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Oxford Tree Protest Tomorrow (plus more photos)

11-01-2008 17:59

Protest at midday tomorrow (Saturday) in Bonn Square. The proposed expansion of Oxford's Westgate Centre doesn't just threaten a group of beautiful trees, it also threatens to turn yet more of our city centre into a nightmarish consumer wasteland. Thanks to the people who've been up the trees, the Council are now on the back foot and there's a chance we could force them to scrap the whole stupid scheme - but we need people there!

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Sizewell Protest

11-01-2008 11:42

Protesters went to Sizewell nuclear power station to say that nuclear power is not the answer to climate change. There is also a video of their last "get your head out of the sand" protest.

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Save Radley Lakes Demo - 14th Jan

10-01-2008 17:12

Save Radley Lakes Demo. Monday 14th January, 1pm Oxford County Hall

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Polar Bears Populate Welsh Coal Mine

10-01-2008 12:25

A video about a climate action that happened before xmus.

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Nuclear-Free Future Walk - London to Geneva - Apr-Jul 2008

10-01-2008 11:09

Following on from this year's successful 900-mile Nuclear-Free Future Walk from Dublin to London, organised by Footprints for Peace, the same group will be staging another this year from London to Geneva, through France. The UK stretch will go from London to Portsmouth, starting on 26 April, the anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

Help us tell Gordon Brown and the EU: NUCLEAR POWER IS NOT A SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE OR ENERGY SECURITY

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Video of Oxford tree protest

10-01-2008 09:45

Tree-sitters in Bonn Square (Oxford) opposing the massive expansion of the nearby Westgate shopping center. Since last Thursday one of the large trees in Bonn Square has been occupied in an attempt to save it from the chainsaws. It is one of around 40 trees, including many large mature ones, in the Westgate area marked for destruction.

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Video and pics of Oxford tree protest against shopping centre expansion

09-01-2008 23:48

Pics from today's tree-defending action; video on YouTube (

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uXdLcAffXnE).

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Video and pics of Oxford tree protest against shopping centre expansion

09-01-2008 23:36

Video and pictures from today's demo. The video is on YouTube (sorry) as it was too big to post here.

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Does the progressive left really believe in climate change?

09-01-2008 16:17

There is an interesting thread on the MediaLens discussion board about the following article, "Does the progressive left really believe in climate change?".

While the following article makes good points about the left and climate change the same thing can be said of the left and peak oil — however all these things were brought together in a talk that Nafeez Ahmed gave last November.

One minor thing struck me from the MediaLens discussion, a poster there comments that:

I've seen anarchists on Indymedia arguing fiercely in support of mobile phone companies against residents living near masts who have suffered alarming health problems - on the grounds that they have no scientific proof of their complaints as compared to the mobile companies.

Which appears to indicate to me that she hasn't appreciated the extent that this site is troll'ed...

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Sacrificial trees for the uber Westgate being cut down now!

09-01-2008 10:52

10am - trees being cut down in Paradise Square.

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Westgate protest continues; court on Monday

08-01-2008 23:55

Tree-sitters in Bonn Square (Oxford) opposing the massive expansion of the nearby Westgate shopping centre were served with a court summons today for an eviction hearing on Monday. More action is sorely needed.

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Coal, Climate & Environmental Racism - Grassroots Resistance talks!

08-01-2008 10:40

WEDNESDAY 16th JAN - SUMAC CENTRE
245 Gladstone Street, Nottingham NG7 6HX 0845 458 9595

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The Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Growing?

07-01-2008 20:43

The climate change deniers never miss a chance to tell us that research is showing the Antarctic ice sheet is actually growing. That sounds like the total amount of ice is increasing and things are just fine......the globe isn't heating up if it's not happening there......right?

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Nafeez Ahmed: The Hidden Holocaust - Our Civilizational Crisis

07-01-2008 20:26

Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed speaking on The Hidden Holocaust — Our Civilizational Crisis at a public meeting held on 20th November 2007 at Imperial College, London.

See also the notice of the meeting and the first three parts of a four part write-up of the talk:

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Greenwash Guerillas Invade BP Sponsored Tate Britain

07-01-2008 16:25

On Friday 4 January the Risaing Tide Greenwash Guerilla Brigade decided to pay Tate Britain a lil' visit.

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The Hidden Holocaust -- Civilizational Crisis, Part 3: The End Of The World As We Know It?

07-01-2008 12:32

Part three (see part one and part two) of an article by Nafeez Ahmed on the history of imperial genocide follows, the subject of this article was the subject of recent public meeting, The Hidden Holocaust - Our Civilizational Crisis.

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Oil Price Touches $100 a Barrel; Signal of Pending Oil Shortages Ignored

07-01-2008 10:31

The price for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil touched $100 on January 2, 2008, a new milestone. According to TheOilDrum.com, WTI oil price has been giving a very clear signal of pending shortage for over five years now, and in breaching the symbolic $100 a barrel mark, continues to do so. Those driving the world economy have steadfastly ignored this red warning light. In doing so, they are steering the world toward an energy disaster characterized by shortages, high energy prices, inflation, growing inequity, civil unrest and famine.

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Small Kitchen @ Sumac on Friday 11th & 25th + Putting Down Roots

06-01-2008 12:16

Small World Kitchen - Traditional African Vegan Food will be served at 7.30pm. on Friday 11 & 25 Jan at the Sumac Centre, Forest Fields. Also at the Sumac Centre, starting this week, you can experience 'Putting Down Roots', a repeat exhibition of artwork created by Nottingham's refugees and asylum seekers.

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Wastwater - Nuclear Twist

05-01-2008 23:27

Wastwater - officially Britain’s favourite view is already tainted by the nuclear industry. .... and Gordon Brown wants to plunder it further with more nuclear build in the UK.

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Anti-Incinerator Petition and Protest

05-01-2008 02:29

Oxford County Council are having a crucial debate on whether to build an incinerator in Oxfordshire. Oxford Brookes People & Planet & Oxford FoE have put together an online petition and will be protesting outside.