[Wamvan] Fwd: [dnc-members] March against mass incarceration, Tuesday Oct 11, 1pm

[Tami Starlight]

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From: DTES Neighbourhood Council <dtescouncil at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:47 PM
Subject: [dnc-members] March against mass incarceration, Tuesday Oct 11, 1pm
To: DNC Members <dnc-members at povnet.org>


ACTION AGAINST MASS INCARCERATION!

Friends and allies of VANDU are invited to join us for public
education and a March against Mass Incarceration and the “Ominous”
Crime Bill.

The Harper government is poised to pass its Omnibus Crime Bill which
will lead to a large increase in incarceration in Canada of poor
people, drug users, Aboriginal people, and immigrants – groups already
massively over-represented in Canadian prisons.

Meanwhile the BC Liberals (with barely a peep of opposition from the
NDP) are building a new $90 million privatized jail in Surrey so that
the province can lock up more people, for longer for petty and
procedural 'crimes', crimes of poverty and 'drug offenses.'

And the rogue Vancouver Police Department continue to persecute our
community with tickets for vending and jaywalking, small time
possession of illicit drugs, and warrants for procedural crimes like
failing to appear at a court date for a minor offense.

Our Demands:
- Junk the Omnibus Crime Bill!
- Stop the $90 million, 216 cell privatized remand centre in Surrey!
- Vancouver City Council – Direct police not to enforce oppressive,
expensive and unfair legislation!
- Social and Economic Justice, not Mass Incarceration!

WHEN? Tuesday, October 11, 1pm

WHERE? Gather at Library Square for a short program and public
information leafleting, then a march finishing at VANDU.

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Organized by:
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)
http://vandu.org
vandu at vandu.org
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