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Player of Games | 29.10.2011 11:03 | Free Spaces | Gender | Public sector cuts | Social Struggles | Oxford

The following is drawn from a variety of local activist blogs

Save Temple Cowley Pools: Go Greens!

The Leader of the Green Party, Cllr David Wiliams, has had a letter about Labour's claims on recycling and lowering of carbon emissions published: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/opinion/letters/9330972.Labour_s_woeful_recycling/ So what has this got to do with Temple Cowley Leisure Centre, we hear you ask? Good question. Well, firstly, David points out that the balanced budget the Greens put forward for the Council last May addressed … Read more

Lashings of Ginger Beer: On the Sexualisation of Women in Fiction

Before I begin this post in earnest, I would like to draw your attention over here (warning: possibly NSFW (lots of drawings of women in not very much clothing at all): http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/22/starfire-catwoman-sex-superheroine/#ixzz1YifXb88y Whilst, yes, it's another post about comics (I just really like comics!) but it's one of the clearest examples I've … Read more

New Internationalist (Vanessa Baird): Radio 5 Live: Vanessa Baird on World Population

Vanessa Baird talks about what's behind the panic as World Population hits 7 billion. … Read more

New Internationalist (Xanna): New Internationalist launches Counterpower in London

With tall tales of tanks and bold citizen arrests, activists celebrate the spirit of resistance at Metalworks. … Read more

Pleb's College: Wednesday Assembly Round-up

Wednesday Assembly Run-down Wednesday evening saw the first of our regular organising assemblies which was well attended and rather fruitful. Here follows a brief run down of what went down. Procedure for putting on events at the space: It was decided that events other than free uni workshops should be presented to the assembly on Wednesdays to be given the thumbs up by the group. Free uni workshops can be submitted spontaneously. Should someone… Read more

New Internationalist (Vanessa Baird): 7 billion - the no-nonsense guide to population growth

The world's population is about to hit 7 billion - should we panic? … Read more

Oxford WDM (World Development Movement): Green Fair

Saturday 3rd December The annual Green Fair returns for it’s 31st year. Oxford WDM will be holding a stall at the event, and campaigning on food speculation. If you can help out on the stall, please contact us on oxwdm [at] phonecoop.coop. Venue: Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates, Oxford OX1 1BX Times open: 10:30am-4:30pm … Read more

Lashings of Ginger Beer: Academic roundup

Information that may be of interest to students and academics in the fields of gender and sexuality. … Read more

Save Temple Cowley Pools: Goliath wins, for now...

You may have heard that an Oxford citizen, Sean Feeney, has been challenging the City Council in the High Court over the Northern Gateway issue. If he is successful, it would mean that the Council's Core Strategy, on which all planning decisions have been made, including the proposed new swimming pool, could be invalid. So, a crucial decision. Yesterday the High Court refused Sean leave to move to Judicial Review - he has 21 days for an … Read more

Oxford Friends of the Earth: Food, Fun, Polar Bears and other good things

Laugh or the Polar Bear Gets It. Friends of the Earth are running a comedy benefit gig at the Hammersmith Apollo on Friday 18 November. Big names confirmed so far include Dan Antopolski, Simon Day, Justin Edwards as Jeremy Lion, Richard Herring, Josie Long, Francesca Martinez, Lucy Porter and Rob Rouse, with music from special guest Badly Drawn Boy. A number of us are thinking of going as a group – if you are interested, please … Read more

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