Occupy Vancouver Run on the Banks

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Tom Morello at Occupy Vancouver

Occupy Vancouver Tent Village is a cop free zone

Occupy Vancouver has been grabbing headlines for 3 solid weeks now. As the mayoral race heats up, politicians squabble over the future of the encampment at the Vancouver Art Gallery.Yesterday, a medic at the occupation saved the life of drug user who overdosed at the camp. The corporate media sensationalized the story, and the fire department upped the ante by ordering that campers remove tarps and unoccupied tents by ten am this morning.The tent city council, held a press conference and defie...

Occupy Surrey - Arrest Bush!

200 people from all over the lower mainland attended a demonstration outside the Sheraton in Surrey, where George Bush Jr., former president of the United States, was speaking. The rally soon took an intersection, and then blocked access to the roadways before Bush and guests at the talk could leave. Around 60 riot police were on the scene to push back against demonstrators.

occupuy vancouver day 1

day 1 of the occupy vancouver day

Shelter, chaos, occupations

may review with a focus around shelter.

Rally to reclaim Housing. Feb 12th 2011

This Rally was held on Feb 12th by community groups in the DTES.

Missing Woman Inquiry - Jan 19th, 2011

A roundup of the first hearing in the Missing and Murdered Woman Inquiry on Jan 19th, 2011

Carlos Fazio in Vancouver

Carlos Fazio, a journalist from Mexico City, spoke in Vancouver in October, 2010. This is his entire speech, in which he discussed the so called war on drugs and the M?rida Initiative, which is modeled on the failed Plan Colombia.

Ghouls and Banshees occupy Athlete's Village

Vancouver's Olympic Athlete Village feel less like an an over priced condo ghetto for the rich and more like a haunted ghost-town. On this eerie Halloween night, ghosts and banshees owned the deserted streets of this housing disaster to bring attention to the plight of the city's many homeless residents, who could be inhabiting these cushy apartments.