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Anti-Poverty Committee News #7

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2002-09
Pages: 
4
Summary: 
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: ""Fight! Fight! Fight! Welfare is a Right! APC Welfare Demo a Success"" (on a demonstration and building solidarity against changes to welfare assistance), ""Fight Gordon Campbell's Training Wage!"" (on the BC Liberal's attack on workers and their organizing against it), ""What is Direct Action Casework?"" (on APC's role as an advocate for social assistance and disability benefits, fighting against evictions, among others), and ""Poverty in Palestine: An International Analysis"" (on chronic malnutrition and poverty caused by the US backed Israeli occupation of Palestine). It also reports on Other News - ""Housing Action Committee,"" ""Racist Attacks in Vancouver,"" ""Needle Exchange Open Again,"" and ""Pope Squat,"" and Fighting back! - ""Queers Shame the Liberals,"" ""Direct Action on the Coquilhalla,"" and ""Women Walkout on Stephens."" It announces upcoming actions, describes its basis of unity, and lists ways to get involved through meetings and donations.
Keywords: 
community mobilization; welfare cuts; demonstration; BC Liberals; housing; poor

This shit won't stop until all the cops drop

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Date: 
2004
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This leaflet describes police brutality and harassment in Vancouver, listing the cases of Frank Paul, Jeff Berg, and the Woodwards squatters. It connects police violence to discrimination against Native and poor people, and calls for solidarity and direct action to address it.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Police Department (VPD); police brutality; aboriginal people; class; Woodwards; Woodsquat; property; poverty

drawing of Woodward's

Publication type: 
Miscellaneous
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a drawing of a Woodward's redevelopment proposal.
Keywords: 
Woodwards

Tonight: Community Discussion of the City of Vancouver's Woodwards Report!

Publication type: 
Poster
Author(s): 
Woodwards Social Housing Coalition
Date: 
2003-10-21
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a poster announcing a community discussion on the City of Vancouver's Woodwards report.
Keywords: 
Woodward; City of Vancouver; The Woodwards Redevelopment

Untitled

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Author(s): 
Woodward's Social Justice Coalition
Date: 
2003-12-08
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a letter requesting participation in a single night count of homeless persons living in Vancouver, which came out of the forum on social housing and poverty organized by the Woodwards Social Housing Coalition. It asks for the cooperation of the facility manager and provides a rationale for the research and its potential use.
Keywords: 
community mobilization; homelessness; housing

Woodwards Squat Chronology: Actions and Documentation, 14 September - 14 December 2002. Draft 31 January 2003.

Publication type: 
Miscellaneous
Author(s): 
Vidaver, Aaron
Date: 
2003-01-31
Pages: 
15
Summary: 
This is a comprehensive chronological outline of the Woodwards squat. It details events (ex. meetings, rallies, press conferences, etc.), documents from the squat and other organizations (publications, photos, statements, city notices, etc.), and number of residents at the squat between September 2002 until the end of January 2003. There are extensive handwritten notes throughout the document.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; community mobilization; DTES history

Dear Mayor and Council

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Author(s): 
Woodwards Legal Defence Committee
Date: 
2002-12-12
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a letter addressed to the newly elected Mayor and City Council of Vancouver from the Woodwards Legal Defense Committee at the Woodwards squat. Its addresses the enforcement order against the squatters, the crisis of housing, and a civil claim against the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver police for the destruction of squatters' property and brutality. It lists five recommendations for the City to deal with these matters.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; Vancouver City Council; legal issues; social housing; Vancouver Police Department (VPD)

Anti-Poverty Committee News #6

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2002-08
Pages: 
4
Summary: 
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: ""Police board refuses to hear community demands"" (on attempts to speak to police about use of violence against the poor and women, and the need for harm reduction), ""Welfare on Demand: The Battle against the Three Week Wait"" (on restrictive welfare policy changes), ""The Liberal's Attack on Sexual Assault Centres"" (on cuts to sexual assault centres and community-based victim assistance programs), ""Community Meeting on Policing Poverty"" (on demands that address police violence against poor), ""General Strike for the Rights of All Poor and Working People"" (on the need of solidarity between unionists and the poor to fight against the BC Liberals), ""Call from QUAK to bar the Liberal's from Pride"" (on Queers United Against Kapitalism's call to not allow MLA Mayencourt and the Liberals in the Pride parade), and ""Training Wage: Breaking the Law"" (on the illegal training wage). It also announces upcoming events, describes APC's basis of unity, and lists ways to get involved through meetings and donations.
Keywords: 
community mobilization; BC Liberals; poor; police brutality; women; welfare cuts; demonstration; activism

Help fight for affordable housing in the Downtown Eastside

Publication type: 
Poster
Author(s): 
Carnegie Community Action Project
Date: 
2005-09-13
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a notice for a workshop at the Carnegie Centre to help prepare speakers for a city consultation on the Downtown Eastside Housing Plan.
Keywords: 
Downtown Eastside; housing; community consultation; Carnegie Community Action Project

Wake up! Rally

Publication type: 
Media Release
Author(s): 
Organizers Training Group
Date: 
2003-08-09
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is an announcement for a rally against provincial government's attacks on women and children put on by the Organizers Training Group.
Keywords: 
demonstration; housing; poor; women

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