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Support the Woodwards Squatters! Social Housing For All!

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2003
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a leaflet calling for support of the Woodwards squatters and for decent housing. It criticizes the Woodwards Community Consultation Processes. It demands social housing.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; squatters; housing demands; community consultation; social housing

Fighting Back in the DTES

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2003-04
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This is a newsletter written by the Anti-Poverty Committee and the Housing Action Committee about issues and actions taken in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) against increased policing and for a safe injection site. It criticizes the COPE city council, stating that they broken election promises in their approach to dealing with the poor. It also discusses the struggles being fought in the DTES community to provide for itself and the use of the direct action of disrupting the work of those in power.
Keywords: 
Downtown Eastside (DTES); police; poor; COPE; community; safe injection site; coalition building; community mobilization; Four Pillars Approach; housing; harm reduction; Woodsquat; social movement

Benefit Concert for the Anti-Poverty Committee

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a leaflet for a benefit concert for the Anti-Poverty Committee at the W.I.S.E. Hall.
Keywords: 
Anti-Poverty Committee; welfare cuts

"Safe Streets" A Dead End

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Author(s): 
Cunningham, David
Date: 
2004-02-10
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This document describes a mass 'pan-in' organized by the Housing Action Committee, the Anti-Poverty Committee, End Legislated Poverty, amongst others, where over 100 poor people demonstrated in Gastown protesting poor bashing by businesses and government and also the potential Safe Streets Act. It describes the negative consequences of a Safe Streets Act passed in Ontario and why it needs to be fought in BC.
Keywords: 
demonstration; poor; panhandling; poor-bashing; police; welfare cuts; Safe Streets Act

Safe Streets Act: A Dead End

Publication type: 
Media Release
Date: 
2004-03-10
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a media release concerning a potential Safe Streets Act in Vancouver being lobbied for by the Safe Streets Coalition, which is composed of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association, Vancouver Board of Trade, and Tourism Vancouver. It describes a similar act passed in Ontario and the negative impacts it had for street workers, homeless people, and other people living in poverty. It also criticizes the government's attempt to resolve poverty through policing rather than social housing and welfare.
Keywords: 
poverty; poor bashing; police; Safe Streets Act

Victory Squat is Moving!

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Date: 
2003-07-26
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a leaflet announcing the move of the Victory Squat to an undisclosed location and also a rally and march against the BC Liberals. It outlines the demands for social housing and an end to the two year time limit on welfare.
Keywords: 
squatting; tent city; social housing; welfare cuts; BC Liberals

Victory Tent City Newsletter #2

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2003-10
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a newsletter for the Victory Tent City. It discusses the three month long squat and states its demands of social housing and ending the two year time limit on welfare. It describes BC Liberal's policy that create homelessness and also the supporters of the squat and the Anti-Poverty Committee.
Keywords: 
squatting; tent city; social housing; welfare cuts; government; BC Liberals; coalition building; community mobilization; homelessness

Victory Squat has Moved!

Publication type: 
Poster
Date: 
2003-07-26
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This poster announces the move of the Victory Squat to Thorton Park. It outlines the purpose of the squat, as exposing the brutality of the BC Liberals and demands social housing and an end to the two year time limit on welfare.
Keywords: 
squatting; tent city; BC Liberals; homelessness; welfare cuts; social housing

Victory Squat

Publication type: 
Media Release
Author(s): 
Pilipa, Anton
Date: 
2003-08-16
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
These are two media releases concerning the Victory Squat and the Vancouver Parks Board's injunction to end the squat. They discuss the relationship between the policies of the BC Liberals, the 2010 Winter Olympics, and homelessness. They state the demands of the tent city to be social housing and an end to the two year income assistance limit, as well as express their criticism of the Parks Board.
Keywords: 
tent city; homelessness; media; squatters; protest; City bylaws; BC Liberals; social housing; Parks Board; welfare cuts

Enough is Enough! No Safe Streets Act! No Social Cleansing!

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2004-10-2
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a leaflet for a demonstration against the Safe Street Acts organized by the Anti-Poverty Committee. It describes the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association as waging a war against the poor and charges them with social cleansing.
Keywords: 
poor; Anti-Poverty Committee; demonstration; Business Improvement Association; Safe Streets Act

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