[van-announce] ***News from the VMC*** Please distribute widely!

[Franklin Lopez]

Hey VMC subscribers,

Here's a roundup of local independent coverage from Vancouver on the VMC.
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• Over the past two weeks we've been covering reactions to the Israeli
attack on the humanitarian aid flotilla.

    1. June First march
    Story:    http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/3556
    Photos: http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/photo/3555
    Video:   http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/video/3559

    2. June 5th march
    Photos: http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/photo/3584
    Video:   http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/video/3592

• The "Balaclava!" VMC's broadsheet has been making waves since the
anti-olympic convergence.
    Issue 13 is out and available in PDF format -
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/story/3547

• ENGO's and logging companies made big splash with their Canadian Boreal
Forest Agreement or CBFA. The VMC obtained a leaked copy of the agreement,
as well as a taped conference call from Greenpeace staffers discussing
criticisms to the CBFA. Both were published on VMC's website along with
reactions from First Nations affected by the deal.

    1.  Greenpeace divided on Boreal Forest Agreement:
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/audio/3573
    2.  ENGOs Do Not Speak for Carrier Sekani Tribal Council:
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/3465
    3.  Boreal Forest Agreement disrespects First Nations Rights
http://www.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/3464
    4.  Leaked Copy of the Boreal Forest Agreement:
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/story/3448
    5.  Boreal Forest Conflicts Far From Over:
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/story/3444

* The Vancouver Community Mobilization Network blocked a bus full of G8
University Summit delegates. The VMC was there:

    1. Story: http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/story/3510
    2. Photos: http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/photo/3468 and
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/photo/3471
    3. Video: http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/video/3509

* Also of note:

    1. Housing Activists Reclaim Olympic Village -
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/video/3431
    2. Protest against Immigration Minister Jason Kenney -
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/video/3482
    3. Keep The Contact Centre open! -
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/video/3514
    4. WarriorPublications.com Statement on RBC Arson Attack -
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/blog/3467
    5. Grandview Park party against redevelopment was a smash -
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/blog/oshipeya/3428

*Note* For those of you who may be planning to attend the Legal journalism
workshop on Wednesday, June 9, please call ahead! Some folks have been told
there is no space left in the workshop.

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