Oxford Culture Newswire Archive

CARNIVAL PARTY BRASIL!

For the eve of the Cowley Road Carnival, Brazil Solidarity presents a full-on Brazilian festa.

East Oxford Community Centre, Cowley Road and Princes St

Saturday June 11th - 8pm-1am Read more >>

June 1st was the 20th anniversary of the Battle of the Beanfield, a notoriously brutal one-sided confrontation between 450 unarmed travellers - including many women and children - and a quasi-military police force of over 1,300 police and MoD. Read more >>

Anniversary of the 'Battle of the Beanfield' 1st June 1985
It's 20 years, since the major trashing of my community, travelling on the way the make the "Peoples Free Festival of Albion" at Stonehenge. It was a regular event on the calender. Read more >>

A fundraising event for The Red Cross Children's Hospital and The Institute for the Healing of Memories in Cape Town. It should be very entertaining, with African songs and drumming, films, fair trade produce etc as well as the chance to learn of the excellent work of these two organisations. Entry is free from 2.00pm to 7.15pm when the evening programme starts (£5/conc £3) Read more >>

The is an initiative to encourage people to walk more... Read more >>

The 31st annual Levellers' Day took place in Burford on Saturday 14 May. There was a good turnout of people of all ages, coming from as far afield as Leicester and Cheltenham, and the weather was, for once, almost perfect, considering that most years we either bake or drown..
The theme this year was ‘The Media as a Political Weapon’, and we had excellent speeches from people such as Greg Philo of the Glasgow Media Group, Anna Wagstaff of the Oxford NUJ and Judith Brown from Arab Media Watch.
The afternoon’s entertainment was astonishingly varied, including Geoff Berner and his friends from Canada, Attila the Stockbroker with both poems and songs, and many more (see www.levellers.org.uk). Delicious Indian vegetarian food was available all day.
We Indy types managed to get in a 2-minute plug for Oxford Indymedia, immediately after Anna Wagstaff’s speech, but there was no other mention of Indymedia and, as far as I could gather, just a nod in the direction of alternative media sources on the part of Greg Philo. This was disappointing for us as we consider that Indymedia, though still fairly small and immature, has great potential on several counts: by providing self-publishing facilities for all, it can in principle greatly extend the range of news available to people, so bypassing many of the problems associated with the corporate media. It can also have an empowering effect on those contributors who have hitherto felt themselves to be ‘voiceless’, and thereby reinforce democracy (etc., etc!!).

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A posh fundraiser for the mobilisation against the G8 summit.
Saturday June 4th, 12-9 pm
Cambridge (in the Green Area, Strawberry Fair)

Dancing, Music, Info-shop, Speakers, Frivolity
Bring masks, ball-gowns, jackets, costumes, friends Read more >>

Churches Together in Cumnor and Oxford exploring spirituality as taught by the Anglican, the Reformed, and the Orthodox traditions. Read more >>

Leaders of the powerful G8 countries ran wild in Oxford today, shaking hands, waving and dancing to samba rhythms. Read more >>

The end of April marked the renovation of the East Oxford Community Centre, with a room dedicated to the Oxford Action Resource Centre. Our man in Oxford has been to investigate and has sent us this report... Read more >>

Please note I have not included the 3 documents mentioned below (agenda etc), as they would have taken up too much space and been boring for most people. If you are interested in any of them, you can contact Anna at  Oxnuj@aol.com. Read more >>

As usual, this will take place in Warwick Hall, in the beautiful Cotswold town of Burford. More details can be found on the Levellers website at www.levellers.org.uk or email  levellers@btinternet.com or phone 01865 249336. There is reasonable public transport from Oxford, but do plan in advance, and bring an umbrella as it's mainly outdoors.Please note that one of the main speakers, Tahrir Swift from Arab Media Watch, is unable to come and instead we will have her colleague Judith Brown. Read more >>

Have fun at the Zodiac, Cowley Road, and raise money for a local mental health charity, Oxfordshire MIND, at the same time. Very reasonable price too. Read more >>

Deep Ecology - A talk by Joanna Macy

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GOOD NEWS today as Oxford City Council votes unanimously not to evict boaters moored illegally on allotments in Port Meadow. Read more >>

ox-imc now has a physical space for a community media centre based at the Oxford Action Resource Centre in East Oxford Community Centre. Members of the ox-imc collective will be presenting these facilities in a series of workshops as part of the launch of OARC next week. We have also installed a secure broadband network for community use, connecting other user groups in EOCC, and with plans for wi-fi access for visitors to the community centre. Read more >>

Owing to procedural difficulties, the Annual General Meeting of East Oxford Community Social Club was adjourned until Tuesday 26th April at 7.30pm. Read more >>

A talk by Joanna Macy, 6-8.30pm Monday 9th May 2005. Wesley Memorial Church, New Inn Hall street, central Oxford. £2-£5 on the door. Read more >>

An era is ending at the East Oxford Social Club as the Chair and Secretary announce plans to step down after more than twenty years of service. Read more >>

EXHIBITION: Young asylum seekers explore how they have adapted to life in Oxford

12 April - 29 May Modern Art Oxford Café, Pembroke Street, Oxford Read more >>