[mobglob-discuss] Fwd: [APC-Announce] TENT CITY NEWS: rally to move squat!! (fwd)

Wed Jul 23 12:45:31 PDT 2003

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>From: "Big Garlic Bobcat" <garlicbobcat at resist.ca>
>Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 12:00:02 -0700 (PDT)
>Subject: [APC-Announce] TENT CITY NEWS: rally to move squat!!
>
>#9, APC WEEKLY – TENT CITY EDITION, July 23, 2003
>“We call on supporters to provide suppers!!”
>
>0. Introduction
>1. Victory Squat Moving
>2. City Tries to Fence in Homelessness
>3. Tuesday Press Conference
>4. Banner Making Party
>5. Arrows to Freedom
>6. Media Advisory
>7. Endorsers and Supporters
>8. What is APC? Basis of Unity!!  Contact us!!
>
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>
>0. INTRODUCTION
>
>This is the weekly internet newsletter of the Anti-Poverty Committee.  APC
>WEEKLY informs members and subscribers of news in Vancouver.  APC-Announce
>is a low traffic list-serve; designed to keep you in the know.	APC meets
>every Tuesday night at 327 Carrall Street (by Pigeon Park Downtown
>Eastside), starting 6 PM.  Contact info at the end of the WEEKLY.
>
>To subscribe or unsubscribe to APC-ANNOUNCE e-mail:
>apc-announce at lists.resist.ca
>If you want to post news on the APC WEEKLY e-mail: garlicbobcat at resist.ca
>
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>SOCIAL HOUSING FOR ALL IN NEED!!  END THE TWO YEAR WELFARE TIME LIMIT!!
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>1. VICTORY SQUAT MOVING
>
>Victory squat calls on all supporters to defeat this government!
>
>This Saturday 26 at noon the Victory Squat is escalating its occupation of
>city parks. We will be marching to a different location and setting up
>shelters to expose the brutality of homelessness. Although the location
>changes the demands remain the same; SOCIAL HOUSING FOR ALL IN NEED! And
>END THE TWO-YEAR TIME LIMIT, IMMIDIETLY!
>
>These two demands have initiated the campaign that will defeat this
>Liberal regime; we need you to stand behind us. Please bring to Victory
>Square between now and Saturday supply’s to construct shelters. We need
>wood, nails, ply board, hammers, tarps anything that will make shelter for
>those who have nothing. If you would like to donate financially so as to
>make this possible you can make out checks to the Anti-Poverty Committee
>and deposit them directly in any Van city credit union. Or call the APC at
>604 682 2726
>
>This government is unfit to rule it must be defeated!
>
>   The retreat is over!		       Fight to win!
>
>APC Anti-Poverty Committee
>Ph: 604682.2726
>Fax: 604.682.2752
>Email: apc at resist.ca
>
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>2. CITY TRIES TO FENCE IN HOMELESSNESS
>
>CITY TRIES TO FENCE IN HOMLESSNESS
>
>At 7AM this morning (July 23, 2003) squatters awoke to 10 police officers
>and a dozen park board workers. The workers had come to build a fence
>around the victory squat and the police were there to ‘ensure the safety
>of the workers’. A park board representative admitted to an APC member
>that the purpose of the fence is not development but to pressure the
>squatters out.
>
>WE WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED! The fence only exposes the absurdity of the
>city’s way of dealing with the homeless catastrophe.
>WE WILL NOLONGER BE INVISABLE!	WE REFUSE TO REMAIN SILENT!
>While the fence was being constructed squatters tied banners to it reading:
>
>‘HOMLESSNESS IS A STATE CRIME and STOP THE WAR ON THE POOR!
>
>Please come down to the Victory Squat to show your support and solidarity.
>Bring banner material because there is plenty of fence to cover.  This
>Saturday at noon we will be marching from the squat to our new location
>where we will further escalate our campaign to END THE TWO-YEAR TIME LIMIT
>IMMEDIATTLY and SOCIAL HOUSING FOR ALL IN NEED!
>
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>3. TUESDAY PRESS CONFERENCE
>
>The Park Board met with APC members and squatters at City Hall Monday July
>21st at 3:00.  The meeting lasted less than an hour and involved no
>negotiations, just sharing of views.  The Park Board stayed firm on the
>fact that they wanted the squat to be gone at noon, Tuesday July 22nd.
>Squatters enforced a media blackout until 11:30 that morning.  A moving
>press conference/rally brought everyone to Victory Square.  A war veteran
>spoke against us, and a war veteran spoke for us.  Squatters and APC
>members spoke proudly and represented themselves with dignity.
>
>The media and supporters were surprised that the homeless decided to leave
>on their own time and not by the Cities deadline.  The Park Board stressed
>that renovations of Victory Square must begin in order to be finished
>before Remembrance Day.  The squatters have shown strength; they will not
>be pushed around by time limes that are not legally binding.  The City has
>attempted to scare the homeless away, but we are not shaken.
