Oxford Newswire Archive

21-05-2009 13:29 | 0 comment(s)

SPEAK Magical Mystery Tour

With the admission that up to 16,000 animals are being kept in Oxford University's labs for the purposes of experimentation, SPEAK campaigners took to the streets on Tuesday to expose the horror of vivisection at the university. Read more >>

19-05-2009 09:23 | 5 comment(s)

Love Music Hate Racism Festival 2009

Coach travel and tickets available from Oxford for the LMHR national event 2009! Read more >>

18-05-2009 12:45 | 5 comment(s)

One Rule for David Cameron Another Rule for

Hippocrites in high places insist they are reforming while actually just distracting from expenses. Read more >>

13-05-2009 22:42 | 2 comment(s)

CCTV Planned for East Oxford Community Centre?

Help reverse community centre CCTV decision. Read more >>

06-05-2009 12:01 | 2 comment(s)

1st OXFORD WORKING CLASS BOOKFAIR- Saturday 20 June

Saturday 20 June, 11 am - 6 pm
Ruskin College, Walton Street, Oxford
We cordially invite you to visit the 1st ever Oxford Working Class Bookfair! There will be books, talks, workshops, short films and more books and magazines . . Read more >>

21-04-2009 11:45 | 0 comment(s)

OXFORD SOCIALIST WEDNESDAYS - Extreme democrats welcome!

We are hosting regular informal discussion forums on a variety of topics. We meet on Wednesdays at 7.30 pm, upstairs in the MITRE PUB, 17 High Street, Oxford at 7.30 pm. We are a friendly bunch & all are welcome! We will be having a booksale at each of the forums! Maximum satisfaction guaranteed! Read more >>

08-04-2009 17:24 | 1 comment(s)

Victory for protesters in E.ON PR battle

Victory for protesters in E.ON PR battle Read more >>

04-04-2009 19:26 | 0 comment(s)

New detention centre, Oxfordshire

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01-04-2009 17:15 | 0 comment(s)

Oxfordshire Fossil Foolishness

In the early hours of april first, a group of local activists hung banners on bridges over the A34 between Oxford and Didcot, including slogans "Caution: Climate Change Ahead", "Give Way to Wind" and "Fossil Fool: 3rd exit" with a picture of Didcot Power Station. Read more >>

29-03-2009 19:01 | 0 comment(s)

Horse Racing / SPEAK Demo / ARC Meeting ... and more

A round-up of forthcoming events from the UK Animal Rights Calendar.

For full event details bookmark the calendar at

http://www.veggies.org.uk/arc.php

To be kept informed subscribe to the weekly announcements list at

https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/arc-uk
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28-03-2009 16:37 | 0 comment(s)

March 30th Global Day of Action to Boycott Israeli goods

Everyone is urged to support the Global Day of Action on Monday 30th March by contacting Tescos and Waitrose Customer Services to complain about their practice of selling goods grown on Illegal Israeli settlements and misleadingly labelling some of these goods “West Bank”
Tescos 0800 505 555

customer.service@tesco.co.uk
Waitrose 0800 188 881

customer_service@waitrose.co.uk
Read more >>

26-03-2009 01:14 | 0 comment(s)

NO CCTV Meeting - 30th March, 8pm The Mitre, High St, Oxford

No CCTV Oxford's next meeting. Read more >>

20-03-2009 13:48 | 0 comment(s)

Oxford Vigil Today! 4pm at BBC Oxford

Please support peace campaigner as he lies in hospital bed and countless others, Palestinians who have been shot injured in the name of justice and human rights. Read more >>

18-03-2009 00:01 | 2 comment(s)

Protest for a better world at the G20 summit

40 NGO's and trade unions are calling for a mass protest at the G20 summit at the end of March under the banner of "Jobs, Justice and Climate." Read more >>

17-03-2009 13:27 | 1 comment(s)

Vigil for US activist shot by Israeli Forces

Vigil to be held on Wednesday the 18th of March from 3 -7pm at the London Israeli Embassy, 2 Palace Green, London Read more >>

12-03-2009 14:38 | 0 comment(s)

Five women fined for blockading nuclear weapons factory

Trident Ploughshares Press Release

Defendants disappointed at failure of judge to uphold international law

The founder of Trident Ploughshares, Angie Zelter, from London, was one of five experienced female members of the group on trial at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 9 March 2009 for obstructing the highway during last October’s Big Blockade of the Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Berkshire, England.
Read more >>

10-03-2009 12:26 | 20 comment(s)

Activists facing murder charges over suicidal hunter's stunt

A fox-hunt supporter has been killed by suicidally running at an anti-hunt gyrocopter - and two activists could face murder charges as a result! Read more >>

05-03-2009 13:04 | 0 comment(s)

PUBLIC MEETING - Replacing animals in research: what's happening in Europe?

What is the future of animal testing in Europe? Read more >>

01-03-2009 13:36 | 0 comment(s)

The 'Turn Up the Heat' Protest

Make sure your voice is heard by those in power: join Christian Aid, CAFOD, the World Development Movement and the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition for a Climate Change Day of Action on March 19th Read more >>

28-02-2009 10:43 | 0 comment(s)

Nuclear warhead plant application on Burghfield flood plain – Latest news

A planning committee meeting on Wednesday is set to approve plans for a new nuclear warhead facility on a flood plain at Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Burghfield, near Reading, Berkshire. The proposal has received a record number of objections from the public, drawing the attention of mainstream media. Read more >>