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Five Questions on The Woodwards Squat for UBC Humanities 101

Publication type: 
Miscellaneous
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Author(s): 
Vidaver, Aaron
Date: 
2008-04-10
Pages: 
3
Summary: 
This is a series of responses to questions on the Woodwards squat. It addresses the history of the squat, the current state of the Woodwards building, the success of the squat, and the presence and effect of infiltrators at the squat. It discusses the differences between the views of the squat from the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Police Department from that of the squatters themselves. It also discusses strategies, differentiating between those aimed at fragmentation and at unity. It provides a list of references in relation to the squat.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; community mobilization; DTES history; City of Vancouver; activism; Vancouver Police Department; solidarity; squatting