Oxford Culture Newswire Archive

This covers from the end of Bitola to Tirana Read more >>

Here is the first exclusive show on our P2P TV channel - offlineTV - there will be new content every day.

If anyone has a good quality short film that they wanna show, upload it to the scratch channel

 https://channelguide.participatoryculture.org/?q=viewchannel/878 Read more >>

Join a BETA test of the Internet TV Revolution. Read more >>

Oxford gets its own Critical Mass Read more >>

hers a photo of the latest mural to hit cowley road... Read more >>

Very beutifull and intresting ehibition at Woodstock Museum. Read more >>

Submissions are wanted for Corporate Watch's 10th Anniversary Special poetry collection.
See Call for Submissions below

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Pre-May Day discussion on how best to extend and support the recent growth of social centres in the UK.
To co-ordinate the Oxford contingent could any people thinking of going please email the OARC list (  oarc@riseup.net ). Read more >>

Peace Not War presents May Day bash @ Cargo - Bank Holiday Sunday 30 April 2006
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Learning life time siklls can have many benefits and reward in communities, fundraising events, or for one's self confidence or rehabiltation. We will demonstrate different styles and tecniques using basic skills and simple tools. Oor aim is that each student will gain confidence and creativity during their time spent with us, and leave with a piece of hand-made jewellery. Read more >>

Boomchucka circus *aka circus2iraq* have just finished their tour of the west bank and occupied territories. Read more >>

The East Oxford Community Social Club AGM:
Tuesday 28th March at 7.30pm

Followed by Members' Party!

Free drink for members between 7pm and 7.30pm Read more >>

At The Vaults & Garden Organic Café,
University Church, Radcliffe Square, Oxford

Sunday evenings in March
- Doors open & delicious organic food on sale from 7.15pm -
All films start at 7.45pm Read more >>

Hey man, enough with articles that criticize street vendors. We´re all in it together. What´s the big deal? Don´t have any money? Go out and sell something. Don´t have a steady job? What do you want it for? It´s a drag dealing with the boss, bad pay, and lousy hours. On the street, you are the king or improvisation.
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Palestinian film series being held at Oxford Brookes University, starting from Wednesday the 8th of February

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Hotel Rwanda Film showing & Rwanda survivor, Monday 23rd Jan 7pm, Magdalen Film Auditorium.
Holocaust Survivor: Renee Salt
Holywell Music Room, 4.30pm, Sunday 29th January
Holocaust Memorial Concert,Holywell Music Rooms,29/1,8pm Read more >>

heres the photos of the main wall at the weekends graff jam Read more >>

Here's another set of old (murky) photos from the first Newbury bypass reunion, held on 11th January 1997, which saw a mass site invasion.

Between one and two thousand people turned up for the 'reunion rampage' which was billed as a commemoration and fence decorating rally. It was a very cold and misty day as people gathered at Newbury train station before marching towards the construction route at Middle Oak.

I remember so many people being shocked at the destruction - for many this was their first visit since the work had started and the months of evictions.

My memory is a little hazy, but at the compound near the Middle Oak people were lining up along the fence. Then suddenly to our right there was a hole - the fence had been cut. About twenty people stormed through followed by a few more, running into the mists, into the murk. I remember looking back expecting to see hundreds, but there was no one. There was a lot of shouting however. Some police had steamed in to try and block the hole. Security were now advancing from out of the mists in front of us, and then there were mounted police coming at the gallop bearing down onto the crowd by the hole in the fence - this was just well over the top, dangerous and provocative.

Those inside the compound were shouting to the others - "come on!". Then another part of the fence started to go - people were literally pulling it apart. More scuffles as police tried to push people back - but soon the tide of people was unstoppable and they streamed into the construction site.

At first security and police tried to push people away from the machinery, there were scuffles and arrests, but in the end all of the machinery were occupied with people sitting and standing ontop of them.

The site was fully occupied for what seemed like ages. A huge tall crane was scaled by several people as the entire site was taken over. The tree at middle oak became an impromptu social centre. People were drumming and sharing food, talking over old times, remembering the beautiful countryside that had been destoryed.

Some went further than others. As time wore on the machinery was getting a pounding. Hydraulic cables were cut and instrument panels smashed. Later as darkness approached the portacabin offices which had been occupied were set alight, as was some of the plant machinery. I remember many a heated discussion taking place, many people disagreed with burning the machinery, but understood the anger that drove people to do it. The Newbury bypass battle had seen endless property damage, with machinery put out of action, sand in fuel tanks, things smashed and so on, but some thought the burning was in a different class. Many were pleased to see it happen, others worried it would look bad in the press. It was a real mix of emotions, many of them raw.

Either way with darkness now replacing the eerie fog light, and bright orange flames licking the night, people soon began to stream away from the site. Job done, in one way or another.

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On Saturday 7th January around 60 people gathered at Middle Oak to remember the resistance against the Newbury Bypass (A34), and reveal the huge traffic growth that's come since.

It's ten years on Monday since the destruction of around 10,000 trees began in ernest, or rather should have done - back then protestors scored an early victory by blockading the entrance to the security compound with scaffolding tripods, thus ensuring no vehicles could leave. The start of work heralded the most full-on phase of the '3rd Battle of Newbury', Britain's biggest ever road protest, which saw over thirty different tree camps set up to oppose the road and around one thousand arrests. Read more >>

graff writers, street artists and whateva!!
you are invited to the first u.k.
"SPECIAL GRAFFITI SANDWICH JAM"
a paint splash fun fest in oxford on
sat 14th. & sun 15th. Jan 06 Read more >>