Oxford Globalisation Newswire Archive

TUESDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER AT 7.30PM
FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE, ST GILES, OXFORD Read more >>

After a successful rally in Oxford on Saturday (13th), attended by over 200 people, Oxford for Trade Justice are holding the 3rd in a series of 4 public meetings, on the WTO and the Environment, this Thursday at the Oxford Town Hall.

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Rally in Oxford, 13th September, against the far-reaching effects of the World Trade Organisation on communities throughout the world, including Oxford. Read more >>

Today (September 10th) at 3:30pm, a group of Oxford peace protestors have disrupted a display of military hardware at the Defence Systems & Equipment International (DSEi) Arms Fair taking place in London Docklands’ ExCeL Centre. Read more >>

John Tanner, Oxford City Labour Councillor, will launch the campaign this week about the far-reaching effects of the World Trade Organisation on communities throughout the world, including Oxford. The WTO meets in Cancun, Mexico this week, the outcome of which could threaten local services in Oxford. Cllr Tanner attacked Cllr Mitchell’s recent comments (Ox Times, 29th August) and said “I am sure most people in Oxford care about developing countries and don’t agree with Cllr Mitchell.”

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Barry Coates, Director of the World Development Movement (www.wdm.org.uk), will be speaking at a free public meeting in the Oxford Town Hall at 7pm, on Thursday 4th September. Read more >>

The Oxford Trade Justice Coalition, a broad grouping of NGOs, religious groups and unions seeking to highlight the injustices of the current world trade system, have received a rebuff from the Leader of the Conservative Group on Oxfordshire County Council. Read more >>

Campsfield House is an Immigration Detention Centre at Kidlington, six miles from Oxford. It is a prison run for private profit by Group 4, supervised by Home Office immigration officials. It used to be a youth detention centre, but it re-opened as an Immigration Detention Centre in November 1993. The local parish council was opposed to it, but their wishes were overruled by the Home Office.

There are 200 detainees in Campsfield House. Most are political refugees fleeing danger, torture and even death from countries such as Nigeria, Algeria, Ghana, Turkey, India and Zaire. They are held without charge, without time limit, without proper reasons given, and without proper access to legal representation. Amnesty International report that these are breaches of internationally recognised human rights. The former Chief Inspector of HM Inspectorate of Prisons (Judge Stephen Tumim) and The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture have condemned conditions at Campsfield House.

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largest representation and gathering of architectural students in Europe are petitioning George Bush to change US energy policy and support the Kyoto agreement Read more >>

remembering again that life is strange,
in the new AGORA Read more >>

Meeting for Oxford activists against the WTO ministerial in Cancun. Read more >>

It would be great to see as many people from the Oxford area as possible at the protests against the DSEi.

Many thousands are expected and these demonstrations will also serve as a European focus for anti-WTO dissent in solidarity with those in Cancun, Mexico as called by People's Global Action. Below is the Disarm DSEi call to action. Read more >>

Switzerland the home of modern day human rights? An historical connection lost on the Swiss police on Sunday 1st June, 2003 against anti-G8 protestors in Lausanne, where police repression was taken to another level. Read more >>

On Friday July 11th there will be a public event entitled 'Privatise this!', featuring community activists from South Africa and Brazil, speaking about the connections between environmental and economic injustice. Read more >>

For anyone who attended the protest against World Bank president, James Wolfensohn's visit to Oxford, a few months ago or indeed anyone else interested in Wolrd Bank issues thought you might be interested in this bit of good news: Read more >>

24 hours for trade justice, 27-28 June 2003

The Trade Justice Movement’s major event happened this morning from 10am till about 12.30
At Oxford Town Hall
Trade Justice event supported by Oxfam, Christian Aid
and WDM

Andrew Smith, MP for East Oxford, came and discussed trade issues in an open meeting with people from his constituency. Antiwar activists protested outside due to his pro war stance and a refusal to engage in a public debate about the war. Evan Harris also came and talked with his constituency. Read more >>

The policies that the Bush government promotes in the IMF, World Bank and trade organisations through the WTO are designed to foster and increase injustice, in the direct interests of US big-business. Read more >>

Tomorrow 10am, Saturday 28th, Andrew Smith will be at the Town Hall,
Oxford for a Trade Justice event supported by Oxfam, Christian Aid
and WDM etc. Read more >>

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Link to pictures and report from Geneva protest against the G8.

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