Publication type:
Web Page / Electronic Reproduction
Author(s):
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary:
This is documentation of the website 'woodsquat.net' as it appeared online between September 14th, 2002 and October 28th, 2002. The website provides a detailed account of the first two months of the Woodwards squat (Woodsquat) event told through the writings of the squatters and their supporters. It provides news, updates, links, press releases, upcoming events, speeches, a chronology of events, contact information, and so on as they pertain to Woodsquat and the events surrounding it, like the BC housing crisis and Britannia riots. It focuses in particular on the actions of Vancouver Police Department in relation to the squat, arrests and legal issues of the squatters, ways to support the squat, and the demands of the squatters and their supporters for social housing, amongst other things.
Keywords:
Woodwards; Woodsquat; housing demands; community mobilization; BC Liberals; housing policy; poor; social housing; welfare cuts; media; City of Vancouver; Downtown Eastside; homelessness; Vancouver Police Department (VPD); legal issues