Oxford Newswire Archive

07-03-2013 13:28 | 3 comment(s)

Food Lovers set to besiege Vale of Evesham Vegan Fair, Sat 23 March

The Vale of Evesham Vegan Fair on Saturday 23rd March is expected to attract hundreds of local residents and people from across the region. With lots of delicious FREE food, 20 stalls, talks and cookery demos, this is the biggest vegan event ever staged in Worcestershire!!
At Evesham Town Hall, 10.30am - 4pm. FREE admission, all welcome!

http://www.veganmidlands.org.uk
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05-03-2013 15:07 | 0 comment(s)

OSARCC is recruitment helpline and email support volunteers

We are currently looking for new volunteers to staff our telephone and email helplines. Read more >>

26-02-2013 11:02 | 0 comment(s)

Oxford CND benefit concert - Friday 1st March

Oxford Classic Jazz Band benefit concert for Oxford CND at Friends Meeting House, St Giles, Oxford. Read more >>

21-02-2013 14:01 | 0 comment(s)

Hearing from the Iran Peace Delegation

Peace News editors Emily Johns and Mil Rai are currently on a peace delegation to Iran.

They will be speaking in Oxford at Peace House, Paradise Street, OX1 1LD on Saturday 23rd Feb at 3pm.

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10-02-2013 21:20 | 1 comment(s)

Secret City - Oxford Film Screening and Q&A

To celebrate our second year of regular film screenings at East Oxford Community Centre, Oxford Indymedia are proud to present the new independent film about the City of London, the Corporation that runs it, and its role in the economic crisis… Secret City. Film makers Lee Salter and Michael Chanan will be attending this Oxford Premier to introduce the film and for a Q&A afterwards. Read more >>

09-02-2013 21:01 | 1 comment(s)

Nuclear materials convoy tracked from Aldermaston to Brize Norton

A 4 vehicle Special Nuclear Material (SNM) convoy left Aldermaston Atomic
Weapons Establishment (AWE) at 10.30 on Friday night 8th February, and
travelled to RAF Brize Norton, arriving at just after midnight early on
Saturday 9th February. Read more >>

29-01-2013 16:25 | 0 comment(s)

Vale of Evesham Vegan Fair, Sat 23 March

Vale of Evesham's first ever Vegan Fair!
Featuring lots of FREE food samples, 20 stalls, cookery demos, talks, vegan cafe and lots more...!
FREE admission - All welcome!

http://www.veganmidlands.org.uk/events/evesham13.html Read more >>

22-01-2013 14:43 | 3 comment(s)

Pledger dies

Susanne Dow, who was an Oxford pledger in opposition to the war on Iraq, committed suicide a few days ago in Nottingham where she was a lecturer. The stress and threats from drug addict neighbours pushed her to suicide. Read more >>

24-12-2012 01:26 | 4 comment(s)

Kuchi Refugee Camp in the Shah's Back Yard

Maya is currently with a peace delegation in Afghanistan and sent this report via the VCNVUK blog. Read more >>

24-12-2012 01:21 | 0 comment(s)

First days in Kabul

Beth from Oxford is currently with a peace delegation in Afghanistan and sent this report via the VCNVUK blog. Read more >>

24-12-2012 01:16 | 0 comment(s)

From Cowley Road to Kabul

Susan from Oxford is currently with a peace delegation in Afghanistan and wrote these reports and reflections while preparing for the trip.. Read more >>

22-12-2012 10:51 | 1 comment(s)

Barnardos shop locked shut in Oxford

This morning the doors of the barnardos shop in East Oxford seemed to have been locked shut. Read more >>

11-12-2012 21:52 | 0 comment(s)

Help with planning appeal signatures needed for sustainable smallholding

My parents are appealing against a rejection for planning permission. They live on 5 acres of land near Baydon, Berkshire on a mobile home (hence the reason for rejection). They have built a sustainable smallholding, which is producing eggs and meat for the local community. Read more >>

10-12-2012 12:15 | 1 comment(s)

UK Peace Activists to Visit Afghanistan

For the first time since the invasion of Afghanistan, this month, a group of British peace activists will be visiting Kabul, with the intention of building links between the peaceful, day-to-day citizens of their two countries. Read more >>

01-12-2012 09:31 | 2 comment(s)

Cameron heckled at Xmas lights ceremony

Prime Minister David Cameron was heckled on Friday evening at a Christmas lights ceremony in Witney by several people angry at the impact of welfare reforms and cuts. The protesters read the names and details of people who had died as a result of these policies, and held placards accusing Cameron of having "blood on his hands". Read more >>

09-11-2012 23:20 | 0 comment(s)

Barnados under regular pressure in Oxford

Campaigners have been picketing and leafletting at the Barnados store in Oxford fairly regularly, in protest at their collusion with the migration-control system, specifically detention of children. Read more >>

01-11-2012 12:25 | 0 comment(s)

'Can We Rebuild the Plebs Tradition?'/Destruction of Archives at Ruskin College

Meeting in Barsley on 24th November organised by the Independent Working-Class Education Network entitled 'Can We Rebuild the Plebs Tradition?'
Also, info on how the archives of Ruskin College, pioneer institution of working-class education, have been partly destroyed, on the instructions of the college principal and despite protests and an offer from the Bishopsgate Institute to take everything. What remains may still be at risk. Read more >>

23-10-2012 10:21 | 1 comment(s)

Support group for survivors of sexual violence restarts

‘Life changing’ group for women who have experienced rape or sexual abuse Read more >>

19-10-2012 09:16 | 1 comment(s)

OxIMC film night for November: Even the Rain

We're back in on Sunday 4th November with the Spanish language film También la Lluvia (Even the Rain) a film from 2010 and set in Bolivia and based on a screenplay by Paul Laverty and directed by Iciar Bollain. From 7pm we'll be showing the latest citizen journalist film shorts from the streets of Europe depicting the people's struggle against the 'austerity measures' and sinking economies. Read more >>

01-10-2012 16:11 | 0 comment(s)

Census refuser on trial in Reading

Deborah Glass Woodin, from Oxford, decided not to comply with the 2011 Census. This is the story of her trial at Reading Magistrates Court, including her reasons for resisting the census. Read more >>