Oxford Social Struggles Newswire Archive

21-06-2004 12:26 | 1 comment(s)

Local singer publishes on the web

A local political singer-songwriter has published his lyrics on the web for everyone to see and comment on. Read more >>

13-06-2004 09:40 | 0 comment(s)

Vigil for Robin Goodenough, who died in police custody

12-06-2004 10:17 | 0 comment(s)

Free Trade versus Community and Workers' Rights - report of Oxford Meeting

04-06-2004 20:16 | 0 comment(s)

'Greenwash ' Or Us?

The corporate sponsorship of cultural life is taking off a storm with companies such as BP and Esso up to their old PR tricks. Buy their oil because they’re the coolest, greenest, cheapest (!), most caring guys in town. This is tosh and we all know it. Read more >>

02-06-2004 15:02 | 12 comment(s)

Zapatista Coffee vs. Starbucks, Oxford

Report and photos from Starbucks, Cornmarket Street, Oxford Read more >>

23-05-2004 15:15 | 3 comment(s)

George Monbiot Lecture, Oxford, Wed 26 May

CORPORATE LOBBYISTS AND PLANNING - The vampires take over the bloodbank
Wed 26 May, 5.30pm at Oxford Brookes University

A public lecture by Prof. George MONBIOT
Lloyd Lecture theatre, Lloyd Building, Gypsy Lane Campus, Oxford Brookes University
Read more >>

16-05-2004 21:17 | 7 comment(s)

Photos from The Wall Must Fall demo

A group of people from Oxford Palestine Solidarity Campaign went to join the PSC demo in Trafalgar Square on May 15th. Here are the photos! Read more >>

13-05-2004 11:59 | 3 comment(s)

Hunt Saboteur wins £5,500 pay out from Wiltshire Police

Hunt Saboteur wins £5,500 pay out from Wiltshire Police
following wrongful arrest at pheasant shoot
Read more >>

11-05-2004 18:47 | 2 comment(s)

OCSET Mark 2 - transformation from a dreary dump to a magic cave

New social centre on the Cowley Road Oxford has become a Thing of Beauty!! Read more >>

05-05-2004 18:49 | 4 comment(s)

no oxford animal lab

Anti vivisection / anti vivisection lab demonstration outside the proposed site in South Parks Road next to the notorious Dept of Experimental Psychology.
TOMORROW 3pm Thursday 6 May. There will be leaflets to give out. Bring banners etc if possible. Please be there if you possibly can.
These expiments do not save human lives. Experimenting on animals is killing people, and animals! Read more >>

02-05-2004 00:14 | 1 comment(s)

Oxford Teach-In on the Kurdish Crisis in Iraq and Turkey

this is a workshop u might consider going to. it should be very interesting as it is organised by a kurdish university student who was expelled by turkey 3 years ago for having signed a petition in favour of the kurdish people ( at least according to him ).

Read more >>

01-05-2004 08:16 | 0 comment(s)

Mayday samba dawn in Oxford

Crowds gathered to see in the mayday dawn in Oxford got an extra chance to celebrate; Breach of the Peace samba band took to the streets (albeit briefly).

Wake Up! Wake Up! Its yer SAMBA BREAKFAST!! Read more >>

29-04-2004 08:39 | 0 comment(s)

Partial victory for Maternity campaigners??

Protests win extension of consultation period for Malmesbury and Devizes Maternity Units.
(extension may be 2, 4 or 6 weeks - to be decided) Read more >>

27-04-2004 22:37 | 2 comment(s)

Social facilities in Oxford

The writer believes that all is not lost if OCSET, the new Oxford social centre, 220 Cowley Road, Oxford, is closed.
Read more >>

27-04-2004 15:00 | 0 comment(s)

oxford indymedia screening - PALESTINE - 9th May

oxford indymedia screening - East Oxford Community Centre - Sunday 9th May - 7.30pm
The LATEST INDEPENDENT FILMS from PALESTINE + speakers
The main feature is "IN THE SPIDER'S WEB" by Hannah Musleh (produced by Al-Haq from Ramallah, West Bank). This extraordinary, heart-rending film shows the reality of living under the shadow of Israel's apartheid wall.
Read more >>

27-04-2004 08:32 | 1 comment(s)

May Day Indymedia Screening - 2nd May

SUNDAY NIGHT IS FILM NIGHT!

oxford indymedia screening for May Day - SUNDAY 2ND MAY - 7.30pm - OCSET, 220 Cowley Road Read more >>

23-04-2004 07:50 | 0 comment(s)

last chance to protest against closure of maternity hospitals

Lobby of Board Meeting, Tuesday 27th April, 9.30 am, Southgate House, Pan's Lane, Devizes
Read more >>

20-04-2004 16:02 | 1 comment(s)

are you happy with the Stop the War Coalition?

Have your say in the future direction of the peace movement. Please come to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Swindon Stop the War Coalition on 27th April, at 7:30 in the Friends Meeting House, Eastcott Hill. Read more >>

16-04-2004 09:42 | 1 comment(s)

Iraq News as it is, today!

NEW and TRUE story telling in Cornmarket Street (near Northgate Tower) from 12 til 4pm.
Readings from Jo Wilding and others eye witness reports of what is really happening.
Come along for support, to take part in the readings, to be enlightened or entertained. Read more >>

15-04-2004 16:16 | 1 comment(s)

Binsey, Oxford. Historic site under threat of development by Oxford college

Christ Church College is pushing development plans to build houses that are 'not practical for an affordable housing scheme' in a location that is both Green Belt and a Conservation Area. Binsey was where Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland, Gerald Manley Hopkins wrote about the Binsey Poplars and a historic site of pilgrimage for St Frideswide, patron saint of Oxford. Read more >>