Oxford Newswire Archive

Up to 100 people turned out today to protest outside the OUP building on Walton Street, Jericho, Oxford against Oxford University's plan to consider a return to fossil fuels in order to cut fuel bills. Neither the rain nor strong winds could dampen the spirits of what was a good humoured and upbeat demonstration. While the meeting was happening inside, protestors made their voices heard with loud chants of disapproval. Read more >>

Reisdents of Linslade, Leighton Buzzard and other places in the region held their first protest today at the site of a proposed dual carriageway across farmland on the route form Aylesbury to Milton Keynes. Read more >>

There seem to be more and more securitymen in the bars of kabul and a growing number of Chinese whores but very few security incidents in the last couple of months. Perhaps the cold weather means people prefer to sit warm around the fire rather than go out and fire rockets that never hit their target. Read more >>

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Oxford University is making a decision on its electricity contract this Monday. Including Oxford University Press it is currently Europes 8th largest renewable energy user (100% renewable sources). But in a statement in January the Uni still said they might choose to revert to fossil fuels.

Come to the OUP building on Walton St in Jericho
THIS MONDAY at ***1.45pm***
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Elections Furore [2005; 6min; balatacamp.net]

The Balata Film Collective have just released their second mini-documentary about the Palestinian National Authority elections.
Download it now from www.balatacamp.net Read more >>

PUBLIC MEETING

STOP THE WAR - BRING THE TROOPS HOME

Called by East Oxford Stop the War Coalition

TUES 25th Jan, 7,30 pm, East Oxford Community Centre

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OXFORD PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN
EDUCATION / TRAINING DAYSCHOOL
SATURDAY 29th JANUARY 2005
at Friends Meeting House, St Giles, Oxford
10:15am to 4:00pm

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January 20th - London meeting to plan for 2nd April Euro Day of Actions for Migrant Rights Read more >>

Bicycle Film Festival: Call For Entries

The Bicycle Film Festival is seeking submissions for its fifth annual Festival.
The 2004 Festival was a great success with many sold out showings. This year’s festival is larger then ever and will have showings in New York, Los Angles, San Francisco, Tokyo, and London!
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Workers at edo/mbm on the home farm industrial estate in brighton arrived at work to find that their locks had been glued shut Read more >>

Worth someone from IMC going?

hand out fliers? Read more >>

SATURDAY 12TH JANUARY 109 HURST STREET 6PM Read more >>

PROPOSAL
The proposal was to set up “mini-cinemas” in official and autonomous spaces during the ESF, showing short, punchy activist films. The technology would be re-cycled computers which would be of sufficiently low value to be left unattended, placed in a box and with a continuously running playlist programmed at the beginning of the day. The screen would therefore be a computer monitor. The aim was also to enable people to “DIY” encode their own films for them to be added to an ever-expanding playlist.
Politically it would be an anarchic, upbeat intervention in the more hidebound conventions of the political conference. Practically it would provide the opportunity for the showing of activist shorts which conventional cinema screenings can be reluctant to programme. It would also enable screening spontaneity and last-minute, urgent, campaign-based screenings. Potentially it would be very transferable to other venues and events.
It would also offer campaigning film makers an opportunity for “copyleft” distribution via “Ruffcuts” CDs, and had the wider remit of helping to build an effective network of radical film makers. Read more >>

This should be of interest to anyone concerned about the state of the media today, and the connection between independent media, free speech and democracy. Please note also that a group of concerned Oxford citizens, led by Oxford NUJ members, will shortly be opening a campaign on the local media with a public meeting, probably on Saturday March 5. Details will appear soon. Read more >>

First UK showing of two recent award winning Brazilian documentary films Read more >>

The Oxford Branch of the United Nations Association (UNA) are holding a lunchtime lecture on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict on Tuesday 18th January 2005. Read more >>

7PM LOCAL TREES THREATENED - ACTION PLANNING MEETING
WEDNESDAY 12TH JANUARY AT 109 HURST STREET (OCSET) Read more >>

Happy New Year to everyone. Our first meeting of the new year will be
held next week on Thursday, January 13th at 7:30 PM in the Town Hall,
Oxford. Read more >>

A short film on the topic of the Indymedia sever siezures. With footage from the IMC space and the Camden Centre, one of the Autonomous Spaces around the European Social Forum, November 04. Read more >>

A weekly gathering to make banners, costumes, props etc for the G8 and any other actions will start this Sunday. Read more >>