[van-announce] MONDAY APRIL 18th - APC Legal Defense Mtg.

[Stephanie Smith]

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Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:38:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Anti-Poverty Committee <apc at resist.ca>


                         APC Legal Defence Committee
                               Monday April 18
                          251 Union street (Buzz 900)
                                     6pm

All APC members and supporters are invited to participate in the 
organising of a legal defence campaign to defend our organisation 
and to fight back!

Given the escalating campaign of arrests and intensifying use of 
violence perpetrated by the Vancouver Police Department against 
the APC a legal and pro-active committee is needed to respond to 
ongoing assaults and trials.

Currently, close to a dozen APC members are facing charges and/or 
awaiting trial for four different incidents. The Legal Defence 
Committee will ensure that our struggle being waged in the 
streets will continue in the courts, while keeping in mind that 
our organisation will not be consumed by the legal process.

The objective of the committee is both defensive, through 
fundraising and legal assistance, and offensive by continuing to 
challenge the police and fight this system of economic 
inequality. How these campaigns manifest depends on our 
collective participation in strategising through this committee.

So please, if you have any history in legal defence or want to 
educate yourself come to our on-going meetings. Only together can 
we fight back!


-- The Anti-Poverty Committee is an organization of poor and 
working people, who fight for poor people, their rights and an 
end to poverty by any means necessary.  For more information on 
the Anti-Poverty Committee's on-going campaigns, visit 
http://apc.resist.ca/home.  Contact us by e-mailing apc at resist.ca 
or phoning 604-682-2726.

If you are able to donate financially to our legal defense or 
other campaigns, deposits can be made directly into our account 
at any branch of Vancity (account is listed under 'Anti-Poverty 
Committee).  Cheques or money orders made out to the APC can be 
mailed to P.O. Box 1, 12 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 
1N1.

                            UNITED WE WILL WIN!