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CW: Sexual harassment and assault. Image Description: a selection of signs at a recent protest outside of Balliol. It’s been a hard term to be at Balliol. There have been numerous protests, meetings, open letters… name a method of protest and demonstration, and it’s been tried over the last eight weeks. Students have been complaining […]
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Image description: As is usually the case, the protest’s effects were felt before it could be seen. Longwall Street was filled with the cacophony of car horns blaring, a steady drum beat and the faint hum of brass instruments. Once on the High Street, the source of this noise could be determined: Thousands of people […]
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Image Description: some of the signs at the protest. Students protested outside Balliol College last Sunday after a recent Al Jazeera investigation criticised the Decanal team for their handling of a sexual assault case within the College. Students chanted slogans including “Balliol College protects abusers” and “Balliol College do better” during the protest, which lasted […]
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Image Description: a group of protestors holding banners and signs in the SU Building. In response to the rise in drink-spiking cases in the country, 20 JCRs have signed an open letter to nightclubs in Oxford demanding the implementation of more safety measures to prevent drink-spiking, ensure the safety of customers and hold perpetrators accountable. […]
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Image description: Group of protesters gathers in the SU buildings holding banners and signs ‘It Happens Here’ led a protest at 10pm on Wednesday night calling for meaningful and lasting change in response to levels of spiking experienced in Oxford. The protest began at the Student Union where a large group of approximately 40 students […]
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Image description: Protestors marching in Cuba holding Cuban flags and signs reading “Freedom to Cuba!” On Sunday 11th July, in the town of San Antonio De Las Banos on the outskirts of Havana, historic protests erupted against the Cuban government. In the following days the protests spread throughout the country, with protestors chanting ‘freedom’ and […]
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Image description: Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu with his bodyguard Frank Senteza aka Frank during campaigning. Frank is wearing a red top with a picture of Robert, they both have a fist raised. Uganda’s January elections saw Bobi Wine, a musician who gained political credibility and a loyal following through his pop career, challenge President Yoweri Museveni, […]
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Image description: A protestor sits in the middle of the road, holding a sign that says “I’m terrified for my grandchildren’s future because of the climate crisis” in all caps. This Saturday morning at 11am, an extinction rebellion activist (Anne Taylor) blocked the main juncture between Beaumont street and Ashmolean street with a sign that […]
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Image Description: a picture of a silhouetted man wheeling a bike across Port Meadow on a hot day The Oxford Campaign for Climate Justice has launched a petition, and demanded that the University cut ties with the fossil fuel industry. A report, published by the campaign group today claims that the University of Oxford has received […]
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Image Description: A police cordon from behind with officers wearing high-vis jackets reading “POLICE” at a protest. Content Warning: Sexual assault, violence against women. The Oxford University Labour Club and the Oxford University Liberal Democrats have released a statement condemning the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which is currently under consideration in the House […]
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Image Description: women at a protest holding up a banner that reads “We Will Not be Silenced”. [CW: violence against women, sexual assault] Sarah Everard was murdered when walking back from her friend’s house via Clapham Common 11 days ago. The Met have confirmed that the man they have now arrested was a serving police […]
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Image description: Oxford students holding placards at protest In light of the recent farmers’ protests ongoing in India, a group of students from the Oxford South Asian Society (OxSAS), and Oxford India Society (OIS) decided to organise a solidarity protest on Saturday, 12th December 2020. On behalf of The Oxford Student, I have decided to […]
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Image Description: protestors stand outside the RadCam, wearing masks, with signs reading “smash the patriarchy”, “My home turned into my hell”, “I wish I could abort my government”, and “free politics from the Church”. Content warning: abortion, rape Protestors gathered outside the Radcliffe Camera last night in opposition to the recent ruling of the Polish […]
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Members of Oriel MCR committee, including the President, have been accused of seeking to undermine students’ attempts to have college remove the statue of Cecil Rhodes from its position above Oriel’s Queen Street entrance. Neil Misra and Swaraj Dash, two members of Oriel Middle Common Room (MCR), proposed a motion calling for a referendum on […]
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As Black Lives Matter protests continue to rock the foundations of racist institutions all over the world, protestors are following in the footsteps of Civil Rights activists by once again using the music of black artists as their rallying cry. From copies of Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’ being mailed to senators in advance of an […]
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Image description: Protestors in South Park A socially-distanced peaceful protest organised by ‘Black Lives Matter Oxford’ took place on the afternoon of Wednesday 3rd June, attracting hundreds of demonstrators to South Park, Oxford. The socially-distanced demonstration was originally planned to go forward in Bonn Square, but as demand increased in the days before the event, […]
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Since 2pm on Wednesday, the Front Quad of St. John’s college has been occupied by University students, protesting the College’s investment of around £8.1 million in fossil fuels companies – including BP and Shell. Yesterday evening, I was able to gain access to the college, and spent time with the students demonstrating on the Quad, […]
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Over a hundred demonstrators responded to Oxford University Africa Society’s call to protest the Oxford Union’s treatment of suspended member Ebenezer Azamati yesterday evening. WATCH: Protesters on Cornmarket demand Union president resign AfriSoc launched the campaign after a Union disciplinary committee suspended the membership of Azamati, who is blind, for “violent conduct”. This related to […]
Continue ReadingOver 50 people turned out in the pouring rain last Saturday, 9th November, to mark the passing of 150 days since the first protests in Hong Kong, and to show their solidarity for the cause. Protesters held posters with the well-known slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times” and gave out leaflets to passers-by, […]
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