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Welcome to Tent City

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2003
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This is a notice for squatters of Tent City informing them of the meetings and rules of the squat. It states that the squat is a political protest in relationship to social housing and regressive welfare policy. Squatters are welcomed to participate in the decision making and to keep the squat safe. This is written in English and Spanish.
Keywords: 
tent city; protest; squatters; social housing; welfare cuts

Refuse to Retreat

Publication type: 
Poster
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a poster for an Anti-Poverty Committee action against the two year welfare time limit that also calls for more social housing.
Keywords: 
demonstration; welfare policy

Fight Campbell! Fight the Training Wage!

Publication type: 
Poster
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a poster for a public meeting organized by the Anti-Poverty Committee aimed at building a campaign against the BC Liberal's training wage.
Keywords: 
strategy; training wage; BC Liberals

Problems getting welfare? Cut off? Stuck in appeal? Appointment three weeks away?

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This leaflet provides information on the provincial Liberal government's changes to welfare policy and offers assistance for those needing help with welfare, including information on Emergency Needs Assessment, childcare, and disability benefits. It also describes the basis of unity and actions of the Anti-Poverty Committee.
Keywords: 
welfare policy; welfare cuts; Anti-Poverty Committee; poor; rights

APC response to the Courier article

Publication type: 
Media Release
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2004-10-4
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is an Anti-Poverty Committee (APC) response to an article written in the Vancouver Courier. It charges the Courier with constructing false divisions among the APC. It also describes the work of the APC and the solidarity between those struggling against poverty.
Keywords: 
media; poor; homelessness; solidarity

Fight to Win: Defeat this Government

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This is a leaflet discussing the need to defeat the BC Liberals government due to its attacks on the poor. It describes the Liberal's cuts to social housing and welfare, the aboriginal land claims referendum, amongst others. It also describes the actions to challenge these policies by poor and working people, such as a Tent City which demands social housing and an end to the two-year time limit on welfare. It lists other demands made on all three levels of government. It also states the 'basis of unity' of the Anti-Poverty Committee and the mission statement of the Housing Action Committee.
Keywords: 
government; poor; BC Liberals; social housing; welfare cuts; homelessness; Tent city; Olympics; Anti-Poverty Committee; solidarity

Safe Streets Demonstration

Publication type: 
Media Release
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2004-06-24
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a description of a demonstration at the Annual General Meeting of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA) by the Anti-Poverty Committee, End Legislated Poverty, No One is Illegal, Queers Against Capitalism, and others. It protested the DVBIA's efforts to transplant 'panhandlers' with 'beggars', as well as the proposed Safe Streets Act, which would further criminalize poverty.
Keywords: 
Safe Streets Act; Business Improvement Association; poor; panhandlers; representation; harassment; protest; Anti-Poverty Committee; media

Strategy Session Against Safe Streets Act

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2004-09-01
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is an announcement of a strategy session organized by the Anti-Poverty Committee to discuss the proposed Safe Streets Act and the International Downtown Association meeting in Vancouver. It describes the effects the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA) has had on the poor, particularly through the criminalization of panhandling and squeegeeing. It calls for groups and individuals to strategize and fight back against the DVBIA and its upcoming international meeting.
Keywords: 
Safe Streets Act; Business Improvement Association; poor bashing; Anti-Poverty Committee; strategy

David Cunningham, September 22, 2004

Publication type: 
Miscellaneous
Author(s): 
Cunningham, David
Date: 
2004-09-22
Pages: 
3
Summary: 
This is a rough draft that describes the work of the Anti-Poverty Committee (APC) and the Downtown Eastside Residents Association (DERA) to defend the rights of tenants being evicted from various buildings (i.e. Marr hotel, Passlin hotel, and Dunsmir house) in the Downtown Eastside. It attributes the evictions to gentrification, which is connected with the 2010 Winter Olympics and also charges the COPE city council with being complicit in these actions of class warfare.
Keywords: 
evictions; tenant rights; COPE; homelessness; development; gentrification; City bylaws; Olympics; residential hotels; Anti-Poverty Committee; poor

Protest Gordon Campbell!

Publication type: 
Poster
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a poster for a demonstration against Gordon Campbell and his pro-business government organized by the Anti-Poverty Committee.
Keywords: 
business; poverty; Gordon Campbell; Anti-Poverty Committee; demonstration

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