Oxford Radical History Tours

A hearty Socialist Greetings from Oxford's despairing but ebullient revolutionaries. Defiance is in order, in view of the catastrophe that has just occured, which reveals the degredation and depravity of this shit modernity. A better world is possible, and we will make it! Love, Peace and Solidarity

Very important commemoration coming up of the first Women's Liberation Conference held in the UK in 1970, centred on Ruskin College, Walton Street; back in the days when Ruskin was the platform and fountainhead of radical politics and scholarship in Oxford. Growing out of the History Workshop Movement, the women involved, many of whom will be involved in the 50th anniversary event, issued a set of demands which are still far from being met and provided a foundation for egalitarian feminist politics and debate thereafter.
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If anyone is going to the XR International Rebellion in London on Tuesday, Ciaran is performing The Invisible Captain Swing, Demon of Direct Action. Catch him from around 12pm, at the XR Peace Site. The location of the site will be by the Ministry of Defence, on the Embankment side, near Horse Guards Avenue

Ciaran Walsh remembering the Oxford Levellers, Private Biggs and Private Piggen, shot dead on 18th September 1649. Sea Green Singers and Didcot Red Kites singing the Diggers Song, the Levellers Song and finishing with the Internationale

The Beast of Brexit driving you mad? Join the next Oxford Radical Walking Tour for revolutionary sanity! Next walk is Thursday 19th September 2019, meet at 11am on the steps of the Clarendon Building (Bodleian Library). Walk last approx 2 hours and suggested donation of £5-£10 per person (but you can pay more!!)

Don't forget, Radio 4 on Tuesday 27th August at 9.30am!

Tune in to Ciaran Walsh on Radio 4 next Tuesday, talking about the General Strike in Oxford https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0007wv6

If you fancy turning the world upside down for a couple of hours tomorrow, why not join in the Oxford Radical History Walking Tour: 800 Years of Social Struggle in Oxford?
Starts 11am, meet on the steps of the Clarendon Building (Bodleian Library). Suggested donation £5-£10 per person

Oh no, the Bullingdon Club strikes again, as another upper class twit takes the helm; but they didn't always have it their own way. Find out by joining Oxford Radical History Walking Tours for 800 Years of Social Struggle in Oxford. Meet 11am at the Clarendon Building (Bodleian Library) on Sunday 18th August 2019. Tour lasts about 2 1/2 hours. Suggested donation £5-£10 pp.

Seeing as the Blond Buffoon of Brexit is about to become prime Minister, I think it's about time that everyone found out about good old fashioned rioting: like in 1830, when the people of Oxford and surrounding areas banded together to foil the designs of evil enclosing toffs during the Otmoor Riots

There are still some spaces on the Jericho Walking Tour this Sunday 30th June. Meet 11am outside the old Ruskin College site in Walton Street.

Lots of people asked Ciaran where he got his t-shirt from: here is the link https://consciouspower.co.uk/…/more-bla cks-more-dogs-more-i…

Performing Captain Swing, Daemon of Direct Action at Oddball Festival on Saturday (and celebrating afterwards!) Swing was written by that wonderful Jericho personality; the late, great Heathcote Williams, anarchist poet, actor, writer, activist and artist. Surely Heathcote deserves a proper memorial in the area. A young graffiti artist we met at the festival is keen to work on a large graffiti art montage as Heathcote was one of the pioneers of modern graffiti art in this country in the 70s Come on the Oxford Radical History Walking Tour on Sunday 30th June 2019, meeting at the old Ruskin College site on Walton Street at 11am, to find out more about working class and bohemian Jericho

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Next Oxford Radical History Walking Tour: Sunday 30th June 201911am -meet outside Ruskin College, Walton Street (now owned by Exeter College)
'Remember When Jericho Was a Real Place?' Explore the past of Oxfords' first industrial suburb and birthplace of the Oxford Labour Movement.... Tour lasts about 90 minutes, terminating in a pint at the Old Bookbinders Arms. Pay what you can afford: suggested donation of £5-£10 per person.
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A mighty levelling is necessary, now more than ever. Hear about the Levellers in action on the streets of Oxford, the day after Leveller's Day. We will have a proper revolution yet!
Sunday 12th May 2019 Meet at 11am on the steps of the Clarendon Building (Bodleian Library)... Walk last around 2 hours, suggested donation £5-10 per person
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