Oxford Newswire Archive

01-02-2011 18:17 | 0 comment(s)

Oxford Brookes Anti Cuts and Fees

Is this the end of public education in the UK? Read more >>

01-02-2011 12:16 | 0 comment(s)

Emergency anti-cuts demo in Swindon - Tomorrow (weds 2nd)

Callout for a short notice demo against the cuts - please attend, or spread this callout. Read more >>

31-01-2011 17:31 | 0 comment(s)

More photos and audio from Oxford UKUncut Vodafone demo

Here are some more photos and an audio report from the UK Uncut demonstration held in the Vodafone shop in Corn Market Street, Oxford on Sunday 30th January. Read more >>

31-01-2011 08:24 | 0 comment(s)

OACA called Oxfordshire library read-ins - defend our libraries

Authors, trade unioinsts, library and anti-cuts campaigners, councillors and members of local communities will unite in defence of Oxfordshire library service on 5th Feb in a series of read-ins that are part of the Camaign for the Book national day of action called by author Alan Gibbons. Read more >>

30-01-2011 16:54 | 0 comment(s)

Oxford Education Campaign meeting!

Weekly consensus based campaign meetings @ Ruskin College, Walton St
Oxford OX1 2HE - 8pm Monday Read more >>

30-01-2011 13:24 | 11 comment(s)

Vodafone closed down in Oxford for refusing to pay taxes.

Six protesters from UK Uncut closed down the Vodafone store in Cornmarket today in opposition to the company's dodging £6bn in taxes. Read more >>

30-01-2011 10:59 | 0 comment(s)

Saving Temple Cowley Pools at the Council - Video

The video of the Full Council Meeting where members of the Save Temple Cowley Pools Campaign addressed and questioned the labour administration in full here:

http://www.oxford.gov.uk/PageRender/decCD/FullCouncilVideo24January2011.htm
From about 11 mins 15 seconds.... Read more >>

28-01-2011 19:05 | 1 comment(s)

Letter from Wandsworth Prison

Letter of thanks from Chris Cole, peace activist for support received whilst in jail Read more >>

28-01-2011 15:48 | 4 comment(s)

Eviction!

Eviction! Read more >>

25-01-2011 18:25 | 0 comment(s)

Coach Oxford to London - 29 Jan - Anti-cuts, Save EMA

There's a national protest against fees and funding / EMA cuts in London this Saturday - it was mentioned at the OEC meeting that Oxford Right To Work have organised a coach but will have to cancel it unless more people use it. People seemed very up for getting some good action done. Should be good in its own right, and it should give us food for thought re. tactics for March.
It's £5 waged, £10 unwaged, leaves St. Giles at 9.30 and leaves London (Malet St. area) at 4.30. Read more >>

24-01-2011 19:00 | 1 comment(s)

Temple Cowley Pools plea receives tepid reception at Council meeting

At this evening's Oxford City Council meeting the eloquent and impassioned speeches made to Councilors by members of the Save Temple Cowley Pools campaigned received a tepid response from councillors, especially those of the ruling labour party, responsabile for plans to close the pool and fitness centre. Read more >>

23-01-2011 18:46 | 0 comment(s)

Oxford Education Campaign meeting!

Weekly consensus based campaign meetings @ Ruskin College, Walton St
Oxford OX1 2HE - 8pm Monday Read more >>

23-01-2011 13:46 | 1 comment(s)

Launching the Network of Accommodation for Asylum Seekers

A call out for people interested in providing practical support for asylum seekers. Read more >>

20-01-2011 11:26 | 0 comment(s)

The Ultimate Survivor

This new documentary is a celebration of a real local landmark. 100 years ago, the little picture palace on Jeune street opened for the very first time. In the 1970s - sporting fabulous Al Jolson hands on its classical facade - the Penultimate Picture Palace became famous for screening unusual, sometimes controversial films. Now revived and rejuvenated the cinema lives again as the Ultimate Picture Palace.... Read more >>

19-01-2011 16:27 | 4 comment(s)

Christian peace activist jailed for 30 days over arms fair protest

Message from Chris's wife:

"Chris was jailed today [19 Jan] for 30 days for non-payment of a fine relating to a protest at the DSEI arms far in 2009. Details below. He has been sent to Wandsworth Prison. Heathfield Road ,Wandsworth, London SW18 3HS,020 8588 4000. I don’t have a prison number yet, but will send one out when I do." Read more >>

15-01-2011 22:03 | 0 comment(s)

The Case to Close Temple Cowley Pools is Crumbling...

We are getting more and more information, mostly forcing it out of the council via Freedom of Information requests, that refutes all the arguments they have used to push forward with their scheme to close TCP. Read more >>

14-01-2011 20:20 | 0 comment(s)

Keep Europe Out of the Tar Sands

Today several activists, including some from Oxford, visited the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills with a simple message - Keep Europe Out of the Tar Sands. Read more >>

14-01-2011 15:05 | 2 comment(s)

New video - how to publish on Oxford Indymedia

We have made a video that hows how you can publish a simple story (no pictures, audio, or video) on Oxford Indymedia. Read more >>

13-01-2011 21:06 | 1 comment(s)

Democracy Dead in Oxford City...

The Labour administration running Oxford City Council has stopped yet another way of interacting with the general public. Lack of accountability and transparency is becoming a trademark for them, as they ignore the largest ever petition in the city's history, councillors refuse to talk to their voters, and now this... Read more >>

13-01-2011 17:33 | 11 comment(s)

Undercover and over-the-top: The collapse of the Ratcliffe trial

Sent from New Internationalist magazine (newint.org): NI contributor Danny Chivers was one of six defendants whose charges were dropped in Nottingham Crown Court this week, following revelations about an undercover police officer who had infiltrated the UK’s environmental protest movement. Here, Danny explains the extraordinary events that led to the collapse of his trial, and what they tell us about the policing of protest in Britain today. Read more >>