Friends of the Woodwards Squat

These are notes chronicling the Woodward's squat as provided by Jim Leyden. It focuses on the various events, groups and actions during the squat. It discusses actions before the start of the squat, relationships amongst different actors in and outside the squat, and issues and concerns of the squat, including its ending.

This is a newsletter of the Anti-Poverty Committee, an anti-capitalist and anti-oppression organization fighting for the rights of poor and working people in Vancouver, BC. This issue includes the articles: ""We Will Win! The Woodwards Squat and the Movement Against the Liberal Government"" (on the squat's fight for housing and rights of the poor against the BC Liberals and Vancouver police), ""Police Riot in East Vancouver"" (on police violence against protesters at a rally organized against Premier Campbell at Britannia), ""Record of Police Abuses and Violence"" (on police violence and intimidation), ""APC Legal Defence Fund"" (on the legal organizing againt police victimization of APC activists), ""Other News: APC Supports Fired Worker"" (on supporting a worker's fight for a healthy and safe working environment and the right to union organize), ""The Fight for Social Housing"" (on the attempts by Woodward's squatters to negotiate their demands with BC Housing, developer Geoff Hughes, and the provincial and municipal governments), ""Other Actions: Roast the Liberals"" (on MLA Mayencourt's attack on the queer community), ""Squat Report from Across the Nation"" (on squats in Quebec City and Toronto), and ""The Campaign to End Campbell's Training Wage: Community Meeting: APC Vows to Target Businesses and Government"" (reporting on campaign building against the training wage). It also announcements upcoming events, describes its basis of unity, and ways to get involved through meetings and donations.

This is a newsletter for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, a direct-action anti-poverty organization based in Toronto, Ontario. It includes the following articles: 'How the Tories Manufacture a Housing Crisis,' 'Call to Open the Pope Squat,' 'Why Squat?' 'Housing Companies Take Notice,' 'Overview of Toronto's Housing Disaster,' 'Successful Building Take Over in Quebec City,' 'June 15th Legal Update,' 'Legal Latest,' 'A 'Smart Border': The Canadian State Rushes to Keep up with its Racist and Regressive Neigbour,' 'Latest Victories in the Fight Against Immigration Canada,' 'Successful Rally for Immigrant and Refugee Rights...Where was Coderre?' '8000 Strong No One is Illegal March in Ottawa,' 'Fighting Back Across the Country' (with news from anti-poverty organizations in Vancouver BC, Victoria BC, Belleville ON, Ottawa ON, Calgary AB, Kitchener-Waterloo ON, Montreal QC), 'Direct Action Casework Victories,' and 'Disturbing the Peace of the Ruling Class: Shayesteh Mohammadian's Statement to the Court.' Issues discussed include squatting, welfare and housing policy in Ontario, immigration and security policy at the national level, the G8 at Kananaskis, and specific cases of direct action advocacy work in Toronto and across the country.

This provides the goals and philosophy for the Stanley Project and outlines the different services and workshops offered to residents. These include: a community kitchen, cultural crafts, First Nations Healing Circle, Harm Reduction and Treatment Counseling, movie nights, and literacy program.