Oxford Analysis Newswire Archive

23-11-2006 11:17 | 0 comment(s)

report back: Oxford WDM meeting - Our World is Not for Sale

Oxford World Development Movement (WDM) hosted a talk on Wednesday 22nd November at the Town Hall entitled, 'The World Bank and International Monetary Fund: Reform or Abolition?' Turn-out was really good and people heard three top speakers talk on the future of the World Bank and IMF: Dr. Stephen Hurt, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Oxford Brookes, Patrick Watt, Senior Policy Officer at ActionAid, and Peter Hardstaff, Head of Policy at WDM.
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16-11-2006 20:21 | 0 comment(s)

Public Meeting: Our World is Not for Sale

Oxford World Development Movement (WDM) is hosting a public meeting to discuss possible ways forward in the fight against global poverty in the Long Room, Oxford Town Hall, on the 22nd November from 7:15-9:15pm . The topic for discussion is, 'The World Bank and International Monetary Fund: Reform or Abolition?' Read more >>

13-11-2006 09:09 | 0 comment(s)

The Consequences of the War on Terror” with George Soros and Timothy Garton Ash

10-11-2006 19:21 | 3 comment(s)

Meeting on World Bank & IMF in Oxford

Our World is not for Sale: The World Bank and the IMF - Reform or Abolition?

‘They no longer use bullets and ropes. They use the World Bank and the IMF’
Jesse Jackson

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22-10-2006 14:00 | 0 comment(s)

Remember Afghanistan and Iraq - Troops Out Now!

The Oxford Stop the War Coalition has organised a rally with speakers around the theme: Remember Afghanistan and Iraq -- Troops Out Now! It will take place on Broad Street in the Oxford city centre on November 11, 2006 starting at 1 pm. All are welcome. Read more >>

11-09-2006 14:03 | 0 comment(s)

Is Venezuela A Threat To US Security?

A brief analysis of United States' influence and interference in the domestic affairs of Venezuela since the coming to power of President Hugo Chavez Frias in 1998, in light of recent allegations that Venezuela is harbouring terrorists. Read more >>

07-09-2006 14:52 | 3 comment(s)

Is History Repeating Itself in Afghanistan?

What the hell are British troops doing in Helmand province of Afghanistan? I have just returned from nearly three years in Afghanistan and a year ago when the deployment was being planned it was obvious that the 'strategy' was a joke. Now NATO is claiming it has the Taliban trapped. Keep counting the body bags. Read more >>

28-07-2006 22:27 | 0 comment(s)

DEMOLISHING LEBANON - PART 2

Sorry about the delay of the analysis. This report is not of my creating and the recomendations are not my own. Evenso it is an useful analysis of the mainstream media. Treat it as such Read more >>

26-07-2006 11:56 | 2 comment(s)

MEDIA ALERT: DEMOLISHING LEBANON - PART 1

MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media

July 25, 2006

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03-06-2006 10:15 | 2 comment(s)

The Afghan Mess

I am from Oxford but have lived and worked in Afghansitan for two and half years. Kabul was supposed to be safe from mass violence so the recent rioting comes as a shock to many. Bush's success story dos not look so successful. Read more >>

13-03-2006 11:23 | 0 comment(s)

UK companies in Iraq: new report from Corporate Watch

Corporate Watch is a small independent research organisation, based in Oxford. We publish research to help those resisting corporate power -- check out www.corporatewatch.org.uk

We also bring out a newsletter every two months, and a news update on web and email every two weeks. To subscribe to either of these, please see our website, or give us a call on 01865 791 391 Read more >>

08-03-2006 09:52 | 0 comment(s)

Updated map of detention camps for foreigners in Europe and Mediterranean

Migreurop, an association of individuals, NGOs and academics from different EU and North African countries, has published an updated version of the map on detention camps for foreigners in European and Mediterranean countries that it produced in July 2004. Read more >>

05-03-2006 15:53 | 0 comment(s)

Do Not Believe Bush On Afghanistan

Bush recently dropped into Kabul and talked of the fantastic progress there has been here. Read more >>

03-03-2006 10:28 | 34 comment(s)

ANIMAL LAB OXFORD (new thread) continue here.

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/oxford/2006/02/334333.html
is pretty full so lets continue here...
also
Demo Tuesday 7th March
Meet 10am at the edge of the exclusion Mansfield Rd Read more >>

03-02-2006 10:58 | 0 comment(s)

Apocalypse NOW

Permaculture, Permaculture, Permaculture, do it now, learn, build.
Find local public spaces and plant seeds, any seeds, just do it.

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02-01-2006 07:28 | 3 comment(s)

SPIELBERG ON "MUNICH" (the movie - a review)

"But of course, the kinds of folks who push an ideology that required the expulsion of three-quarters-of-a-million Palestinians from their lands, and then lied about it, claiming there had been no such persons to begin with (as with Golda Meir’s infamous quip), can’t be expected to place a very high premium on truth." -- Tim Wise, anti-racist, anti-Zionist, Jewish-American activist, essayist & public speaker Read more >>

19-10-2005 14:56 | 0 comment(s)

The 3rd Oxford Anti-War Conference

This conference will give peace and anti-war campaigners the opportunity to discuss the big questions facing the anti-war movement today. As there are a range of different views within our movement on these issues, there should be some lively debates. Read more >>

14-09-2005 16:01 | 7 comment(s)

Good article about the state of the left

Its from the ever fragrant Greg Palast, hes a good intervew (; Read more >>

10-09-2005 13:43 | 0 comment(s)

nano impacts studys conference

nano impacts conference..............october ------------19th;
Dates: October 19, 2005 Location: Alexandria, VA
Join leaders from funding agencies, public and private corporate executives, venture capital, licensing executives and leading technology providers and users.
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10-09-2005 08:33 | 0 comment(s)

Reporting and Implications of the New Orleans disaster – viewed from Canada

Brian, a Canadian Indymedia activist and lecturer in media studies in a university on the US/Canadian border, was in Montreal on Labor Day and sent these observations on the disaster and its coverage on TV. The report is in the form of an email sent to a third party (with permission to publish).

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