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Category Archives: Vancouver Islands
Vancouver BC: Complaints against the Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit – Deaf Ears get Deafer
Vancouver Media Co-op. Oct 4: The Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit has a huge list of complaints against them. These can range from the routine, to the downright outrageous. The complaints run the full gambit, and unlike at a summit, … Continue reading
Commentary: Northern Gateway’s dead
Warrior Publications. Oct 6: Northern Gateway’s dead Jeffrey Simpson, Globe and Mail, Friday, Oct. 05 2012 The Northern Gateway pipeline that Enbridge proposes to build from Alberta’s bitumen oil to the Pacific coast of British Columbia is, for all intents … Continue reading
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Tagged BC, Northern Gateway Pipeline, Vancouver
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Vancouver BC: Attack on Community Policing Centre: Solidarity with Anti-Colonial Clashes in the Bay & PNW Grand Jury Resistance
PugetSoundAnarchists.org. Oct 8: Attack on Vancouver Community Policing Centre: Solidarity with Anti-Colonial Street Clashes in the Bay Last night the Hastings-Sunrise Community Policing Centre in East Vancouver had it’s locks glued shut and windows splattered with etching fluid. This but … Continue reading
Posted in Vancouver Islands, West Coast
Tagged Bay Area, BC, Columbus Day, grand juries, Vancouver
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Victoria: Independent Camas Books thrives outside the mainstream
Saanich News. Oct 4: Independent Camas Books thrives outside the mainstream If Camas Books adopted the corporate lingo of mainstream advertising, the store might be tagged “new and improved.” Or that might make its collective members collectively cringe. Victoria’s … Continue reading
Vancouver BC: Fuck Colonist Holidays, leaflet, banner
Vancouver Media Co-op. Oct 6: Thanksgiving – NO THANKS: Leafletting To Promote Total Liberation On Oct. 4th, at the corner of Burrard and Robson, a crew of punks and anarchists flew a banner that read “Total Liberation: None Are Free … Continue reading
Vancouver BC: Fur Shops in Vancouver Vandalized Again, Snowflake Fur closed
Animal Liberation Press Office. Sept 28: Fur Shops in Vancouver Vandalized Again Five weeks ago we took action against Snowflake Furs and Speiser Furs in Vancouver Canada. We used 10 large syringes with 16 gauge needles to shoot a foul … Continue reading
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Tagged ALF, Snowflake Furs, Vancouver, BC
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Vancouver BC: Fuck Restitution, Vancouver Solidarity Smashy Smash
Anarchistnews.org. Oct 4: Fuck Restitution, Vancouver Solidarity Smashy Smash Last Night Several windows of a CIBC were smashed. This small attack was in solidarity with Anti- Capitalist comrades worldwide, Grand Jury Resisters, the silent ones, and Pax(Bryan Michael Wiedeman). We … Continue reading
Their Names on Every Wall
BC Blackout. Oct 3: While we prepare for an incredible battle with large oil, gas and coal interests and all the forces of BC and Canada, we must never forget those who are already locked up or otherwise facing repression … Continue reading
Posted in News - All, Vancouver Islands
Tagged BC, grand juries, John Graham, Leonard Peltier, Oil, Prisoners, Vancouver
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Vancouver BC: a reflection on Woodsquat, Woodward, Gentrification in the Downtown East Side
The Dominion. Oct 3: The Cornerstone of Gentrification in the Downtown East Side From the Woodward squat ten years ago, to a displaced neighbourhood by Isaac Oommen, Photos by Murray Bush – Flux Photo VANCOUVER—Towering 43 storeys at the corner … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, News - All, Reportback, Vancouver Islands
Tagged BC, East Van, Gentrification, Vancouver, Woodsquat
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Cherry Point: proposed coal-terminal through Lummi fishing area, burial site, wetlands, sinkholes
Bellingham Herald. Sept 21: Lummi Nation leaders come out against Gateway Pacific coal terminal project Leaders of the Lummi Nation made it clear they are opposing the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal project and that it’s time to work together to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bellingham, Cherry Point, Coal, Fish, Gateway Pacific Terminal, Lummi
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Tetzan Biny: Taseko has new plan for mining near Fish Lake
