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Campaign against Reform in summer byelections The by-elections in Clacton and Greater Manchester are shaping up to be key political battles this summer. Nigel Farage and Reform UK, who pose as anti-establishment, are being exposed as being funded by the ultra-wealthy. Refugees welcome - communities not camps - oppose the far right in Bicester A protest against a planned camp to house 1250 people seeking asylum near Bicester turned into a far right rally populated by Reform officials and supporters, with dregs of fascists from anti-hotel protests. Speakers repeatedly used racist language and tropes to attack the camp and to oppose immigration. Stand Up To Racism is working hard to build a campaign that centres criticism of the camp on the welfare of people seeking asylum and counters any racist narrative and action by the far-right to grow. Socialists should back these efforts. |
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NEXT OXFORD AND THAMES VALLEY OPEN MEETING All welcome Book launch with author Mark Krantz Bye, Bye Blackshirt! The Fight Against Oswald Mosley, Antisemitism, and the British Union of Fascists, 1934-1936 7PM Wednesday 17th July New Road Baptist Church, Bonn Square Oxford OX1 1LQ or join via zoom https://oxfordswp.org.uk/zoom Bye Bye Backshirt tells the history of the two years of anti-fascist struggle that successfully broke the rise of Oswald Mosley and his antisemitic British Union of Fascists. Opposition to Mosley took place across the country; from Newcastle to Plymouth, Hull to Liverpool, Scotland to Wales. The movement that halted the rise of fascism in Britain was made up of members of the Communist Party, the Independent Labour Party, the Labour party, trade unionists, church and community groups, and social and cultural organisations. In Manchester the resistance was organised by young communists who met every week; to hold dances, talk, plan and mobilise to stop the Blackshirt thugs marching and terrorising the local Jewish community. This book is a comprehensive account of the rise of fascism and how in Britain it was defeated by mass movements from below, led by young, radical communists in the 1930s. |
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PUBLIC MEETING Refugees welcome in Bicester Communities not camps Thurs 16 July, 7pm online via zoom. NOW ONLINE - REGISTER HERE Our panel of speakers include:
There will be an opportunity for people to ask questions and make contributions. • Why is the government planning to house1250 asylum-seekers in a former MOD camp near Bicester? • How much will it cost? Who benefits? • What are the practical, anti-racist alternatives? How do we get our voices heard? ONLINE - REGISTER HERE Email contact@oxfordstanduptoracism.org.uk if you would like to help with this campaign. |
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NATIONAL MARCH FOR PALESTINE Tell the new PM: No to war End the genocide Sanctions now. 18th July 12:00 pm central London Keir Starmer has finally been forced to resign Join our march to send a powerful message to the next Prime |
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Oxford Stand Up To Racism presents Everybody to Kenmure Street Screening plus post-screening Q&A with local eyewitness Ultimate Picture Palace, Jeune Street, Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1BN 21 July, doors open 5:15pm, film starts 5:45pm, Q&A 7:15pm Trailer and tickets (now on sale): https://uppcinema.com/show/kenmure/ “In May 2021, a UK Home Office dawn raid triggers one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In Pollokshields, Scotland’s most diverse neighbourhood, hundreds of residents rush to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbours.” Winner, World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance, Sundance Film Festival 2026 “A love letter to peaceful protest” Screen International ‘an amazing story of a community triumph’ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian ★★★★ Directed by Felipe Bustos Sierra (2025) |
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Join other Palestine solidarity protesters on Thursday 23 July 2026 for a national protest outside Elbit Systems research, development and manufacturing facility in Bristol. Assemble at 11am at Elbit Systems, 38 Bolingbroke Way, Bristol, BS34 6FE. Elbit Systems is Israel’s largest weapons company. It manufacturers weapons and military technology used by Israel in its ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, and military assaults and ethnic cleansing across the West Bank. This includes armed drones, missiles, bombs and artillery shells. Elbit Systems is enabling and profiting from Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians, yet the British government allows it to operate factories and research facilities in this country, and grants it licenses to export weapons components to Israel. Palestinians call on people in Britain to protest against arms companies that enable and profit from Israel’s crimes, and to demand that the government impose a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel, in line with its legal obligations not to aid or assist genocide, military occupation and apartheid. Join us on Thursday 23 July in Bristol to demand that Elbit Systems and the British government stop arming Israel! Public Transport: Trains run from Bristol Temple Meads to Patchway (15 mins walk from the protest) every hour. Get the 10.28 from Bristol Temple Meads. |