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The Anti-Poverty Committee Newsletter

Publication type: 
Newsletter
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Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2002-03
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. It outlines who they are, their demands, and how they fight, such as direct actions against the government's attacks on the poor. It describes the crisis of affordable housing in ""Social Housing Now!"", the service cuts and effects for single parents, the disabled, among others from changes to welfare policies in ""Welfare as Warfare!"", as well as offers ways to fight against these changes, and in ""Six Bucks Sucks!"" it outlines how this is an attack on welfare recipients, the homeless, students, and immigrants and refugees. It also announces upcoming events and ways to get involved with APC.
Keywords: 
community mobilization; BC Liberals; cutbacks; training wage; housing; government policy; activism