Next Oxford and Thames Valley meeting

OPEN MEETING - ALL WELCOME

Are the Green party a radical alternative?

7.15 PM Wednesday 3rd June

Michael Young Building, Manzil Way, East Oxford OX4 1YH

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Under Zak Polanski the Green Party has seen a surge in membership to over 200,000 members, beat Labour and Reform UK in the Gorton and Denton by-election, and won a slew of council seats in May supported by voters turning away from Labour. 

Polanski promises the Green party will "stand unapologetically for climate justice, social justice and economic transformation".

But the picture of greens in office has been different, with support for NATO and wars, and cuts to services to balance budgets.

Come to this open meeting to discuss whether the Green Party can be a truly radical alternative.

Matt Goodwin is on the far-right of racist Reform UK.

He has systematically mainstreamed the language of the far right - scaremongering with anti-Islam hostility and promoting the great replacement theory, including talking about ecomonically punishing women for not having children. 

He suggests Muslims are a threat to western society, considers fascist Tommy Robinson worthy of praise, and describes Donald Trump in glowing terms.

He would “like to see Reform come forward with a detailed policy around how we’re going to tackle the Islamisation of British society”.

Goodwin's far-right rhetoric has earned him praise from Britain's #1 fascist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (AKA Tommy Robinson), and other fascist agitators.

Join the protest to say Goodwin is not welcome here.

Protest: No Televised Platform for Fascist Tommy Robinson at the Oxford Union 

💥Wednesday 17th June 6.30pm 

📍St Michael's Street, Oxford OX1 2EB

Called by Oxford Stand Up to Racism

This is not about whether we should debate with people who we disagree with, it is about whether we help or hinder the elevation of fascism as a political force that endangers all freedom

Under pressure the The Oxford Union postponed it's debate on Islam.  But it remains determined to go ahead and invite fascist and Muslim hating Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (Tommy Robinson) to speak.  He'll be joined in his attack on Islam and Muslims by hate preacher Calvin Robinson and founder of the far-right Reclaim party, Laurence Fox.

Robinson has already addressed crowds of tens of thousands urging them to "fight" along with calls to remove Muslims from the UK.

Putting him on TV to spout his racist hate will give him an audience of millions where he can incite people to launch attacks on Muslims.

The Muslim Council of Britain said "Statements such as Tommy Robinson’s calls that “it’s time for many Muslims to leave this country,” that he “would stop Islam,” are not political speech – they are incitement. History teaches us, painfully and repeatedly, that language demanding the removal of an entire group from its home is the language that precedes ethnic cleansing and genocide."

The Oxford Union President's claim that platforming him to defeat him in debate will halt the rise of fascism and the far right has already been demonstrated to be false - by the Oxford Union itself.

Yaxley-Lennon,  Marine and Marechel Le Pen, and Steve Bannon, have already spoken at the Union - yet fascism continues to grow around them.

When Nick Griffin, then leader of the Nazi BNP, was given a platform on Question Time, BNP membership rocketed - even though Griffin was "defeated" in the arguments.

Griffin and Holocaust denier David Irving were invited to speak at the Oxford Union in 2007 but they were denied a platform by a mass demonstration that earned the national headline "Uprising against fascism" that helped to destroy the BNP.

A platform at the Oxford Union will be used by Yaxley-Lennon to boost his popularity and claim that he is important and has a hearing in high circles.  This can only strengthen his support.

What has broken previous fascist movements has been the kind of consistent and uncompromising opposition that broke the BNP and the English Defence League (Yaxley-Lennon's previous attempt to build a fascist street army). 

Yaxley-Lennon and his supporters need a massive boost right now after his last rally failed to draw the numbers he hoped for and which was opposed by over 100,000 people.

The Oxford Union should not give fascist Yaxley-Lennon the boost he desperately craves - instead they should stand with Oxford's diverse communities who who are working hard to block him and his supporters from spreading hate on our streets.

If you would like to help steward the protest please email contact@oxfordstanduptoracism.org.uk

The wolf is at the door. 

Talk of war has become preparation for war across the European continent.

We, the people of Europe, will not accept the descent into chaos and war led by the Trump Presidency. 

Working people are seeing the money that should be spent on health care, transport, education and housing swept away into the bottomless pockets of the arms manufacturers. Families that have not known military conscription for generations now listen in fear as military leaders and politicians warn that their sons and daughters must be prepared to fight and die.

In the face of war, and the racist divisions it breeds, we must create our own international network which will organise for peace, oppose the revitalised US and European imperial project.

We must fight for the livelihood, indeed the very lives, of working people to plan that resistance we are holding an international rally in London on 20 June 2026. 

We invite every student and worker, every trade unionist and anti-war activist to attend. We want peace. We say no to rearmament, no to conscription, and yes to well funded health, education and public services, decent jobs, and higher wages.