Oxford Anti-militarism Newswire Archive

10-04-2013 21:20 | 1 comment(s)

ActionAWE closes Aldermaston AWE Tadley gate

ActionAWE (Atomic Weapons Eradication) team closed Tadley gate at Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) on Wednesday 10th April afternoon as part of the year-long campaign against the site to stop Trident replacement. 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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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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

01-10-2012 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 >>

29-09-2012 11:48 | 1 comment(s)

Census resistance update: including court dates

18 months after the 2011 Census, court cases are dragging on against a tiny proportion of those who resisted the Census on anti-war and privacy grounds, mainly but not entirely because of Census data processing contracts with Lockheed Martin (England and Wales) and CACI (Scotland). For background and other reports on this, see the Indymedia census topic, Count Me Out and Ethical Census.

17-05-2012 20:09 | 1 comment(s)

Statement by Census refuser Deborah Glass Woodin

Deborah's Census case was heard in Reading Magistrates Court on Monday 14 May. She was found guilty, fined and is minded not to pay the fine. Read more >>

11-05-2012 08:03 | 1 comment(s)

Census refuser court update: CPS drops some cases

An update on some of the court cases involving those who refused to complete the 2011 Census on anti-war and anti-surveillance grounds amongst others. Many objections were directly related to arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin's contract to process census data. The CPS has started dropping cases. This is the latest information we have. Please get in touch if you have more up-to-date info on any of these cases (or others). Read more >>

08-05-2012 10:06 | 1 comment(s)

DSEi Arms Fair Protester Faces Trial

Following postponment of January trial Chris Cole again faces the courts for criminal damage at DSEi arms fair Read more >>

20-04-2012 18:24 | 0 comment(s)

Anti-war activists found guilty but police ASBO application thrown out

Although found guilty following anti-war action, Judge dismisses application by National Domestic Extremism Unit for ASBO against anti-war activists
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15-04-2012 14:44 | 2 comment(s)

Anti-war war protestors face trial & ASBO

Two anti-war protestors will go on trial in London on Fri 20th April for action at Downing Street last October to mark 10th Anniversary of Afghanistan - both also face ASBO Read more >>

14-02-2012 18:01 | 2 comment(s)

No carbon budget for Trident and no plans for co-operation on climate change

If we allow business as usual to continue, the planet will not be habitable by 2050 and the only people left will be the crews of the Trident submarines. We must not let the military industrial complex to continue to profit from irresponsible suppression of public debate. Read more >>

10-01-2012 08:33 | 1 comment(s)

Arms Fair Protestor Faces Trial

DSEi protestor to go on trial next week - solidarity vigil outside court before trial Read more >>

20-11-2011 09:52 | 5 comment(s)

Cost of Sri Lanka Oxford Union PR is $ 8 million

Sri Lankan Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal reveals that Chime Group offered favourable front page interviews in The Time and The Daily Telegraph alongside an Oxford Union speech and glory to Mahinda Rajapaksa was almost bought out in December 2010.
Liam Fox the UK defence minister who recently resigned , his assistant Adam Werritty and some hitherto unknown associates had helped raise funds to pay contacts they themselves have identified. Read more >>

17-11-2011 13:25 | 2 comment(s)

13 December: Oxford Census Refuser's court hearing in Reading

Deborah Glass Woodin of Oxford, green activist, mother of two and widow of Mike Woodin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Woodin, is due in Reading Magistrates Court on Tuesday 13 December at 10am for refusing to complete the 2011 Census.
Read more >>

29-10-2011 09:47 | 0 comment(s)

Against Armed Drones: Women in Black to hold follow-up vigil on 12.11.11

Oxford Women in Black have dedicated their October and November vigils to highlighting the shocking increase in the development and use of armed drones by Britain and other countries including the US and Israel. As always we encourage anyone who is concerned about this issue to join us for our next vigil on Saturday November 12th at 11.15am in Bonn Square, Central Oxford. Read more >>