Oxford Newswire Archive

In 1967 the West Papuans were cheated out of independance by Indonesia with the complicity of the UN. It will only take a few minutes to write to the Indonesian embassy and contact Blair and your MP. People will be going to London tomorrow from Oxford. Join them if you can.

If we see gross injustice and do nothing are we complicit by inaction? Read more >>

a good demo Read more >>

a report of today's demo for the closure of Campsfield Read more >>

Another week as a United Nations Volunteer in northern Afghanistan. Another week of amazing UN incompetency, deteriating security and Bushkasi. Read more >>

After the police told the organisers of the Campsfield 10th anniversary protests that the planned demonstration couldn’t go round the back of the detention centre where detainees can come out into a yard and hear the demonstration, three banners mysteriously appeared snagged high on the perimeter fence last night. Stating ‘No One is Illegal’, ‘No Deportations’ and ‘No Detentions’, these banners were clearly visible to detainees inside providing a much needed morale boost for the asylum seekers, who quite often spend more than a year locked up with no trial and no charge waiting for their applications to be considered. Read more >>

Local Anti-Mining Activists Dish the Dirt



The inaugural ‘Dirty Digger Awards’ 2003

(alternative to the Mining Journal Awards for Outstanding Achievement)



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This afternoon a group of between 30 and 70 students held banners, chanted and sung on the steps of the Clarendon Building against top-up fees and for free education for all. Many of them then went on to briefly block traffic on Broad Street with a sitdown protest. Read more >>

of Fusion Arts and Rap’s young people’s music, dance and video at the established local venue The Zodiac, on Friday 12th December, between 7pm – 9pm, free and open to all ages. Read more >>

This is a letter from the student unions of the five Universities whose Vice Chancellors came out in favour of top up fees in a letter to The Times.

Oxford University Student Union is organising a protest for free education on Wednesday at 1pm on the steps of the Clarendon Building (Broad Street) Read more >>

Protest Wednesday at 1pm at the Clarendon Building (Broad Street) Oxford

The protest is set to coincide with the Queen's Speech where the bill on top up fees
will be announced. All welcome. Its time to stop Blair's terrible government Read more >>

Oxford Vice Chancellor joins other top universities to call for the government not to back down on Student Fees.
Students call to action to oppose the Queens speech. Read more >>

Eid mobarak to all muslims for Eid starting tomorrow.

Wouldn't it be great if non muslims said 'Eid mobarak' to muslims. It would let them know that a lot of people disagree with the negative impression given by much of the press and certain politians.
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Big demo at Campsfield immigration prison on Saturday November 29, 12-2pm outside Campsfield main gates, 3pm in Broad St Oxford, bike ride to Campsfield from St Giles 10am, coaches from Oxford, Birminghma, london,etc. Rhythms of Resistance, Oxford samba band, Bill Morris, ex-detainees. 10th anniversary of opening; Campsfield not to be closed but expanded. Read more >>

Short report about postal strike for next issue of wildcat (www.wildcat-www.de) and www.prol-position.net Read more >>

Sketches of the trial of the Fairford Gate 3 at Gloucester Crown Court. Read more >>

Some pics and a short report from a member of the 250-strong Oxford contingent who went to London on 20 November to protest against the visit of George Bush. Read more >>

At 8:30 am on November 20th at Admiralty Arch, Oxford activists unfurled a banner reading 'Bush Free Zone' and decorated with a (Bush choking) pretzel, and handed out leaflets which quoted the memoirs of George Bush Senior where he said occupying Iraq would be "unilaterally exceeding the United Nations' mandate," and "Had we gone the invasion [of Iraq] route, the United States could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land." Read more >>

The 'Oxford Student', the lesser of two evil (IMO) student papers in Oxford was caught out quoting Oxford indymedia articles without giving any credit this week. Read more >>

Here are a few pictures of the die-in and the staged wedding between Bush and Blair that took place on Cormarket Street in Oxford, Thursday November 19th. Read more >>