An anti-war public meeting held in Oxford Town Hall tonight drew more than 500 people. The audience heard the case against the war, both from a moral and a practical standpoint. A small but vociferous pro-bombing group was bunched around Chelsea Clinton (yes, she was there), including one man dressed in the American flag, but their heckling really only served to fire up the audience further. Many of the speakers pointed out to them that Afghan lives and American lives are the same, and that, for once, America should live up to its rhetoric.

Hopefully, with this kind of showing, Oxford will send a large group of people to the National Demonstration on November 18th.

Matt