Warrior Publications. Sept 21: Wendy Stueck, The Globe and Mail, Thursday, Sept. 20 2012 Tsilhqotin protest Taseko’s proposed Prosperity Mine. Taseko Mines has submitted an environmental impact statement for its New Prosperity mine in B.C.’s interior [Tsilhqot’in territory], setting the … Continue reading
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Tagged New Prosperity Mine, Taseko Mines, Tetzan Biny, Tsilhqot’in
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Vancouver BC: Yuppy Restaurant Smashed in Solidarity with PNW Grand Jury Resisters and Others
AnarchistNews.org. Sept 19: Vancouver Anti- Gentrification Action Last night an Italian yuppie restaurant had several of its windows liberated. This action was done is solidarity with all those fighting gentrification in Vancouver,the Cleveland 4,Grand Jury Resisters and Anti-Capitalist Comrades everywhere. … Continue reading
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Tagged BC, grand juries, Solidarity, Vancouver
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Victoria: Quebec Student Tour {sept 27}
Victoria IWW: Quebec Student Tour – Victoria Meeting Sept 27 @ 7pm University of Victoria, Hickman 105
Drawing (A) Militant Resistance: Interview with Indigenous artist and author Gord Hill
Profane Existence. Sept 16: Interview by Comrade Black Gord Hill is probably one of the most sought after speakers, writers and artists in regards to anarchism, militancy and Indigenous sovereignty in our area. His style is unique, drawing on his … Continue reading
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Tagged Comrade Black, Gord Hill, Interviews, Zig Zag
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Vancouver, BC: Community Policing Centre Attacked. Solidarity with Grand Jury Defiance
Anarchistnews.org. Sept 14: Glass etch cream was thrown all over the front windows of the Community Policing Centre on Commercial Drive on the night of September 13th in solidarity with those resisting the Grand Jury in Seattle. Solidarity with the … Continue reading
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Tagged BC, grand juries, Vancouver
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Victoria: Anarchist Noise Demo in Solidarity with Grand Jury Resistors at Victoria Bookfair
Vancouver Media Co-op. Sept 9: On Saturday August 8th, anarchists left the bookfair to take the streets in solidarity with comrades resisting the State and their grand jury lynch mobs. Handbills were strewn and handed to passerbys (mostly from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bookfair, grand juries, Say Nothing, Victoria
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Victoria: Audio of Mel Bazil – “Transcending Rights” talk at (A) Bookfair
BC Blackout. Sept 14: Mel Bazil – Transcending Rights This year’s Victoria Anarchist Bookfair was focused on “150 years of resistance to Colonialism.” Mel Bazil a Gitxsan/ Wet’suwet’en warrior involved with the Unis’tot’en camp gave an awesome and inspiring workshop on … Continue reading
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Tagged Bookfairs, Mel Bazil, Victoria
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Vancouver: Resource Extraction~ Presentation and Discussion~Sept20th~7pm
BC Blackout: Stop Pacific Gateway and Plan Nord! Mega developments such as the Pacific Gateway in so-called “BC” (oil and natural gas pipelines, mines, fracking…) and the Plan Nord in so-called “Quebec” (mines including uranium ones, dams, electrical pylons, logging, … Continue reading
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Tagged BC, Gord Hill, Karl Roch, Oil, Plan Nord, Vancouver
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Pacific Trails Must Fail! – Contrubutions Towards an Uncompromising Opposition Against the PTP
BC Blackout. Sept 10: Contrubutions Towards an Uncompromising Opposition Against the PTP Many people are aware of the epic ‘Northern Gateway’ pipeline project Enbridge is seeking to push through. A smaller but growing number are realizing that the Pacific Trails … Continue reading
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Tagged Pacific Trails Pipeline, Raven Coal, Vancouver
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Vancouver, BC: Billboard Redecorated in Solidarity with Grand Jury Resisters
PugetSoundAnarchists.org. Sept 5: Last week in solidarity with PNW grand jury resisters a billboard was redecorated with “Solidarity with PNW Grand Jury Resister (A)”. <3
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Tagged BC, Billboards, grand juries, Solidarity, Vancouver
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Vancouver: anarchist actions and analysis since the Olympics
