December 2011 archive

Occupy Bearspray: Or, why do people think bad things about the VPD?

I just ran across a story about an incident at Occupy Calgary where some idiot (probably one of Alberta’s many neocon redneck’s) sprayed pepper/bear spray into their Information/Library tent! Occupy Vancouver had some threats back in October- some highly disturbed individual was trying to round-up a posse to ‘de-occupy’ OV. One of the occupiers met …

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A list of “dirty hippies” who support the Occupy movement…

Next time you read the SunVince spreading hate against my beloved movement, keep this list of esteemed supporters in mind. Then, write your MP about Canada’s immoral media ownership laws… http://rwer.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/300-economists-give-support-for-the-occupy-wall-street-movement  

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#OccupyCondos: With Naomi Klein

I arrived to the site of the demonstration a bit early. My favorite mayoral candidate Saxmaniac and a couple of other demonstrators were visible from across the street, as were Vancouver’s finest, and a reporter from the SunVince. Lisa Johnson from the CBC must have been busy covering some other story- we missed you Lisa! …

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Occupy Movement: Show Me Your Face

Here’s a short film by Ian MacKenzie entitled “Show Me Your Face”. A beautiful video, and if you have been involved in Occupy Vancouver, you will no doubt recognize many of the faces here…

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