Oxford Newswire Archive

Stroud Against the Cuts has a new website:  http://www.stroudagainstcuts.co.uk/

There are several coaches going from the area, leaving at different times and from different places. See the details below: Read more >>

"Do you think that paying an arms manufacturer £150 million to run a census is a good idea?" "How do you feel about being legally obliged to give your personal data to international arms dealers?". These are the questions we should be asking... Read more >>

Last weekend Oxford Food not Bombs did our first stand-alone street meal.

A quick report from a friendly food squirrel... Read more >>

Tuesday 8th March Oxford PSC Monthly meeting 7:30 Oxford Town Hall. Mike Marqusee, author of “If I am Not For Myself: Journey of an Anti-Zionist Jew” will speak about his book, and about his recent visit to Palestine where he met people facing eviction in Silwan and Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem and lawyers and activists working with them.
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Aldermaston women in a spot of domestic extremism ..... Read more >>

[Oxford] This morning, as part of a nationwide day of action on genetically modified (GM) products in UK supermarkets, two groups of protesters entered Tesco’s on Cowley Road in Oxford to warn customers who might be unwittingly buying GM products. Read more >>

If you live in Blackbird Leys, or anywhere else in Oxford, you have just two days to lodge an objection to a Planning Application from the Council to itself for a new swimming pool.
Oxford City Council is pressing ahead with its scheme to close down two leisure centres (Temple Cowley Pools & Fitness Centre, and Blackbird Leys Swimming Pool) and build a brand new pool in Blackbird Leys next to the existing Leisure Centre. The existing centres could be refurbished and improved for £3m, while a new 25m pool will have a capital cost of over £9m. Does this make financial sense or offer value for money when there are cuts to frontline services happening across the city?
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The animal rights social network and advocacy website Animal Rights Zone (ARZone) announces a groundbreaking interview with British neurobiologist and University of Oxford1 Professor Colin Blakemore Ph. D. to take place at 10pm GMT on Saturday February 19, 2011. Read more >>

With Oxfordshire County Council set to vote through its budget cuts at the County Council meeting on Tuesday 15th February, you have the right to make your views known.
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Monday 14th February at 8:00pm

Ruskin College, Walton St Oxford OX1 2HE

Weekly consensus based anti-cuts campaign meetings.
Open to all: students, staff and anyone with an active concern to resist the cuts

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Campsfield "House", the migration prison near Kidlington (see Ox-Fly 1), is changing management. Mitie (pronounced "mighty" for the sake of pomposity) won the £27m contract[1] and will have a 5 year term[2].

This is a slightly longer, referenced version of an article taken from Issue 3 of The Ox-Fly - Oxford's radical newsletter:
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A new radical workers organisation has been founded in Oxford. Thames Valley Solidarity Federation is a group seeking to promote direct democracy, direct action and working class self-organisation in local workplaces and communities.

Article taken from Issue 3 of The Ox-Fly - Oxford's radical newsletter:
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On Sunday 9th January, anarchists from Oxford joined a march in Witney, David Cameron's constituency.

Article taken from Issue 3 of The Ox-Fly - Oxford's radical newsletter:
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There has been a lot of talk in the anti-cuts movement about the importance of 'winning the argument'. This strategy holds that the best way to go about fighting attacks on wages, living conditions and services is to point out the flaws in the pro-cuts arguments and suggest alternative policies which would avoid the need for cuts.

Article taken from Issue 3 of The Ox-Fly - Oxford's radical newsletter:
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Keith Mitchell and the County Council are zealously pushing ahead with destructive cuts. Targeted for closure are 20 out of the county's 43 libraries.

Article taken from Issue 3 of The Ox-Fly - Oxford's radical newsletter:
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Some of AiO are setting up a website (tentatively titled 'Bosswatch') that can be used to review workplaces around Oxford. Reviews would be anonymous to prevent victimisation.

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Two local groups experienced the harsh reality of our "democracy" this month. Politicians claim to represent and listen to us. The campaigners decided to put this to the test.

Article taken from Issue 3 of The Ox-Fly - Oxford's radical newsletter:
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People from all over Oxford come together today to protest against the government's cuts. The march, organised by Oxfordshire Anti-Cuts Alliance, will highlight the massive public opposition to the cuts.

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Upcoming anti-cuts demo in Swindon - Read more >>