Oxford Newswire Archive

16-11-2007 20:14 | 1 comment(s)

Atomic Weapons Establishment emergency rehearsals inadequate to protect public

A report by the independent research group Nuclear Information Service (NIS), released the same week that Britain’s nuclear bomb factory at Aldermaston prepares for a major test of its emergency procedures, highlights a series of flaws in previous emergency exercises at the site which the authors believe would leave members of the public and personnel working at the site at risk in the event of an accident.
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13-11-2007 16:31 | 5 comment(s)

Nuclear Warhead Convoy Blockaded in Scotland

Activists from Faslane Peace Camp stopped a nuclear convoy near Balloch for half an hour whilst it was en route from RNAD Coulport to AWE Burghfield.
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13-11-2007 00:58 | 0 comment(s)

No CCTV on Cowley Road Meeting

The 'No CCTV on Cowley Road' group will be holding an informal pub meeting to discuss the campaign on Thursday 15th November, 7.30pm at The Mitre Pub on the High Street Read more >>

12-11-2007 20:58 | 0 comment(s)

Global Climate Demonstration- Saturday Dec 8th

Coaches will be going from Oxford for this important protest to co-inside with the international Climate Talks in Indonesia (COP13). Read more >>

12-11-2007 17:18 | 0 comment(s)

Corporate Watch is moving - we need your help!

Everyone's favourite research group is moving next year to new premises, we need help sorting stuff out pre-move. Read on if you're interested! Read more >>

12-11-2007 15:26 | 3 comment(s)

No platform for fascists at the Oxford Union - rally and protest

Providing publicity for fascists risks, not just freedom of speech, but all human rights, democracy and ultimately millions of lives (see full statement in accompanying file) Read more >>

12-11-2007 13:38 | 0 comment(s)

"What is Choice?" A report from Pro Choice Oxford

On Saturday 10th November, the Pro Choice Oxford group held a one day conference asking: "What is Choice?". It featured: a talk from the Abortion Rights campaign group, a discussion on 'sexuality on display' by a pole dancer, a self-defence taster session, scrumptious vegan food, and a debate led by the wonderfully outspoken Kat Stark, NUS Women's Officer. Read more >>

11-11-2007 18:02 | 1 comment(s)

Press Release: Three Arrested @ Common Ground Community Garden

(Sorry this is a little late, we've been veerrrrryyyyyy busy! Thanks for your continuing support!) Read more >>

11-11-2007 17:57 | 0 comment(s)

Occupation Struggles Heat Up In Reading

In Reading, as the entire town is flogged off to international money-men and and the needs of the people go ignored, its difficult to make the priorities and forces running our neighbourhoods and our world, and the injustice that results, more obvious. But two ongoing struggles in the Katesgrove area of the town do just that. Read more >>

09-11-2007 09:08 | 5 comment(s)

save pinsey wood from paintballers

save pinsey wood from paintballers ending public access and threatening ecology Read more >>

07-11-2007 14:13 | 1 comment(s)

Challenging the Boundaries: A Single State in Palestine/Israel - 17/18 November

We would like to draw your attention to an innovative approach to the resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Challenging the Boundaries: A Single State in Palestine/Israel will be explicitly addressing the fundamental causes of the conflict by examining an idea that is generating more widespread interest than ever – a single state for all in the area. Read more >>

06-11-2007 21:26 | 0 comment(s)

New warhead facility at AWE Burghfield: just three days left to object

DEADLINE for planning objections to new warhead components facility at Atomic Weapons Establishment Burghfield, Berkshire is **FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER**. Please don't miss this opportunity to put a spanner in the works of Britain's WMD renewal programme (sample email/letter provided).
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04-11-2007 12:04 | 1 comment(s)

November 10th. Anti Separation Wall Action in Cornmarket

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10TH 12-2PM. ACTION AGAINST ISRAEL'S ILLEGAL SEPARATION WALL IN PALESTINE. CORNMARKET (St Michael's tower end), CENTRAL OXFORD

Please join Oxford Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Oxford Women in Black and others for a vigil to mark the International Day of Action against the separation wall in Palestine

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03-11-2007 23:05 | 5 comment(s)

Don't Attack Iran!

Oxford Stop the War Coalition meeting featuring guest speaker Somaye Zadeh from Campaign Iran.

Thursday, November 8th, 7:30 PM in the Court Room of the Town Hall on St Aldates. Read more >>

03-11-2007 16:29 | 0 comment(s)

Oxpens Recreation Ground to become car-park

Capital Shopping Centres and the City Council are proposing to turn Oxpens Recreation Ground (next to the ice-rink) into a 900 space temporary car park for 18 months, in order to facilitate the massive expansion of the Westgate Shopping Centre. Read more >>

03-11-2007 11:04 | 3 comment(s)

local activists open squat on Cowley Rd (Oxford) for CCA gathering

A bunch of local activists have squatted Coopers newsagents on Cowley Rd - a family run newsagents for years until priced out of the area by the all-too-familiar gentrification processes. Read more >>

26-10-2007 17:59 | 0 comment(s)

Rumblings in the depths of the UAW

They still prevail but the contract rejections at Chrysler shook the UAW bureaucracy and the employers and are a glimpse of what is to come. And many of the new hires will likely be in the forefront of it. Read more >>

24-10-2007 18:52 | 0 comment(s)

Atomic Weapons Establishment planning new warhead facility – Please object!

Please write a letter / e-mail to oppose current and future generations of British nuclear weapons (sample letter provided) – DEADLINE FOR PLANNING OBJECTIONS: 9 NOVEMBER
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23-10-2007 22:26 | 3 comment(s)

Campaign website against CCTV on Cowley Road

A campaigning website against the proposed CCTV scheme for the Cowley Road has been set up at

http://www.no-cctv.org.uk Read more >>

22-10-2007 16:41 | 0 comment(s)

Community Gardeners Object To Council Eviction

At our meeting on Sunday, Common Ground Community Garden Collective agreed that we wanted to make the following points to the public and the media about the eviction of the community garden: Read more >>