[antiwar-van] Taking it to the streets...

[Martha and Aiyanas]

Bus Riders Union
Taking it to TransLink, Taking it to the Streets.

    This fall the Bus Riders Union campaign to fight transit racism and 
win back the Night Owl buses kicks into high gear.  In late September 
we’ll be releasing a document based on our grassroots research on the 
impacts of the Night Owl cuts.  Based on 18 months of organizing and 
over 75 “Public Transit Rights Violation” forms – testimonials filled 
out by bus riders in their own words.  This document refutes once and 
for all the TransLink claim that ‘no one really needs the night owl 
buses’ and shows clearly who relies on access to late night service: 
low-wage workers, many of them immigrants and refugees, and most of them 
women and youth.

    In early October we’ll be taking this document and our anger and 
energy to the TransLink board meeting and demanding an immediate 
restoration of the Night Owl buses.  We’re calling on all allies and 
activists to stack this meeting and force TransLink to respond to the 
needs of the working class and marginalized people of this region.

    We’re also working to contribute to building a broad and 
international movement for social and economic justice.  On September 
10th we’ll be hosting a public forum on “building anti-imperialist 
practice from the ground up” and presenting a skit about the WTO 
produced in partnership with the Group of Friends and Relatives of 
Political Prisoners in Mexico.  And on September 28 we’ll join the world 
in marching against war and the occupations of Iraq, Palestine and 
Afghanistan.

    Finally on October 11 our fall campaign will culminate with a March 
for Economic Human Rights!  For our communities’ right to jobs, housing, 
healthcare, education and transit.

Get involved!  Join us for one of these upcoming events or get in touch 
at 604 215 2772 or bru at resist.ca

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wednesday, September 10, 7pm
SFU Harbour Centre
Educate! Organize! Mobilize! Building anti-imperialist practice from the 
ground up.
Theatre, slide presentation, music and discussion.  Find out about BRU 
organizing on the buses, in the streets and in the community.

Wednesday, October 1, 9am
Place TBA
TransLink Board Meeting
Help us turn the TransLink Boardroom into bus riders turf as we take our 
demands for Night Owl Buses: End the Curfew Now!

Saturday, October 4, 10am
SFU Habour Centre
Public Meeting
Find out about the BRU and help plan for our October demonstration.  
Also join us for a theater performance about the tyranny of the Skytrain 
police, produced by the Carnegie theatre group.

Saturday, October 11, 1pm
Main Street Skytrain
March for Economic Human Rights!
For our communities right to jobs, housing, healthcare, education and 
transit!

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