Oxford Newswire Archive

20-08-2007 08:23 | 2 comment(s)

Carbon Offset Companies targeted by Climate Camp Activists

Activists from the Camp for Climate Action have simultaneously targeted the offices of two separate carbon offset companies. The protestors are dressed as red herrings in order to highlight that carbon offset schemes are a dangerous distraction from taking effective climate action. Read more >>

19-08-2007 16:26 | 0 comment(s)

Some photos from Sunday

Its been a fun day of protesting apart from some police violence. Read more >>

18-08-2007 12:34 | 0 comment(s)

Radley Lakes - Npower Sell More Ash in 2006 Than Ever Before

Npower's justification for filling Thrupp Lakes with ash is looking
very sketchy now. Read more >>

15-08-2007 11:06 | 1 comment(s)

Common Ground - Squated Community Garden Still Growing, Still Resisting!

2nd Eviction Attempt Resisted, Injunction Broken Again, New Gardens on the Horizon!
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13-08-2007 23:58 | 0 comment(s)

please follow links and sign this petition

following YOUTUBE atrocity,

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MHzvsbPiNCs of police beating Albanians, a petition has been set up to draw attention to the torture that seems routine in Greece today. I am writing as a victim of such torture myself. Read more >>

13-08-2007 14:08 | 2 comment(s)

plane stoopid graffiti

thought u mite appreciate this photo... Read more >>

12-08-2007 15:55 | 0 comment(s)

Its in the blood

With planting in their blood they plant on Read more >>

11-08-2007 00:44 | 0 comment(s)

letter to the Greek Ministery of Merchant Marine re NECATI ZONTUL

Necati Zontul, who is an Oxford resident, was tortured in 2001 in Greece. Today, he received a letter from the Greek Ombudsman who claims the Minister of Merchant Marine has agreed to apologise and to promise that there would be no further incidents of torture by the Greek Coastguard. This is despite recent videos broadcast on YOUTUBE of Greek police torturing foreigners in custody! It is 6 years after the event and 2 years after a guilty verdict was reached. Read more >>

08-08-2007 20:26 | 0 comment(s)

Immigration Minister 'arrested' for locking up migrants at Campsfield

Members of the Campaign to Close Campsfield held a very successful demonstration yesterday (7 August) outside the Campsfield immigrant prison, in an effort to "redress the balance of reportage" on the detainees escape last Saturday and to show the detainees inside that "not everyone goes along with the mood of hysteria." There were loud shouts of "Freedom!" and "Thank you very much!" from the main accommodation block, which protesters addressed using a megaphone across the prison's unused, weed-grown football pitch. Read more >>

06-08-2007 11:19 | 1 comment(s)

FREE FELIX, Demo report + Banner drop pictures

Gloucestershire animal action FREE FELIX day of solidarity. Read more >>

06-08-2007 09:17 | 3 comment(s)

TOMORROW Tuesday, 7 August 2007: 3 mid-day demonstrations of support

CAMPSFIELD (12-2PM), LINDHOLME, DONCASTER (11.30-1.45PM),
COMMUNICATIONS HOUSE, LONDON (1-2PM)
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05-08-2007 23:41 | 6 comment(s)

It is no crime to escape an illegal prison!

No Borders UK statement on the Campsfield detainees' escape Read more >>

05-08-2007 07:24 | 3 comment(s)

"Between 20 and 50" escape from Campsfield Immigration Prison

After another week of strikes and protests, the GEO-managed centre explodes - for the
2nd time in 6 months. Read more >>

02-08-2007 15:45 | 0 comment(s)

Home office reps roasted by angry, well-informed Campsfield detainees

Following Tuesday night's large, disciplined yard-protest and Wednesday morning's hunger strike, two Home Office representatives were called to Campsfield on Wednesday afternoon to hear the detainees' grievances. The pair, including the Assistant Director of Escorting Services at the Borders and Immigration Authority (Philip Schoelenberger?) were confronted by an angry, articulate, multi-national delegation of 22 detainees in a meeting that lasted 2 and a half hours. Read more >>

02-08-2007 12:35 | 0 comment(s)

Campsfield Detentainees Confront Home Office Officals

01-08-2007 18:44 | 0 comment(s)

Farms Destroyed by Global Warming

Global warming is the most serious threat facing planet.

We have an opportunity, and an obligation, to lead in solving this global crisis by investing in clean and safe electricity, efficient buildings and a less polluting transportation system.
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31-07-2007 18:12 | 2 comment(s)

Solidarity at Campsfield

The following statement was read out to a representative of the Campaign to Close Campsfield this afternoon at 5.30 with the request that it be distributed to the media. There will possibly be a
solidarity demo outside Campsfield House detention centre, Oxfordshire, tomorrow at 6pm. Read more >>

28-07-2007 14:43 | 7 comment(s)

Fortis est veritas: Oxford Climate Campers Take Over Carfax Tower!

Activists who will be taking part in the Camp for Climate Action today unfurled a massive banner from one of the oldest and most iconic buildings in Oxford. Read more >>

26-07-2007 18:44 | 1 comment(s)

New Hunger Strikes Threaten Campsfield: Oxford's

++Government refuses to spend £1bn/year to
protect against real floods; instead wastes
£1.5bn on an imaginary one.++ Read more >>

26-07-2007 16:00 | 1 comment(s)

Activists Attack "Clean Coal"

Performance Activists hit Oxford, one of the worst hit areas in the recent floods, in a bid to highlight that "Clean Coal" is not a genuine solution to Climate Change. Read more >>