[news] Unmasking Vancouver's Olympic Legacy: Poverty Cleansing in the Downtown Eastside

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

The deafening silence in [Vancouver] from the academic community, labour unions, elected leaders, the Board of Trade and even most non-profit societies is not only pathetic, but an unfortunate characteristic of this passive, intellectually dead city that lacks compassion. This is a city where people talk about progressive politics and social change, but don't really do anything about it.

  


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    [1]: http://mostlywater.org/unmasking_vancouvers_olympic_legacy_poverty_cleansing_in_the_downtown_eastside

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