Oxford Newswire Archive

June 1st was the 20th anniversary of the Battle of the Beanfield, a notoriously brutal one-sided confrontation between 450 unarmed travellers - including many women and children - and a quasi-military police force of over 1,300 police and MoD. Read more >>

Brighton Police brutally arrest 8 anti-Edo peace campaigners - please ring Sussex police now! Read more >>

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Anniversary of the 'Battle of the Beanfield' 1st June 1985
It's 20 years, since the major trashing of my community, travelling on the way the make the "Peoples Free Festival of Albion" at Stonehenge. It was a regular event on the calender. Read more >>

The latest oxford indymedia film screening

Sunday June 5th - 8.30pm

At Oxford Action Resource Centre, upstairs in East Oxford Community Centre, Cowley Road.

"OPERATION SOLSTICE" and "STONEHENGE RECLAIMED"
Films by and about New Age Travellers

£3/£2 entry - no one turned away who cannot pay Read more >>

G8 Network Meeting, Tuesday 14th June at 7.30pm at The Friends Meeting House, 43 St Giles Street. Come and share what you are planning to do around the G8 Summit happening 6-8th July in Perthshire Scotland. Read more >>

Birmingham
May 27, 2005

Legal proceedings were issued against the Catholic Education Service and the trustees and governing body of Plater College, Oxford in the High Court, Birmingham, this Friday afternoon.

The claimant is The Plater College Foundation, the group opposed to the decision to close the college that was taken in February of this year.

in the High Court, Birmingham

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Bimingham, England
27 May 2005

The Plater College Foundation has issued fraud proceedings against four Roman Catholic Archbishops of England and Wales.

They are Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, Archbishop of Westminster; Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Birmingham; Peter Smith, Archbishop of Cardiff and Patrick Kelly, Archbishop of Liverpool.

The proceedings were issued in the Chancery Division of the High Court, at Birmingham, this Friday afternoon.

Also sued, are the Catholic Education Service and its Chief Exective, Oona Stannard and a member of its legal staff, Martin Bradshaw, along with 14 present and former members of the Governing Body of Plater College, Oxford, including its former Chair, Leo Curran, QC and its present Principal, David Mason.

The Foundation represents staff and students opposed to the intended closure of Plater College, Oxford, of which the four Roman Catholic archbishops are trustees.

Counsel for the Foundation, John Rhys-Burgess, who is himself a former Plater College student, said:

"It is our view that no valid reasons for closing the College have ever been given. On the contrary, the stated reasons for the closure were manifestly false, misleading, self-serving and pretextual.

Upon any rational and objective analysis of the statements variously made by the Defendants to justify the closure, the unavoidable conclusion is that they could only have been made with the deliberate intention to deceive.

This has informed our conscientious belief that the Trustees and those advising them have attempted to carry out what can only be regarded as a callous and cynical fraud upon the College.

Whilst the Governing Body appear to be innocent of any dishonest intent, they are nevertheless complicit in the wrongful conduct of the Trustees and the Catholic Education Service, since they ought to have taken steps to prevent the intended fraud but have failed to take any action."
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Mark Lynas, author of climate change book "High Tide" and long-time direct activist has written in this week's New Statesman magazine of his conversion to nuclear power as a solution to climate change. Read more >>

Oxford PSC have organized a public speaker meeting to discuss the academic boycott of Israeli institutions. Read more >>

From 28th May to 5th June there be a display of anti-war art at the Oxford Action Resource Centre, East Oxford Community Centre, Cowley Road.

Any funds raised will go to support anti-G8 actions this July. Read more >>

While a lot of Afghans are optimistic about the up coming elections and the future many foreigners are scared and leaving or planning to leave. One Afghan American told me today this is the only time she has been worried in Afghanistan. I hope the Afghans are right. Read more >>

The Oxford Students' United Nations Association presents:

Gregory Barrow

United Nations World Food Programme on the eradication of Child Hunger Read more >>

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SAT 4TH JUNE, 7PM, READING, £4 ON DOOR, ALL AGES!
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Public Meeting on Civil Liberties is this Thursday 26th May @ 7:30pm
Oxford Town Hall.
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In July the G8 will attempt to meet for their annual summit at Gleneagles, Scotland. In Reading, many groups are mobilising – with initiatives happening leading up to the summit, as well as protests during the summit itself – both here and in Scotland. Here’s a timeline of events planned so far… Read more >>

A fundraising event for The Red Cross Children's Hospital and The Institute for the Healing of Memories in Cape Town. It should be very entertaining, with African songs and drumming, films, fair trade produce etc as well as the chance to learn of the excellent work of these two organisations. Entry is free from 2.00pm to 7.15pm when the evening programme starts (£5/conc £3) Read more >>

Demonstration at Campsfield Detention Centre for Refugees - come and show your support to the people inside! Read more >>

Some text should follow on Tuesday.... Read more >>

Following the success of last weeks Clown Army taster session , we've decided to continue our foolish antics every other Tuesday! Heck we might even form a batallion of Oxford clownbatants to run around the city of Oxford in silly wigs and big shoes, using utterly ridiculous tactics to poke fun out of all those manifestations of globalisation and corporate power. Read more >>