Oxford Newswire Archive

17-12-2004 21:47 | 2 comment(s)

Alternative Carols for Palestine

On Thursday there was much carol singing in Cornmarket Oxford. We were just about to start singing alternative Carols for the Palestine Solidarity Campaign when we were trumped by the choir of St Michael’s at the Northgate. Read more >>

16-12-2004 15:39 | 0 comment(s)

Action reveals Lockheed Martin's hidden HQ

14th December: Sarah from Oxford joined East London activists in Victoria to expose the hiding place of Lockheed Martin UK, part of the world’s largest maker of weapons of mass destruction, bunkerbusters and cluster bombs. Read more >>

15-12-2004 14:02 | 15 comment(s)

Nanotech industry front group use Indymedia to talk to angels

Nanotech industry front, group Institute of Nanotechnology have taken to using the UK Indymedia Newswire in an attempt to make contact with "Angels Against Nanotechnology". Read more >>

15-12-2004 06:44 | 3 comment(s)

Blunkett names kite as B52 base terror weapon

David Blunkett testified to Parliament on Monday that Fairford protesters were found in possession of... a KITE.
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14-12-2004 22:39 | 1 comment(s)

The Louvre for all !

The renowned Louvre Museum of Paris has cancelled its policy of free admission for artists, teachers, and foreign art students. Read more >>

14-12-2004 16:00 | 0 comment(s)

Open letter to Jacques Chirac and Tony Blair

Attached is an open letter to Jacques Chirac and Tony Blair, calling for effective international pressure on Israel, based on the understanding that Israel has neither the will nor the ability to end the occupation without such pressure.
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14-12-2004 10:57 | 0 comment(s)

OPSC alternative carol-singing - Thurs 16th 6pm

Oxford Palestine Solidarity Campaign Alternative Carols

Thursday 16th December, 6pm

Meet at St Michaels Tower, Cornmarket Street, Oxford. Read more >>

14-12-2004 10:44 | 1 comment(s)

Oxford internet radio meeting - 16th December, 7pm

Hello!!!

Everybody who wants to be involved or is interested in the radio project
is invited, to come to the second

RADIO MEETING ON THURSDAY THE 16TH OF DECEMBER AT 109 HURST STREET

in Oxford!!! At 7 pm (if you know, that you're normally late, please
come earlier)!!! Read more >>

13-12-2004 14:16 | 0 comment(s)

Bex Tyrer's meeting with Mordechai Vanunu

Oxford student Bex Tyrer met recently with Israeli nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu. This is her account: Read more >>

13-12-2004 11:45 | 3 comment(s)

crane occupation halts construction of europes largest nanotech centre.

From 8 a.m. this morning, a group of people has occupied a crane of the Minatec building site in Grenoble (france), to stop work for the day. The occupying ones, supported by protestors on the ground, unrolled a banner against nanotechnologies and distributed leaflets to passers by inviting them to come to join them (see leaflet below in french).

Minatec is set to be the largest centre for Nanotechnologies in Europe and is currently being built next to the site of the super-collider in Grenoble.

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13-12-2004 11:36 | 0 comment(s)

Activists occupy Nanotech centre construction site

Activists in Grenoble France occupy construction site for Minatec Nanotech centre Read more >>

13-12-2004 11:08 | 2 comment(s)

Zanon Factory - sign the petition now!

Sign the urgent petition to defend the workers-controlled Zanon ceramics factory in Argentina. Another world is possible and actually happening!

(I post this on oxford indymedia, although a version of it has already been on uk-imc - it is a story of great interest to Oxford activists, and we will garner more signatures to the petition as a result. Develop local imcs!) Read more >>

12-12-2004 15:49 | 3 comment(s)

Alone

Extract of a diary from Bex Tyrer from Oxford, writing from Beit Sahour, Palestine Read more >>

11-12-2004 17:58 | 1 comment(s)

undercurrents video of angel nanotech action

The is a short edit, just the highlights and clearer sound and a long edit of the whole action Read more >>

10-12-2004 20:15 | 3 comment(s)

A Taste of Palestine

Advance notice of an upcoming event organized by Oxford PSC. Read more >>

09-12-2004 17:57 | 13 comment(s)

angels at nano-tech conference - pics

The Heavenly Righteous Opposed to Nano-tech Greed manifested at a conference of potential investors in the nano-technology industry today. Harry Swan, once in charge of PR for Monsanto and now trying to sell nano-tech to investors, was presented with a Can of Worms Award. Read more >>

09-12-2004 15:40 | 0 comment(s)

angels against nanotech leaflet & pic

leaflet from the event and logo Read more >>

09-12-2004 15:28 | 34 comment(s)

Angels disrupt nanotech conference

A host of heavenly angels from THRONG (The Heavenly Righteous Opposed to Nanotech Greed) appeared today unto a nanotechnology business conference in order to bestow a "Can of Worms" Award on a representative of the Nanotechnology Industry. Chosen to receive the award was Mr Harry Swan, formerly of Monsanto, who is Nanotechnology manager of Britain's leading producer of carbon nanotubes, Thomas Swan & Co. Read more >>

08-12-2004 21:30 | 0 comment(s)

latest oxfud graff flix

heres sum ov my holiday snaps 2 cheer u up! Read more >>

08-12-2004 16:05 | 0 comment(s)

Adventures in Oxford – “We put acid on monkey penises”

Last week the police got themselves carried away by the injunction thinking that they could trample all over protestor rights at the behest of Oxford University, by moving people on when ever they tried to demonstrate against the animal labs being built. Not to be so easily dissuaded a group of us went back on Thursday and continued the mission to bring the horrific labs to the attention of the people of Oxford. Read more >>