Oxford Newswire Archive

Rally and picnic at USAF Croughton to protest at the unaccountability of US Bases in Britain etc. - 2nd October Read more >>

As elections draw nearer success seems more and more unlikely. Even if there is not much violence. A big if. Then the validity will be very dubious. Read more >>

On Thursday in Oxford Town Hall we heard the most extraordinary and chilling testimony from a man who lives under the threat of imminent death. Luis "Lucho" Hernandez is the President of the main trade union (SINTRAEMCALI) in Colombia's third city, Cali. At the end of August a plot was discovered to assassinate leading left politicians, human rights defenders and trade union leaders, a plot whose tentacles reach to the top of the Colombian government, as far as President Uribe himself. Lucho was one of the people listed for murder.
In his speech to us, Lucho Hernandez did not dwell on the threat to himself, but gave a riveting account of the background reasons for the assassinations of over 3,500 trade union leaders in Colombia in the last 15 years. He sketched out graphically the reasons for this violence - the ruthless IMF/WTO-prescribed privatisation of the Colombian economy, which can only be carried out by killing the opposition to it. The British government is Colombia's second biggest donor of military aid after the US, and Tony Blair one of President Uribe's strongest supporters.

The document below is a necessarily detailed account that gives incontrovertible proof of this most recent assassination plan, and the imminent threat to the lives of a number of named individuals, including Lucho. Please read it and please act with the greatest urgency. Read more >>

link to the oxford anti-vivisection site. Read more >>

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ISM Hebron plan demonstratioon against the wall in hebron this Sunday Read more >>

Vietnam Vet Read more >>

Oxford City COuncil today passed a resolution condemning the planned expansion of Campsfield House and calling for its closure. Read more >>

A motion goes before Oxford City Council today proposed by the Green Party, for the closure of Campsfield Immigration Detention Centre and that the proposed accomodation centre in Bicester should not be opened. Read more >>

Downsize McDonalds Now! Read more >>

OXFORD STOP THE WAR MEETING on Afghanistan - Thursday September 16th Read more >>

In the early hours of this morning there was a major invasion in the centre of Nablus, not far from Al Najah university. Six people were killed, one of them a girl of ten years old. Around thirty were injured, nearly all of them children. At least two of the injured are still in critical condition.
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PUBLIC MEETING at County Hall (note: not Oxford Town Hall) on New Road
in Oxford on Wednesday 15 September from 7 pm - 9 pm. Meeting called by
Oxfordshire County Council to hear your views!

Please come and say no to incineration of Oxfordshire's (and your)
rubbish and yes to waste reduction, re-use and recycling. The Council
says it's still open minded about its waste strategy so let's have a
say before it's too late.
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A personal account of the deteriorating security situation in Afghansitan. Previously it was rare for non military foreigners to be specifically targeted but that has changed.The blurring of military and aid workers can not have helped. Read more >>

report from the screening of '"BOLIVARIAN VENEZUELA: PEOPLE AND STRUGGLE OF THE FOURTH WORLD WAR", Asian Cultural Centre, Oxford, Sept 12th, 2004. Read more >>

I live and work in Kabul, Afghanistan but come from Oxford. Below is breaking news from Afghanistan 19.54 12.9.04 Read more >>

Smash EDO camp successful in causing financial damage to arms manufacturers Read more >>

Builders throw noxious substance, hospitalizing two. Oxford University attempt to ban protest with injunction. Read more >>

BBC report on GM Maize approval Read more >>

I write this from Kabul where I can hear rockets exploding in the background. Read more >>