BC Blackout. Sept 6: This is post is to give a general sense of the trajectory that some anarchists have been on in Vancouver since the 2010 Olympics and the notoriety received from the Heart Attack demonstration Feb 13th 2010. … Continue reading
Victoria Anarchist Bookfair — “anarchy reigns once more” — Sept 6-8
##### ##### ##### VIC-News. Sept 4: Anarchy reigns once more Victoria’s seventh annual Anarchist Book Fair, at Fernwood Community Centre, 1240 Gladstone Ave., runs Sept. 8 and 9. For both anarchists and non-anarchists, this bookfair includes workshops on a wide … Continue reading
Victoria: Anarchist book fair gaining momentum, organizers say
Times Colonist. Sept 2: Thanks to the mindcorroding influence of the Sex Pistols, the word “anarchy” always conjures up (at least for me) images of wild-eyed punks smashing up stuff. That’s silly, of course. In essence, anarchism, with its long … Continue reading
Gitxsan: reportback from a summer of unity – John Olson
Gitxsan Unity Movement. Aug 28: DEFENDING OUR FUTURE It has been a busy summer within the Gitxsan Nation. Our people have been harvesting the salmon and berries of all sorts. The aroma of smoke houses wafting throughout the air … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-Treaty, Athebasken, Gitxsan, Salmon
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Victoria (A) Bookfair [Sept 8 – 9]
The 7th Annual Victoria Anarchist Bookfair September 8 & 9, 2012 Fernwood NRG Community Hall, located at 1240 Gladstone Ave, Songhees Territories Welcome! The City of Victoria, located on unceeded Songhees & Esquimalt Territories, is celebrating 150 years of colonialism … Continue reading
Vancouver BC: Fur stores splashed with smell of revenge
Huff Post BC. Aug 23: Snowflake Furs Vandalism: Fur Stores Attacked For Second Time In Three Months A foul-smelling substance played a role in attacks on two Vancouver fur stores this week. The first attack took place between 6 p.m. … Continue reading
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Tagged Animals, BC, Snowflake Furs, Vancouver
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Militant Anarcha Feminism on Vancouver Island – “An Explosive Interview with a KKKanadian Urban Guerrilla” (2010)
Anarcha Library. Aug 24: Militant Feminism: An Explosive Interview with a KKKanadian Urban Guerrilla (2010) By Comrade Black Juliet Belmas was arrested in January 1983, at the age of 19, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison for her … Continue reading
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Tagged AMEX, Anarcha Feminism, Camas, Cold Lake, Comrade Black, History, Victoria, Wimmin’s Fire Brigade
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Announcing the 7th Annual Victoria Anarchist Bookfair, [Sep 8 & 9] 150 YEARS OF COLONIALISM; 150 YEARS OF RESISTANCE
AnarchistNews.org. Aug 21 For Immediate ReleaseMedia Contacts: Email: info@victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca 150 YEARS OF COLONIALISM; 150 YEARS OF RESISTANCE Announcing the 7th Annual Victoria Anarchist Bookfair, September 8 & 9, 2012 We are pleased to announce the seventh annual Victoria Anarchist Bookfair, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bookfairs, Camas, Decolonize, El Libertario, LBC, Red Lion Press, Songhees, Spartacus, Victoria
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Vancouver BC: Fuck the FBI solidarity leaflets and banner
Anarchist Solidarity On August 17, 2012, a group of anarchists converged on the corner of Georgia and Richards in the heart of the downtown vancouver cluster fuck of consumerism for a banner drop they will not soon forget. The banner … Continue reading
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Tagged BC, Cleveland, FBI, Grand Jury, Vancouver
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Vancouver BC: Joseph Trutch street signs vandalized + colonial backlash
Vancouver Sun. Aug 16: Vancouver vandals air feelings on ‘racist bigot’ Trutch St. namesake Stickers call B.C.’s first lieutenant-governor a racist, but change of street name never pitched VIDEO Signs on a Vancouver street named after Joseph Trutch, B.C.’s first … Continue reading
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Tagged BC, Decolonize, Graffiti, Holocaust Denial, Joseph Trutch, Vancouver
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Vancouver, BC: Banner drop, leaflets, and posters in solidarity with Grand Jury Resisters
Vancouver Media Co-op. Aug 12: On the morning of Friday August 10th, 2012 (prisoner justice day) we dropped a banner from the roof of the building next to a probation office on Commercial Drive. The banner read “Solidarity With anarchists … Continue reading
