#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!

Construction site managers 'securing' the site from the 'dangerous' occupiers…

A couple of guys who looked to be management of the construction site were there, busy using plastic ties to ‘secure’ the site- you all know how dangerous we Occupiers can be! They found a needle on their side of the fence, and somehow felt it was a good idea that they should throw it out on the sidewalk!

Needle that the developers threw out onto the street- shame!

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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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Missed the Protesting Lawyers, But Did See Some Gloating Lawyers…

Lisa Johnson and other members of the MSM at the press conference…

So, I went to the Law Courts hoping to see the lawyers who were protesting against changes in Legal Aid. I wasn’t the only person to miss it, at least on member of the press expressed dissatisfaction too…

But, I did have the opportunity to catch a press conference for the lawyers who were gloating about their recent success on breaking-up DUI laws. Thought I’d share a clip. Occupy Vancouver’s favorite CBC reporter, Lisa Johnson was there too!

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#OccupyHarper: The Prime Coward Is Afraid of us!

One step closer and I'll rip the head off of this adorable kitten!

I just came across a story in a New Westminster paper The Royal City Record entitled New Westminster gets a hush-hush visit from Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Folks, it looks like we scared the Prime Minister to the point where he feels the need to hide! This only further confirms my believe that #OccupyHarper was incredibly successful!

So, if I learned one thing from this event it is that the people are smarter and more powerful than the government! But, of course, we already knew that, didn’t we?

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Naomi Klein to Join #OccupyCondos tomorrow!

There will be another #OccupyCondos demonstration tomorrow at 2pm- this time, in front of the Pantages theatre (or not, could be another decoy!).

This time the group will be joined by Naomi Klein- international bestselling author of No Logo, and Shock Doctrine. Naomi is well-known for her participation in Occupy Wall Street, and has become as iconic of a writer to the movement as Chris Hedges.

It should be an interesting day, not to be missed…

 

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