>
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>4. BANNER MAKING PARTY
>
>SIGN AND BANNER MAKING PARTY FOR THE
>SATURDAY DEMO at the TENT CITY!!
>
>**Friday 6pm at the lori krill co-op (ground level) 65 W. Cordova.
>
>BRING:	 -supplies (sign materials, paint, brushes etc.)
>	 -snacks
>	 -lots of people (spread the word)
>
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>5. ARROWS TO FREEDOM
>
>THURSDAY JULY 24, 5PM
>
>We are camping on Coast Salish Territory.  Arrows to Freedom Drum and
>Dance group will be coming to Victory Square to perform traditional songs.
>  As we approach Saturdays rally we must be rested, ready, and strong.  We
>welcome poets, artists and musicians to come entertain people at the
>squat.	Entertainment lifts the morale around the place and keeps people
>relaxed.
>
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>
>6. MEDIA ADVISORY
>
>Do not listen to 85% of what the media says.  So far the corporate media
>has got the following information correct: THERE IS A TENT CITY, AND THERE
>ARE HOMELESS PEOPLE THERE!  Certain people have intentionally
>misrepresented APC, Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society, Housing
>Action Committee and the squatters.  They have done so out of spite, ego,
>sabotage, or ignorance.
>
>There continues to be an open media policy while there are squatters who
>are official media representatives.  Nobody can tell a squatter that they
>cannot talk to a camera in their own home.  Because of this a degree of
>confusion has existed in the media and many conflicting reports have been
>made.  Rest assured, we do not mind that they are confused about us.
>Regardless of what the media and public says, we know that the Park Board,
>City Council, and Provincial Government has heard our message: Housing and
>Welfare or we will fight and defeat their governments.
>
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>7. GET ON THE LIST OF ENDORSERS, DONATERS AND SUPPORTERS:
>
>-Association of Poor People in Nagai Park – Osaka Japan
>-Stepping Stone Vision
>-Helping Spirit Lodge Society
>-Arrows to Freedom Drum and Dance Group
>-Co-op Radio 102.7 FM
>-Palestine Solidarity Group
>-End Legislated Poverty
>-Health Employees Union
>-Downtown Eastside Residents Association – DERA
>-Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
>-NO GAMES 2010 Coalition
>-No One Is Illegal Vancouver
>-Woodwards Legal Defence Committee
>-Bus Riders Union
>-Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society-WARS
>-Prepare the General Strike Committee
>-disAbility Coalition To Stop the Cuts
>-Harm Reduction Coalition
>-Aboriginal Women’s Action Network
>-Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group-SFPIRG
>-Simon Fraser Students’ Society
>-Battered Women’s Support Services
>-The Truth Commission Into Genocide in Canada
>-Organizers Training Group
>-Lower Mainland Coalition For Social Justice – LMCSJ
>-COPWATCH Vancouver
>-Franciscan Sisters of Atonement
>-First United Church Mission
>-South Asian Students Alliance
>-Sound Resistance (co-op radio)
>-University of British Columbia Social Justice Centre
>-Ethical Environmental Consulting
>-BC Government Employees Union Component 603 Social and Educational and
>Health Services
>-Equal Chance Club
>-Woodwards Coalition for Social Justice
>-Ontario Coalition Against Poverty – OCAP ONT.
>-Peterborough Coalition Against Poverty – ONT.
>-Toronto Disaster Relief Committee – TDRC ONT.
>-La Clac Longement – QUE.
>-Comite des Sans Emploi – QUE.
>-The Tent City Montreal – QUE
>-The Valley Anti-Poverty Initiative (N.S.)
>-Dignity Village (Portland Oregon)
>
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>FIGHT TO WIN!!	DEFEAT THIS GOVERNMENT!!  THE RETREAT IS OVER!!
>
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>8. WHAT IS APC?  OUR BASES OF UNITY! CONTACT US
>
>The Anti-Poverty Committee is an organization of poor and working people
>who fight for poor people, their rights, and an end to poverty any means
>necessary.  The poor face constant attacks under the capitalist system and
>these attacks have only intensified under the BC Liberal Government.
>
>The BC Liberal’s brutal policies – the cuts to welfare, the six dollar
>training wage, the privatization of public services, the cuts to social
>programs, the restriction of democratic and human rights – all are
>designed to transfer wealth from poor and working people to the rich and
>powerful.
>
>APC is committed to fighting these brutal policies through direct action,
>mass mobilization, and casework.  The APC opposes racism, sexism,
>homophobia and all other forms of oppression.  We are an independent
>organization that is open to anyone who agrees with our basis of unity.
>We are committed to working in solidarity with other progressive movements
>– locally, nationally, and internationally – to end poverty and injustice.
>
>
>CONTACT INFO:
>
>Anti-Poverty Committee
>108-119 West Pender Street,
>Vancouver, Coast Salish Territory, "BC"
>V6B 1S5
>apc at resist.ca
>http://apc.resist.ca
>phone: 604-682-2726
>fax: 604-682-2752
>office open 10-5 weekdays, call us for help with housing and welfare.
>
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