Friends of the Woodwards Squat

This is a newsletter (vol. 1, no. 4) of the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality - Vancouver that provides information, analysis, and critique of police actions locally, nationally, and internationally. Its feature the article - 'The Vancouver Police Board: An Unaccountable Fraud,' the Special Report - 'Queers Winnng Against Mayencourt' (MLA Mayencourt), and the Prolife - ""Anti-Terrorist Unit Uses Excessive Force On Indigenous Family'. Its Local News section includes: 'To Serve and Protect: A Report On Policing in the Downtown Eastside,' 'Surrey School Board Goes to the Dogs,' 'RCMP In Nanaimo Target Working Women,' 'Woodsquat: An Update,' 'Downtown Eastside (DTES) To Be 'Nuked',' 'Vernon RCMP Officers Complete Taser Training,' 'COPB-VAN Responds to Vernon RCMP,' 'Police in Burnaby Fail to Notify Public of Attacks,' 'Chillier Climate for Victoria and Vancouver Panhandlers,' 'The KKKops and the Premier,' 'City Politicians Call for Changes to Vancouver Police Board,' and 'Spit-In a Success.' The National News section includes 'Breaking News: Toronto Cops are Racist!' 'Killer Victoria Cops on the Loose,' and ''Give It or Guard It'.' The International News section includes: 'The Biggest International Pig Fest' (MN, USA), '500 Years of Colonisation Continues' (NY, USA), 'Cops Attack a High School' (CA, USA), 'Cops Face Charges' (OH, USA), 'Cops Hate Homeless' (OR, USA), 'Ivory Coast Cops Attack Public Transport Drivers' (Ivory Coast), 'Bombed Cops' (Pakistan), 'UN Police Fire Eleven Bosian Cops' (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 'Cop Boxed Knockout' (Germany), 'Sinn Fein Protests Office Raids' (Northern Ireland), 'Politeness Costs 3 Teeth' (France), 'Ninjas' (Angola), 'Polish Worker's Have No More Patience!' (Poland), 'Beaten Cops Complain ... it hurts!' (France), ''Nothing Says I Love You Like Diamonds'' (Congo), 'Bombs Away' (Colombia), and 'Youth Torch Pig's Car' (France). Throughout, the group advocates anti-oppression, anti-capitalism, and the democratic control of policing by communities.

This describes the creation and purpose of the Woodward's Vision 2005 Questionnaire. It addresses the driving force behind the questionnaire, its guiding principles, acknowledgements, process, and validity and reliability. Lessons learned, findings, and interpretations are included sections on the title page, but are not reported. The information was sought from, confirmed by, and useful for the community of the Downtown Eastside.

This is correspondence between Sheilagh Malone, Special Advisor (Homelessness) to the Minister of Labour, Claudette Bradshaw, and Aaron Vidaver concerning the development of social housing in the Woodward's building. Discussed is the Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative, where all levels of government and local organizations work together to create transitional and supportive housing, but which does not directly fund the creation of social housing.

This is a newsletter of the Anti-Poverty Committee, an anti-capitalist and anti-oppression organization fighting for the rights of poor and working people in Vancouver, BC. This issue includes the articles: ""Campaign against $6 minimum wage"" (on joining with workers to organize against the $6 training wage), ""Welfare, Women, and Poverty"" (on how cuts are affecting women), ""Welfare Cuts, Welfare Advocacy"" (on solidarity with those affected by changes to welfare through the role of advocacy), and ""Take it personally, act politically"" (on the need to act against the neo-liberal policies of the BC Liberals). It also provides a calendar of events, describes the APC, and lists ways to get involved.