and say hello. If you’re not yet here’s a join link or if have any questions just send us an email info@partisancollective.net
Join Link for Partisan WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/I52tqlRJjjw88r06Gw3mpT
Partisan Football
Do you want to play very casual, very fun 5-a-side football on a Friday evening? Join us!
We’re very keen for newbies/complete beginners - if you’ve never played football before, or haven’t for a long time, we provide a fun and supportive environment to give it a go!
Mixed gender, mixed ability but the vibe very much favours newbies to develop their football skills!
We usually do a drill followed by 45min of playing time.
Every Friday, 6.30 - 7.30pm. It’s pay to play (£5 a session or whatever you can afford).
If you’re already in our WhatsApp community, just join the ‘Partisan Football’ chat and say hello. If you’re not yet here’s a join link or if have any questions just send us an email info@partisancollective.net
Join Link for Partisan WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/I52tqlRJjjw88r06Gw3mpT
Reading Group
Reading Group Focus Friendship (Session 2): Let’s read about friendship and explore what it means to us and how we can understand it better.
All welcome! If you have any questions, please email info@partisancollective.net <3 Please join the Reading Group via the Partisan WhatsApp in advance. We’ll let people know there in which part of HOME we’re gathering.
Join Link for Partisan WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/I52tqlRJjjw88r06Gw3mpT
Meeting at HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Pl, Manchester M15 4FN
Sunday 13th July 2025
3 - 5pm
Required (and accessible) reading: Sophie K Rosa column ‘How do I make Friends in the Cold Heart of the Capitalist Machine’
https://novaramedia.com/2023/12/13/how-do-i-make-friends-in-the-cold-heart-of-the-capitalist-machine/
Optional reading:
Leah Claire Allen and John S. Garrison, Against friendship, p227-247 in Queer Kinship: Race, Sex, Belonging, Form (this engages in part with Foucault's Friendship as a Way of Life)
Elizabeth Fraser, Mary Wollstonecraft on Politics and Friendship, 16 pages
Aragorn! Against Friendship (v short online article) https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/aragorn-against-friendship
Derrida on the Politics of Friendship, summaries here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGKuEgVj3GI&ab_channel=EssensBookSummaries and https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/4882-the-politics-of-friendship?_pos=1&_psq=friendship&_ss=e&_v=1.0
Partisan Football
Do you want to play very casual, very fun 5-a-side football on a Friday evening? Join us!
We’re very keen for newbies/complete beginners - if you’ve never played football before, or haven’t for a long time, we provide a fun and supportive environment to give it a go!
Mixed gender, mixed ability but the vibe very much favours newbies to develop their football skills!
We usually do a drill followed by 45min of playing time.
Every Friday, 6.30 - 7.30pm. It’s pay to play (£5 a session or whatever you can afford).
If you’re already in our WhatsApp community, just join the ‘Partisan Football’ chat and say hello. If you’re not yet here’s a join link or if have any questions just send us an email info@partisancollective.net
Join Link for Partisan WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/I52tqlRJjjw88r06Gw3mpT
RISO Club
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 Lisa know if you want to join so we can plan accordingly and allocate time slots. lisa@partisancollective.org
Runs every second Tuesday and fourth Monday of the month.
Until we move this will be at the Working Class Movement Library annex, 6 - 7.30pm.
Partisan Football
Do you want to play very casual, very fun 5-a-side football on a Friday evening? Join us!
We’re very keen for newbies/complete beginners - if you’ve never played football before, or haven’t for a long time, we provide a fun and supportive environment to give it a go!
Mixed gender, mixed ability but the vibe very much favours newbies to develop their football skills!
We usually do a drill followed by 45min of playing time.
Every Friday, 6.30 - 7.30pm. It’s pay to play (£5 a session or whatever you can afford).
If you’re already in our WhatsApp community, just join the ‘Partisan Football’ chat and say hello. If you’re not yet here’s a join link or if have any questions just send us an email info@partisancollective.net
Join Link for Partisan WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/I52tqlRJjjw88r06Gw3mpT
Communications Working Group – June Meeting
Join our Communications Working Group for an online meeting to discuss this month’s priorities. Visit our WhatsApp group for more info including login details.
General Meeting
Make it stand out
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
HUGE UPDATE! WE MIGHT HAVE A NEW HOME!!
Join us on 20th May to look around our possible new home - Bridge 5 Mill!
Partisan members have been working behind the scenes to find the right home for our collective, and we think this might be it, but we want to invite all members to have a look and decide collectively.
Bridge 5 Mill, 22A Beswick Street, M4 7HR
Tuesday 20th May
Look around from 6pm
Meeting: 6:30-8:30pm
Now is a really exciting time to become a Partisan member, or rejoin us. If you haven’t already, become a member and be part of our next chapter. This way you can have your say at our general meeting, and be sure you’re supporting making this next step a reality.
