Oxford Working Class Book Fair

Saturday, 2 May 2009

1ST Oxford Working Class Bookfair!

Saturday 20 June, 11 am - 6 pm
Ruskin College, Walton Street, Oxford

OWCB cordially invite YOU to visit the 1st everOXFORD WORKING CLASS BOOKFAIR!There will be books, talks, workshops, short films and more books and magazines . . .

We plan to recover/reclaim some of thehidden history of Oxford, with its gallery ofrogues, rebels and revolutionaries, to touch upon some topics of contemporary relevance to the man & woman on the street today, provide quality entertainment, discuss the big issues past and present & hopefully have a real good time to boot! - All in a relaxed and warm atmosphere!

http://oxfordworkingclassbookfair.blogspot.com/2009/05/1st-oxford-working-class-bookfair.html

The Liberal Defence of Murder

Richard Seymour, the blogger of Lenin's Tomb fame and author of 'The Liberal Defence of Murder' will be speaking at Wadham College SWSS meeting this Thursday 14th May at 7.30pm (will be signed from front).

Richard's Blog:  http://leninology.blogspot.com/

New Statesman Review: 

http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/12/liberal-defence-seymour-murder

Climate Emergency Parliament

Campaign against Climate Change

 

Climate Emergency Parliament

 

Parliament Square, Wednesday 15^th July at 6.00 pm

 

Our current parliament is failing to respond the Climate Emergency.

We will convene an alternative parliament to respond with the degree of urgency required.

 

The Bills before Parliament will include measures for

 

10% reductions in UK Greenhouse gases by the end of 2010

A million Green Jobs and emergency insulation program

Banning all domestic flights by the end of 2010

A 55 mph national speed limit

Halfing (on average) the cost of public transport and terminating the roads program

 

Come to the Peoples’ Parliament ! All are welcome – just turn up and take your seat ( er….on the pavement)

Hear what we could be doing in the UK now to avert climate catastrophe and bring your own ideas !

 

The gap between what the science demands and what the politicians are offering is vast – whilst there are signs of faltering political progress (and much greenwash), the updated science gets more scary day by day… See for instance http://climatesafety.org/ 

 

Add your voice to the demand for radical action now – we should not just be on the defensive saying ‘no’ to airports, new coal, road building etc.. etc.. we should be pushing forward our own positive agenda for real solutions to the climate crisis !

 

We in the UK cannot deal with this problem on our own but our best chance of influencing the critical international Climate Talks in Copenhagen at the end of the year is by  committing to really radical measures here in the UK in order to lead in the only effective way we can :by example. And the time to do that is RIGHT NOW

 

Updates will be at  www.campaigncc.org