Summary:
This is the summer 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. The issue includes the articles: ""New Wings Hotel Mass Eviction: City Staff and VPD collaborate in rendering scores of people homeless"" (on the eviction of residents from the New Wings Hotel under the pretense of murder investigations at the site), ""Anti-Liberal Demo and BBQ: 4 More Years? Hell No!"" (on community mobilizations against the BC Liberals), ""Harm Reduction Saves Lives"" (on the need for harm reduction in prisons), and ""Secwepmc Defenders Behind Enemy Lines"" (on the continued incarceration of Native Youth Movement activists). It also announces the event ""Justice for Prisoners: Harm Reduction for Prisoners Now!"". It states their basis for unity and the lists the general meeting times and locations.
Keywords:
homelessness; BC Liberals; evictions; Vancouver Police Department (VPD); City of Vancouver; SROs; harm reduction; community mobilization; prisoners