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W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #11 - Victory Square Speeches - Saturday Oct 5, 2002

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; Toecutter; Skyy; Rick
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-10-07
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue provides three speeches that were delivered at Victory Square on October 5th, 2002 by Toecutter, Skyy, and Rick. They discuss the brutal police actions at the squat and elsewhere, the need for homes and communities, the desire for peace and justice, and the cause of poverty being global capitalism. There are also announcements.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; police brutality; homelessness; housing demands; social justice

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #12 - Legal Update on Britannia Arrestees

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; Ivan
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-10-08
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue provides an update on arrests made at the Britannia Police Riot and reports on the legal situation of the minors. It also describes other instances of police harassment. Calls for support and donations are included.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; police brutality; legal issues; Britannia Community Centre; Anti-Poverty Committee; Vancouver Police Department (VPD)

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #13

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-10-09
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue has photos from a march in support of the squat. It has a call for writings and announcements.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; homelessness; legal issues; demonstration

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #14 -

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; Durocher, Chrystal
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-10-10
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue contains an interview with squatter, Chrystal Durocher, who describes her experience in the squat, homelessness, pregnancy, and the squat being like a family.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; homeless women

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #15 - Stick Together, Watch Out for Media, City Engineers, and Social Workers!

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-10-11
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue warns of threats to the squat from the media, the City Engineering Department, and social workers. It calls for the squatters to stick together. It also provides a list of upcoming events, contact numbers, and weather forecast.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; homelessness; housing demands; media; social services; solidarity

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #16 - Danger: Violent Repeat Offender Seen in Neighbourhood

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-10-12
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This poster is part of the newsletter series from the Woodwards Squat. It warns of 'Jamie' (Vancouver Police Department Chief) and describes his actions against the squatters and various community supporters. There is also an announcement of that day's 'Community Forum on Police Violence'.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; police brutality; homelessness; BC Liberals; Vancouver Police Department (VPD)

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #1 - Open House

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-09-20
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This is the first newsletter of Woodwards Squat, which seeks to provide a voice for the squatters and support for the community. This issue includes a press release, entitled 'Woodwards Squatters denounce Police Threats'. It also provides a chronological history of the Woodwards building since it closure in 1993, outlining various owners of the building and the plans for redevelopment, which includes social housing, condos, SFU's School for Contemporary Arts, and co-operative housing. It also describes the decade long struggle between the Downtown Eastside community, the developers, and the government in the building's redevelopment, which heighten after the Liberal provincial government was elected in 2001.
Keywords: 
social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; Downtown Eastside; police; housing demands; The Woodward's Redevelopment; Woodsquat; BC Provincial government

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #3 - We Will Win

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; Anti-Poverty Committee
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-09-23
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue includes a press release from the Anti-Poverty Community, entitled 'Police raid Woodwards tent city: brutalize homeless people', an announcement of and call for witness reports, and photographs from the police eviction.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; homelessness; housing demands; Anti-Poverty Committee; Vancouver Police Department (VPD)

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #4 - Featuring the Victory Square Speeches

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; Leyden, Jim; Meslo, Bev; Drury, Ivan; Livingstone, Christopher
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-09-24
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue includes a letter to BC Housing, the BC Government, City of Vancouver, and Vancouver Police by the Friends of the Woodwards Squat and four addresses made at Victory Square on September 23rd, 2002 by Jim Leyden, Bev Meslo, Ivan Drury, and Christopher Livingstone in response to the police evictions of the Woodwards Squat.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; police brutality; homelessness; housing demands; Victory Square

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #5 - New Writing from the Woodwards Squat

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; Brody; Rabbit; Chris; Angel; Lacey; Taum
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-09-25
Pages: 
4
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue includes poetry from squatters (Brody, Rabbit, Chris, Angel, Lacey, and Taum), photos of historical Vancouver squats, and a letter of support for the Woodwards Squat from Costa Rica.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; Downtown Eastside; homelessness; human rights; protest; solidarity; Gordon Campbell

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