Oxford Newswire Archive

07-01-2011 15:52 | 2 comment(s)

Newbury Bypass walk (15th anniversary of the evictions)

A reunion. If you were there, come back and reminisce. If you weren't there, come and find out why this event was important! Read more >>

06-01-2011 12:48 | 3 comment(s)

3 Catholic Workers in Newbury Court Charged under SOCPA for Aldermaston Break-In

"Hurry and Wait" for Catholic Workers at Newbury Court House today!

Ploughshares activists Chris Cole, Sr. Susan Clarkson from St. Francis House/ Oxford Catholic Worker and Fr. Martin Newell from Giuseppe Conlon House/ London Catholic Worker are presently in Newbury Court for a plea hearing. They are charged under SOCPA legislation with "criminal damage" and "criminal trespass". Read more >>

05-01-2011 17:34 | 0 comment(s)

Oxford climate activists sentenced - Ratcliffe

Today 18 of the 20 activists, several of them from in or around Oxford, found guilty of conspiring to commit aggregated trespass in order to shut down Ratcliffe on Soar power station were sentenced. Read more >>

28-12-2010 13:15 | 2 comment(s)

Oxford - Bradford : 'Freedom of Speech'

Praveen Swami, of Pakistan Security Research Unit based at University of Bradford, writes as Diplomatic Editor in the The Telegraph today that recent events at Oxford denied 'freedom of speech' and that Dr. Liam Fox should visit Sri Lanka, soon.
What exactly is going on inside Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, since its inception in 2007? Read more >>

19-12-2010 13:57 | 0 comment(s)

Gaza Monologues Screening at the Pegasus Theatre on Friday January 21th 7pm

The event will feature a 30 minute screening of a performance of the Gaza Monologues by Pegasus Youth Companies, Some of the young actors will be on hand to discuss this performance as well as the International performance that they participated in at the United Nations in November. The ticket price, £10 also includes middle eastern food. Read more >>

17-12-2010 06:19 | 12 comment(s)

Who is in charge: the Foreign office, Defence ministry or the Oxford Union ?

With a fresh batch of 'secret' Wikileaks on Sri Lanka out yesterday, the 'private' visit of Dr. Liam Fox to Sri Lanka, as arranged for this weekend, is canceled.
Questions have been raised in UK parliament on the content of the 'private' meeting the Defence secretary had with Mahinda Rajapakse in the Oliver Messel Suite of the Dorchester Hotel in London, 1st December 2010.
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15-12-2010 19:15 | 0 comment(s)

Uninvisible Rally

This lunchtime saw Bonn Square in Oxford briefly transformed into Hyde Park, as a “Speakers' Corner” gave local people the opportunity to make their voices heard. Disabled people, parents, job seekers, teenagers and young people facing an insecure future, as well as older people facing poverty and discrimination, all spoke out about the damage that the cuts will do to their lives and their community. Read more >>

13-12-2010 11:22 | 1 comment(s)

Democracy or Dictatorship

Today at 5 pm in Oxford Town Hall, the Labour led city council are planning to vote for the 'strong leader' system of governance, in other countries known as dictatorship.Be afraid. Be very afraid. Be shocked.
Be angry THEN DO SOMETHING! Read more >>

11-12-2010 00:07 | 0 comment(s)

Incognito (Oxford)

'If you've got nothing to hide then you've got nothing to fear!'

This is a commonly-heard argument against anonymity. It is based on several false assumptions...

Article taken from Issue 2 of The Ox-Fly - Oxford's radical newsletter:

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11-12-2010 00:05 | 0 comment(s)

A to Barclays (Oxford)

On Saturday 27th November, around 600 Oxford workers, pensioners and students protested against the cuts. It looked set to be a routine A to B march, but the mood was lively, and some surprises were in store!

Article taken from Issue 2 of The Ox-Fly - Oxford's radical newsletter:

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11-12-2010 00:04 | 0 comment(s)

Show me the money (Oxford)

The richest 1% of the world's people have 40% of the wealth.

Article taken from Issue 2 of The Ox-Fly - Oxford's radical newsletter:

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11-12-2010 00:00 | 0 comment(s)

Hounded out (Oxford)

The Fox and Hounds pub has been derelict for four years and Tesco want to build yet another store there. This is a depressing example of the destruction of our communities by an increasingly individualistic society. On 5th December a large group took back the space and started turning it into a social centre.

Article taken from Issue 2 of The Ox-Fly - Oxford's radical newsletter:

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10-12-2010 23:58 | 2 comment(s)

Tory cuts... and Labour cuts (Oxford)

The Tory-led County Council plan to close nearly half (20) of our local libraries. A similar number of youth centres are to be closed down, with over £4 million cuts to youth services announced. This is an attack on the standards of living that we have fought for over decades of struggle.

Article taken from Issue 2 of The Ox-Fly - Oxford's radical newsletter:

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10-12-2010 23:55 | 0 comment(s)

Radcliffe reclaimed (Oxford)

In Oxford, 500 people gathered on Cornmarket to protest against cuts to education, and ended up occupying the famous Bodlean Library for over 28 hours. Students from local schools and colleges joined those from Oxford Uni, Brookes and Ruskin.

Article taken from Issue 2 of The Ox-Fly - Oxford's radical newsletter:

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10-12-2010 23:52 | 0 comment(s)

Roaming marches stun Oxford

Large anti-cuts marches disrupted Oxford city centre on 30th November, briefly occupying County Hall, Barclays, Lloyds, and Castle Mound, disrupting traffic, roaming through streets and shopping centres.

Article taken from Issue 2 of The Ox-Fly - Oxford's radical newsletter:

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10-12-2010 17:47 | 3 comment(s)

Protest in David Cameron's constituency against youth centre cuts

Protesters from a group called UK Save Our Youth Groups are gathering in David Cameron's constituency of Witney, Oxfordshire. Read more >>

10-12-2010 15:12 | 1 comment(s)

President Rajapakse in the Hillary Term

Sri Lankan Government spokesman and Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella at the Cabinet Decision Media Conference held at the Information Department auditorium yesterday said that a new President was appointed to the Oxford Union since the term of the former President James Kingston ended the following day President Mahinda Rajapaksa was scheduled to address the Union.
Thats James Langman in the Hillary term. Read more >>

06-12-2010 00:10 | 3 comment(s)

New Oxford social centre evicted!

Within hours of the call out to inaugerate the opening of a new social centre in Oxford heavy handed police response puts a spanner in the works... Read more >>

05-12-2010 18:13 | 4 comment(s)

New social centre opened in Oxford!

As of today the Fox and Hound pub on the corner of Abingdon and Wiers road, derelict since July 2009, has reopened for the use of the local community as a space for free cultural expression and the growth of solidarity in a climate of austerity. Read more >>

04-12-2010 15:31 | 1 comment(s)

Oxford Top Shop targeted in tax dodge demo

Protesters from the group UK Uncut blockaded the entrance to Top Shop to demand that Government cuts tzar, Britain's ninth-richest billionaire and serial tax dodger Phillip Green, pay his £300,000,000 tax bill. Read more >>

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