Oxford Newswire Archive

Activists urgently required to save protected species at Radley Lake. Bayliffs due any moment. Read more >>

Npower have been granted immediate possesion of the squatted field centre at Radley lakes. Read more >>

npower is trying to evict the campaigners at Radley Lakes again on Wednesday 24th January 10am Oxford County Court - massive call-out to protest at the court, and to defend the site at Thrupp Lake. Read more >>

Chris' Prison Details Read more >>

Chris Cole, a Christian peace activist from Oxford, was jailed today for 28 days. The jail sentence was in response to a nonpayment of fine for an action at the Ministry of Defence in 2004. Read more >>

It's time for Critical Mass again in many cities this Friday Read more >>

if you ever needed an excuse to get angry.............. Read more >>

Please note that although the Blockade is not until late March, dates for non-violent training courses (NVDA) are much earlier, and places on them need to be BOOKED.

Training is essential for all. Choose either Sunday 21st January or Saturday 3rd March 2007 in Oxford to attend 10.00am - 4.00pm. Please contact: oxford@faslane365.org
(01865) 248357.

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This Benefit Concert for Oxford CND will be held on Friday 26 January, from 7.30 to 10.00pm, in Holywell Music Room, central Oxford. The main attraction will be the Oxford Classic Jazz Band, and you are encouraged to come in 1920s costume.
At this critical time when decisions are soon to be taken about Trident's successor, it is vitally important to get as many people as possible involved in CND's campaign, especially students and young people.
For more details, telephone David or Irene Gill on 01865 242919 Read more >>

People are needed to either join the ongoing protests along the 150 mile route of the pipeline or to set up camps, day actions, leafleting and writting letters to MPs/ AMs.... PEOPLE NEEDED NOW! Read more >>

Massive local opposition to the destruction of the last two remaining lakes at Radley has been ignored by power company RWE npower, and the decision to fill these lakes with toxic ash has been rail-roaded through by Oxfordshire County Council.
A squatted field centre has been opened on the lakeside to stop this envieonmental disaster, and they go to court on Wednesday 10th January to fight their eviction. Show your support! Read more >>

In contrary to the often hypocritical ''Christmas'' approach, The Birth of the Child is no sentimental story about ''A Little Child in a Manger'', but the reality of the exclusion of the poor, persecution by the State and seeking illegal asylum in a foreign country
That's the reason, this Story is based on respect towards any human being, regardless descent or committed crime Read more >>

For the fifth consecutive year a Salisbury Plain Peace Vigil will be
held on the army range at 12 noon on New Year's Eve 31 December 2006. Read more >>

Westgate Centre approved. Read more >>

One of London's most fashionable restaurants, used by film stars and members of the Royal family, has become the first in the country to be fined for falsely claiming that meat used in a number of its dishes was organically farmed. Read more >>

It's the season of good will and to celebrate brotherly love and the like, the Daily Mail was been reporting from the holly land on what they describe as a "sense of a creeping Islamic fundamentalism is all around in Bethlehem".

The paper reports, "The town’s Christian population has dwindled from more than 85 per cent in 1948 to 12 per cent of its 60,000 inhabitants in 2006. There are reports of religious persecution, in the form of murders, beatings and land grabs."

Apparently the breakdown in security has been putting off the jet set tourists and leading to economic hardship for those ever down trodden Christians - who incidently manage to own most of the town’s hotels, restaurants and souvenir shops.

This god awful situation has become "so desperate" that the Archbishop of Canterbury and the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, are going over with a bunch of cristian protesters to express their solidarity with the "beleaguered Christian populace" Read more >>

For the fifth consecutive year a Salisbury Plain Peace Vigil will be held on the army range at 12 noon on New Year's Eve 31 December 2006 Read more >>

High Court Hearing Adjourned
 http://www.speakcampaigns.org/news/20061218hearingadjourned.php

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The epicenter was very near Aceh, north Sumatra, Indonesia. Now you have a vague idea where Aceh is I will give you a little background and a basic assessment of the political situation. The reason is mainly that I am now working in Aceh. Does not receive the same international gaze as Afghanistan but that can change and perhaps I can bring it on to a few peoples radar. Read more >>

Detainees held at Campsfield House, Oxfordshire, are understood to have been on hunger strike for 4 days now. 66 detainees, mainly Turkish and Kurdish, were logged as having skipped meals on Monday and are consuming only sugared water and coffee. They are protesting against the lack of information on how long their cases would take to be processed.

Recent detainees hungerstrikes: Families on Hungerstrike in Yarl's Wood Detention Centre | Hunger Strike in Colnbrook Detention Centre

Links: Campaign to Close Campsfield | National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns | UK NoBorders groups

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