Oxford Newswire Archive

19-06-2010 17:13 | 1 comment(s)

Primate Torture in the US, UK, China, Malaysia and Elsewhere

Recent deaths of primates in the US exposed to freezing and baking temperatures
in San Antonio Texas and in Nevada have brought renewed attention to the
unseen torture. Read more >>

11-06-2010 18:58 | 0 comment(s)

Peace News Summer Camp 2010: Confirmed workshops to date

Join people from across the broad spectrum of the British peace movement for five days of exploration, celebration and empowerment!

This year's themes this years themes include: feminism and peace; sharing our skills; challenging the military; engaging with other movements; radicalising our lives; and debating nonviolence (see below for more info). Read more >>

07-06-2010 10:31 | 7 comment(s)

Community garden celebrates keeping chickens

As keeping chickens increases in popularity, Barracks Lane Community Garden in Cowley/ East Oxford is holding a Chicken Day, this Saturday 12th June, with the aim to give local people information about keeping chickens on your allotment or at home in your garden. Read more >>

04-06-2010 10:31 | 0 comment(s)

Trident protest held inside Parliament

Trident Ploughshares Press Release - 4 June 2010

SIX members of campaign group Trident Ploughshares protested silently inside the lobby of the Houses of Parliament in London for two hours on Thursday (3 June), calling upon the incoming government to honour its disarmament commitments by scrapping the Trident nuclear missile system and its planned replacement and signing up to a Nuclear Weapons Convention. Read more >>

31-05-2010 15:50 | 2 comment(s)

Gaza Vigil Oxford

Solidarity with Flotilla and the people of Gaza. Read more >>

30-05-2010 19:53 | 0 comment(s)

Hip Hop with Lowkey for Palestine

The Oxford Students' Palestine Society presents...

A NIGHT OF HIP HOP + POLITICS FOR PALESTINE
***************LOWKEY MC***************

THE CELLAR//MONDAY 31st MAY//9PM-2AM

Tickets: £6 OTD, proceeds go to Medical Aid for Palestinians: (

http://www.map-uk.org/)
Read more >>

26-05-2010 14:58 | 5 comment(s)

National Anti-Vivisection Alliance Launched

The National Anti-Vivisection Alliance (NAVA) has been formed as a united grassroots coalition of groups fighting to end animal experimentation in the UK. NAVA is made up of groups who campaign against a broad range of animal experimentation, including university and academic facilities, contract research organisations, commercial organisations and cosmetics testing. Read more >>

16-05-2010 11:29 | 0 comment(s)

Five new UK screenings of “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo”

Between May 21 and June 2, in London, Oxford and Brighton, there will be five screenings of the new documentary film, "Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo," followed by Q&A sessions with former prisoner Omar Deghayes and journalist and co-director Andy Worthington. Come along and find out how to put pressure on the new government to secure the release from Guantanamo of Shaker Aamer.. Read more >>

10-05-2010 13:25 | 0 comment(s)

Reading Hunt Sabs Punk Benefit Gig

Saturday 15 May, from 7.30 at the Blagrave Arms, Blagrave St (opposite railway station), Reading, RG1 1PW Read more >>

09-05-2010 15:52 | 5 comment(s)

Women In Black Are Back!

Women In Black hit the streets of Oxford (well, Bonn Square) on Saturday 8th May in a silent and pasifistic sort of way. Read more >>

09-05-2010 13:26 | 3 comment(s)

APP Election Victory

There are those who talk and there are those who do Read more >>

04-05-2010 23:59 | 2 comment(s)

Election posters subverted in East Oxford

Various election posters were subverted in East Oxford tonight to remind people with short memories of the blood our politicians still have on their hands.. Many other posters have mysteriously disappeared. Read more >>

23-04-2010 13:15 | 1 comment(s)

Council bans Aylesbury carnival against racism

Aylesbury Vale District Council has blocked a carnival against racism in Aylesbury organised to proetst the EDL taking over the town centre on May 1st Read more >>

22-04-2010 16:39 | 0 comment(s)

Oxford Action Resource Centre celebrates 5 years of radical organising!

Since 2005, Oxford Action Resource Centre (OARC) has been a part of the local activist landscape: a social space, meeting venue, office and shared library for campaigners, activists, agitators and community groups. Read more >>

20-04-2010 13:06 | 26 comment(s)

The Animal Protection Party v The Vivisectors

At last a reason to get excited about a General Election!

Keith Mann v Dr Death and the Oxford Animal Lab.

The Animal Protection Party v The Wickham Labs.

The APP Hunt the Hunt Hag at the General Election.

The APP v HLS – Kick them in the Djangoly's.
Read more >>

20-04-2010 10:59 | 0 comment(s)

Erasing David - Feature Documentary about Civil Liberties and Privacy

ERASING DAVID is a feature documentary about privacy and surveillance in the UK. Director David Bond went on the run for a month and hired the best two private investigators in the UK to track him down using his personal data. The film is a riveting exposé of our digital age that plays like a Hitchcockian thriller – both chilling and very funny. Showing at the Oxford Phoenix Cinema Read more >>

17-04-2010 18:01 | 1 comment(s)

Stop EDL racism in Aylesbury

The English Defence League (EDL) - racists and football hooligans with close links to the fascist British National Party - will be demonstrating in Aylesbury on May 1st to whip up race hatred against Muslims.
Local community groups, trade unions, anti-racist and anti-fascists have organised a carnival against racism to expose the EDL for the racists and fascists they are. Read more >>

10-04-2010 20:52 | 2 comment(s)

BP hit by tar sands protests in London, Brighton, Oxford and Cambridge

An excellent day of action, including the closure of three BP petrol stations! Read more >>

06-04-2010 00:49 | 0 comment(s)

BP not welcome in Wantage and Grove

No Tar sands and Boycott BP sprayed onto walls in Wantage and Grove. Read more >>

30-03-2010 22:19 | 1 comment(s)

Mel Broughton Gets Bail Ahead of Trial

Mel Broughton Gets Bail Ahead of Trial Read more >>