Access info - B5M has a lift which is currently being repaired, with expected completion date in the next few months. If you would like to join us in person, the room we have booked is down three steps or we can move the meeting to the outside space which is physically accessible but has no toilet access. Alternatively we will provide a zoom link to join to all members via email, and can do video tours of the space ahead of the meeting for anyone who would like one.
Communications Working Group – May Meeting
Join our Communications Working Group for an online meeting to discuss this month’s priorities. Visit our WhatsApp group for more info including login details.
Communications Working Group – April Meeting
Join our Communications Working Group for an online meeting to discuss this month’s priorities. Visit our WhatsApp group for more info including login details.
CANCELLED! - Exclusive Author Chat - Partisan Political Reading Group
APOLOGIES BUT THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED - IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED, HOPEFULLY IN MAY OR AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE
Partisan Political Reading group are hosting an exclusive chat with ME O’Brien and Eman Abdelhadi, the author of Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune 2052-2072.
Past and future reading group attendees all welcome.
4pm at the WCML Annex
Sunday 20th April
Partisan Members Social
You’re invited to our next members social on *Saturday 5th April, 4-6pm* at the Working Class Movement Library (annex building).
We will be playing board games (and table tennis if anyone feels sporty!), sharing snacks and drinks, and getting to know each other in a very relaxed way. If you’re a newer member it’s also a great chance to find out more about Partisan and what you can get involved in. And it should also just be some lovely irl fun 🤞
Please bring any board games you’d like to share, that will be super helpful 🎲
Any questions or access requests, message us. Hopefully see you there!
Communications Working Group – March Meeting
Join our Communications Working Group for an online meeting to discuss this month’s priorities. Visit our WhatsApp group for more info including login details.
Partisan Folk Club
Partisan Folk Club is a place for sharing and learning folk songs.
Everyone is welcome to sing or bring an instrument, or just sit back and enjoy the music.
It’s free, and you can bring your own booze, soft drinks, snacks and food.
Next session:
📅 Thursday 20 March
⏰ 7pm
📍 @wcmlibrary
Communications Working Group – February Meeting
Join our Communications Working Group for an online meeting to discuss this month’s priorities. Visit our WhatsApp group for more info including login details.
Communications Working Group – January Meeting
Join our Communications Working Group for an online meeting to discuss this month’s priorities. Visit our WhatsApp group for more info including login details.
Members Social
Join us on 27th November 6-8pm at the Working Class Movement Library Annex for our first monthly members social!
Catch up with all things Partisan and get to know other members old and new over a cosy hot drink and biscuits.
We’ll probably head to a pub nearby afterwards to continue the chit chat and search for some scran.
See you there!
Ether Mech EP Listening Party
Free tickets available on Eventbrite.
Ether Mech’s debut EP 'Fear, Desire' is being celebrated with a listening party!
We didn’t fancy the work of a release gig so we’re doing this instead. We love a low-energy EP launch!
We are making zines and tapes especially for this event, and we'll also be selling merch like t-shirts, badges and mugs for the first time.
Here's how the event will run:
2pm – Doors open (get settled, get some merch if you fancy)
2:45pm – EP listening begins (intentional listening where we sit and listen)
3pm – The band will say a few words about the EP
3:15 – General social space to hang out with background music on
There will be no food or drink available at this event. You are welcome to bring snacks and drinks but we are keeping this a sober space, please be mindful of this.
More details about the space will be added closer to the event.
About the EP:
Fear, Desire is the first EP from “ferocious and sparkling” Manchester band, Ether Mech, delivered to you in dazzling stereo sound. Formed in 2019 from the bubbling mass of Manchester community organising, Ether Mech’s current members are Madeleine Françoise on bass, synth and vocals, Vivien Holmes on guitar and vocals, and Rami Yasir on drums. Their cathartic blend of noise and sound has landed them spots at local festivals all over Manchester and Salford – Sounds from the Other City, Beyond the Music and Fat out Fest to name just a few – and allowed them to support personal favourite bands such as Screaming Females and SPECIAL INTEREST.
Recorded and mixed at No Studio by Joe Clayton of Pijn - whose previous work includes recording for Conjurer, Ithaca and Underdark - Ether Mech’s Fear Desire mixes elements of punk, metal, hardcore and pop into a sound that will pull you into its world guts first. The pounding, insistent drums, the viciousness of the guitar’s bite, the growl and groove of each bassline, the gnawing drone of the synth – these five tracks disappear into a landscape of weirdness, queerness, anger and release that is uniquely Ether Mech.