Friends of the Woodwards Squat

This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue contains three set of overlapping demands from the Woodwards Social Housing Coalition, the Anti-Poverty Committee, and the Friends of the Woodsquat to the Government of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Government of Canada. These include the increasing social housing and other social services, legislating anti-vacancy bylaws, providing funding and support for aboriginal peoples in the Downtown Eastside, ceasing police harassment, providing immediate and adequate shelter for the squatters, and disciplining the Vancouver Police Chief for unreasonable use of force at the Britannia Riots (also see W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter #2). It also provides a list of contacts.

This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue provides three updates from squats in Halifax, which are part of the 'Give It or Guard It' national housing campaign (see W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter #18). There is also a list other social housing actions in Guelph, Montreal, Sudbury, Ottawa, and Toronto. It is announced that the clocks are turning back that night.

This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue reports on the Vancouver Police Board meeting, where squatters asked about unrecovered items from the squat and whether the police would attempt more evictions. They also describe their experiences with the process and the police presence outside the meeting. There is also a statement by the Anti-Poverty Committee on the Britannia Nine Solidarity and Legal Support concerning an upcoming court trial.

This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue contains a legal update of the 'Britannia Police Riot'. There is also information on how to support the squatters.