[van-discuss] Re: [van-announce] URGENT!!! Woodwards Support Needed at Courthouse

[Mark Bussanich]

Can someone out there tell me what the hearing at 800 Hornby was about this
morning?

Thanks.

Mark Bussanich

----- Original Message -----
From: "megan" <megan at resist.ca>
To: <van-announce at resist.ca>; <apc-announce at resist.ca>;
<van-discuss at resist.ca>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 8:53 AM
Subject: [van-announce] URGENT!!! Woodwards Support Needed at Courthouse


> For Immediate Release
> Anti-Poverty Committee
>
> September 21st, 2002
>
> APC Denounces the Forcible and Brutal Eviction of the Woodwards Squat
>
> At 6 am Saturday morning, the police forcibly evicted and arrested the
> squatters from their home in the Woodwards building.  The police used
pepper
> spray as well as arresting some people as they were trying to leave
> peacefully.  Of the approximatly 60 arrested, two are pregnant women and
> others have medical conditions which may require immediate attention.
>
> Since last Saturday, September 14th, thousands of people, including
federal,
> provincial and civic politicians, the BC Federation of Labour, the
Vancouver
> District Labour Council, Canadian Federation of Students, and residents of
> the Downtown Eastside and Vancouver, have been rallying around the vacant
> Woodwards building.
>
> The Woodwards squatters demand that the Woodwards building be developed
into
> social housing immediately and that any information regarding the proposed
> sale and development be made with public consultation.  Decent and
dignified
> housing must be given to all the homeless squatters asked to leave the
> building.
>
> The Anti-Poverty Committee denounces the police attack on the squatters
and
> the government that would arrest and evict the homeless rather than deal
with
> a massive housing crisis in BC.  Gordon Campbell's response to the
situation
> is shamefully inadequate and does not provide a solution to this crisis.
>
> We demand that the squatters be immediately released without charge.  A
> hearing is being held at the Courthouse at Robson Square (800 Hornby) at
> 9:30am this morning.  We call on all supporters to come down and demand
the
> safe release of all those arrested.
>
>
> For more information contact:
> Kara (604) 725-8415
>
>
> -30-
>
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