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The Anti-Poverty Committee Newsletter Issue #5

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2002-07
Pages: 
8
Summary: 
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: ""Mass Mobilization forces Campbell to cancel speech"" (on a demonstration at the Vancouver Art Gallery and the violent police response); Actions - ""400 Protest BC Liberal Fundraiser at Canada Place"" and ""A Victory for Aboriginal Women's Shelters""; Casework - ""APC Marches to the Executive Welfare Office for the Needs of the Poor"" and ""Changes to Welfare Effective July 1st for Families Three or More""; APC Action Alert! - ""Injecting Gentrification: Taking the fight for harm reduction to the streets"" (on a community organized needle exchange program); Analysis - ""Survivors and Consumers do Work!"" (on people with mental health disabilities); and ""The World We Live in"" (on institutionalized poverty). It also describes the work of Pivot, lists upcoming events, states APC's basis of unity, and discusses ways to get involved.
Keywords: 
community mobilization; demonstration; poverty; welfare cuts; drug users; Vancouver Police Department (VPD); work; solidarity

Vision Vancouver presents: Poverty Pimps

Publication type: 
Poster
Date: 
2005
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a satirical poster directed at Vision Vancouver, which terms them 'poverty pimps'.
Keywords: 
Vision Vancouver; poverty

Chants

Publication type: 
Miscellaneous
Date: 
2003-08-09
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a list of chants for the Wake Up! Rally that is demonstration against the provincial government's attacks on women and children put on by the Organizers Training Group.
Keywords: 
demonstration; housing; poor; women

Welcome to the Community Circle

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Author(s): 
Circle of Hope Coalition Society
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This document provides the concepts and rules for discussion in a Community Circle, based on Aboriginal, Buddhist, and western practices. This Community Circle is focused on the Framework for Action and the Vancouver Agreement.
Keywords: 
facilitation; Vancouver Agreement; Four Pillars Approach; discussion forum

Celebrate 2 Months of Community Building

Publication type: 
Poster
Author(s): 
Woodwards Social Housing Coalition
Date: 
2002-11-17
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This poster announces a celebration of the two month anniversary of the Woodwards squat.
Keywords: 
community mobilization; Woodwards; Woodsquat

Woodsquat Witnessing Shifts

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Date: 
2002
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This provides information for Woodsquat witnessing volunteers, which was organized in response to a city injunction to remove the squatters from around the Woodward's building. It outlines the role of the witness and what to do if the police move in to remove the squatters. It provides a statement for police, in relation to the injunction and to one's rights when confronted by the police. It also provides the numbers to call for legal support and for media.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; police; community mobilization; City bylaws

Important Notice!

Publication type: 
Poster
Author(s): 
Woodwards Legal Defence Committee
Date: 
2002-10-02
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This poster states the time and place for squatters who experienced violence or arrests in the September evictions from the Woodward's building to meet with Pivot lawyer John Richardson.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; legal issues

Anti-Poverty Committee Newsletter #4

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2002-05
Pages: 
4
Summary: 
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: ""Defeat this Government!"" (on the need to organize a fight against the BC Liberals' cuts among the poor and working class), ""St. James and Direct Action Casework"" (on successfully advocating for a welfare recipient), ""The BC Liberals attack on workers"" (on policy changes that will negatively affect the most vulnerable of workers and the need for mass mobilization), and ""Can't see the movement for the tactics: May Day 2002 and APC"" (clarifying the use of tactics during a demonstration against the training wage). It also lists upcoming events, states its basis of unity, and describes ways to get involved through meetings and the training wage campaign.
Keywords: 
community mobilization; solidarity; BC Liberals; cutbacks; social movement; Vancouver Police Department (VPD)

The 'Oka Crisis'

Publication type: 
Miscellaneous
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This is a comic on the Oka Crisis in Quebec in 1990, describing the conflict between the Mohawks and the police (and later military).
Keywords: 
protest; aboriginal territory; police; development

Obstruction of In-Justice: Homes Not Jails

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Collective Opposed to Police Brutality - Vancouver
Date: 
2002-10
Pages: 
14
Summary: 
This is a newsletter (vol. 1, no. 3) of the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality - Vancouver that provides information, analysis, and critique of police actions locally, nationally, and internationally. It features the articles: 'Our Take' on the Woodward's squat and the responses by the Vancouver Police Department (VPD), the policies of the BC Liberals, and other squats in Canada (Toronto, Quebec City); 'Special Reports - Police Riot in East Vancouver' (reprinted from Indy Media - Vancouver) on the police violence against demonstrators awaiting Gordon Campbell at the Eastside Family Place. The Local News section, includes the articles: 'VANDU Gets a Human Rights Award,' 'Law Allowing Cop Searches Struck Down,' 'VDP Chief Jamie Says No to Legal Pot,' 'Kimberly Rogers Womyn's Bridage Member ????Such??? Victoria KKKops,' 'Police Steal Homeless People's Possessions,' 'Search Warrants Aren't a Licence to Abuse Inhabitants,' 'Night Cook Viciously Beaten by VPD KKKops,' 'Family of Missing Women Sue Police,' 'Drug Cop Says We Need Detox not Arrests,' 'Gay/Transgender Bashing Allowed by Police Indifference,' 'Police Terrorize East Vancouver Family,' 'Barbaresh Win Round 1 of Court Battle with U$A,' 'BC Police Complaints Commissioner Kills Probe,' 'RCMP Don't Give a Shit about Lesbian Campers Being Terrorized,' and 'Gastown Business Improvement Association (BIA), A Report from Our Inside Mole.' The National News section includes articles: 'Riot Police Attach Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators at Concordia University' and 'Homeless Killed by Cops' (in Montreal). Lastly, the International News section includes articles: 'Silence Dissent by Any Drug Necessary' (USA), 'Felony Assault on Animals' (PA, USA), 'Pigs Protect Pigs' (MA, USA), 'Impunity Again and Again' (WA, USA), 'Commemorating September 11?' (Chile), 'Cops' Assault on Anarchist' (Belarus), 'Killed for Heating and Water' (Azerbaijan), 'Police=Mental Virus' (France), ''No Border': Repression Goes On' (France), 'Police=Terrorist' (Spain), 'Celebrating 48 Dead Cops' (Nepal), ''We Don't Need Police Approval'' (Hong Kong), and 'Spies Don't Pay' (South Korea). Also included are two fliers, one for a demonstration at the upcoming VPD Broad Meeting and a 'Profile' on VPD and Mayday 2001 activists, along with ads for upcoming meetings and actions, including those of Vancouver Cop Watch. Throughout, the group advocates anti-oppression, anti-capitalism, and the democratic control of policing by communities.
Keywords: 
police brutality; Vancouver Police Department (VPD); Campbell; Woodsquat; squatting; drug legalization; legal issues; homelessness; homophobia; racism; class discrimination

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