Oxford Newswire Archive

15-05-2011 22:21 | 0 comment(s)

Shouting through fences - a Campsfield report

Every month a small group of campaigners gathers outside "Campsfield House", near Oxford. Inside, behind layers of tall, razor-wire fences, are 200 people imprisoned indefinitely for the "crime" of being poor, non-white, and foreign. Read more >>

14-05-2011 20:27 | 0 comment(s)

Oxfordshire Pride gears up for 2011

Oxfordshire pride is getting ready for another feast of events to celebrate lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer life in Oxfordshire. Read more >>

13-05-2011 21:23 | 0 comment(s)

What the cuts mean - Jacques and Marie's story

It's often easy to slag off public services - many say they're expensive, bloated, and only exist to pay public sector workers gold plated pensions. But enough about what the Express and Mail say. Here's a video about one Oxford resident who is reliant on public services. Services that are about to be cut. Read more >>

10-05-2011 17:49 | 0 comment(s)

Refugee services being cut

Public sector cuts being introduced by the coalition government are having an overwhelmingly negative impact on public and voluntary sector organisations providing services for refugees and asylum seekers in Oxfordshire. Read more >>

09-05-2011 23:14 | 1 comment(s)

Squirrels now advocating direct action

I've been noticing short political rants in all sorts of interesting places around Oxford... I can only conclude squirrels are getting active against the cuts. Read more >>

09-05-2011 13:08 | 0 comment(s)

Review: Whatever happened to the anti-globalisation movement

My account of Sunday's film screening in OARC - the Oxford Activist Resource Centre. Read more >>

07-05-2011 19:38 | 0 comment(s)

Silent protest against Witney youth centre closure

Witney youth centre was closed on 5 May. Read more >>

05-05-2011 14:28 | 21 comment(s)

Paint pixies plant provoking phrase

This morning I saw some interesting graffiti... Read more >>

03-05-2011 20:32 | 0 comment(s)

Photos from Oxford's May Day March

Oxford Save Our Services was at the May Day march, and sent us these glorious pics. Read more >>

03-05-2011 14:34 | 0 comment(s)

New calendar support on Oxford Indymedia

We have added a new feature to the Oxford Indymedia calendar.

You can now add individual events to you on-line calendar, or subscribe to the whole Oxford Indymedia calendar.

30-04-2011 10:31 | 1 comment(s)

Nevermind the Royal Wedding street party

I went to the anti-royal wedding street party held on Manzil Way, Cowley on the 'big day'. Read more >>

28-04-2011 10:52 | 0 comment(s)

Poster/flyer for next OARC film screening.

On the 8th May OARC will be screening three Guerillavision films: Big Rattle in Seattle, Captal's Ill and Crowd Bites Wolf and then inviting a debate on whatever happened to the anti-globalisation movement. Read more >>

22-04-2011 21:08 | 1 comment(s)

Youth campaigners vow to fight on

As the County Council on Tuesday voted to cut funding for 36 youth centres, campaigners fighting to save youth services said “this is not over yet.” Read more >>

22-04-2011 19:49 | 0 comment(s)

We send Cameron a giant postcard about youth cuts

Oxford Save Our Services and Save All UK Youth Centres have jointly launched a postcard campaign to put pressure on David Cameron to stop the county council’s youth club cuts. Read more >>

07-04-2011 16:10 | 5 comment(s)

Review: Poll Tax Riots films

Last Sunday OARC was host to two films that told the story of the Poll Tax riots that happened in Trafalgar Square in 1990. Read more >>

30-03-2011 19:54 | 2 comment(s)

My march for the alternative

Last Saturday up to 500,000 people joined the TUC's March for the Alternative. Many hundreds, if not thousands, of other people protested against the Con-Dem cuts in different, spikier, ways. Here's my story and reflections. Read more >>

22-03-2011 10:14 | 3 comment(s)

Review: Activism vs Slacktivism debate: but what happened to Hacktivism?

I went along to St Annes College this afternoon to the debate Activism vs. Slacktivism, part of the eCampaigning Forum conference taking place on 22nd and 23rd March in Oxford. I wondered what it was all about. Read more >>

20-03-2011 20:26 | 2 comment(s)

Food Not Bombs – I'm Loving It

Pictures from last weekend's free lunch Read more >>

19-03-2011 17:51 | 6 comment(s)

Oxford's Big Society Hospital - Video & Photos

Today campaigners staged a 'big society hospital' in Cornmarket. Patients were operated on by volunteer doctors recruited from shoppers in central Oxford in a satire of the government's 'big society' plans that imagine volunteers can take on the roles of skilled public sector workers. Read more >>

18-03-2011 16:02 | 2 comment(s)

A feast of anti-cuts actions in Oxford

Anti-cuts campaigners are ramping up the pressure to fight cuts in our public services. Here's a selection of protests and meetings that you can get involved in. Read more >>