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Tagged Banner Drop, East Van, Grand Jury, Solidarity
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Unistoten Action Camp reportback
Vancouver Media Co-Op. Aug 9: Unistoten Action Camp Beginning on August 5th, the Unistoten, a clan of the Wet’suwet’en Nation, have established a checkpoint located on the bridge over the Morice River. The checkpoint is in the path of the … Continue reading
Vancouver BC: Counterfeit currency undermines the economy
CBC News. July 27: VIDEO Crown says $2M counterfeiter should get 4-year sentence A Vancouver man who produced about $2 million in counterfeit Canadian currency should spend four years in prison, a Crown prosecutor says. Crown counsel Louisa Winn told … Continue reading
Aug 1 Hemispheric Action
From The Dominion. Aug 1: Hemispheric Resistance to Canadian Mining: Day of Action organizers speak out about repression, connections, solidarity VANCOUVER—From Canada to Argentina, preparations are well underway for the Continental Day of Action Against Canadian Mega Resource Extraction … Continue reading
Posted in Call Outs, Global, News - All, Vancouver Islands
Tagged BC, Colombia, El Salvador, Evo Morales, Mining, Pacific Rim, RECLAME, Repression, Vancouver
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Vancouver BC: Double Killer Cop, Monty Robinson, gets a slap on the wrist
Vancouver Sun. July 27: No jail time for former RCMP officer Monty Robinson, convicted of obstruction NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – No jail time was handed to a disgraced former RCMP officer on Friday even as a judge said his attempt … Continue reading
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Tagged Delta, Monty Robinson, RCMP, Vancouver, BC
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Victoria: Art Against Enbridge & PTP benefit show [July 27]
Vancouver Media Co-op: Art Against Enbridge and Pacific Trails Benefit for the caravan to Unis’tot’en Camp in the path of the pipelines 7:00pm Friday July 27 2012 Venue: Cenote Restauarant and Lounge Address: 768 Yates Cost: By donation Accessibility: Not … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits, Music, Pacific Trails Pipeline, Unist'hot'en, Victoria
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Vancouver BC: new files reveal RCMP/CSEC spying on First Nations
Vancouver Media Co-op. July 25: New Files Arrived – How CSE claims to protect privacy, and more Aboriginal Spying I just got back from Portland, and I had a series of ATIP reponses waiting for me. I had three CDs … Continue reading
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Tagged ATIP, CSEC, Enbridge, RCMP
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Vancouver BC: Total Liberation Movie Nights – [July 26] “If a Tree Falls”
Vancouver Media Co-Op: 7:00pm – 10:00pm Thursday July 26 2012 Venue: Rhizome Cafe Address: 317 East Broadway Vancouver, BC V5T 1W5 Cost: pay what you can Accessibility: wheelchair accessible Join us for a screening of the film “If a Tree … Continue reading
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Cascadian Caravan Presentations for the Unis’tot’en Action Camp [locations/dates vary]
via Autonomy Cascadia: Today Eugene: https://www.facebook.com/events/246809365433937/ Tomorrow Bend: https://www.facebook.com/events/385588124827773/ 27th Portland: https://www.facebook.com/events/404906102880286 29th Portland: https://www.facebook.com/events/266185723483595/ Oly: https://www.facebook.com/events/115993628542439 Seattle: https://www.facebook.com/events/332869516795968 Bellingham: https://www.facebook.com/events/412439992139611/ Vancouver: https://www.facebook.com/events/392297160819720/ Hello my Friends, Tomorrow at 4 pm at the Tin Pan Theater in Bend, OR, you are … Continue reading
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Tagged Autonomy Cascadia, BC, Bellingham, Bend, DGR, Eugene, Northern Gateway Pipeline, Olympia, Pacific Trails Pipeline, portland, Seattle, Tin Pan Theater, Unis'tot'en, Vancouver, Wet'suwet'en
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Vancouver: “Oil Gateway” – Pipeline primer video
via subMedia. Sept 16, 2011: Action Camp (Aug 6 – 10) info: https://greycoast.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/wetsuweten-unistoten-action-camp-invitation-to-indigenous-landwater-defense-aug-6-10/
Chilliwack BC: Logging trucks go up in flame – “there’s so much vandalism…”
Chilliwack Times. July 13: Chilliwack logging company offers reward for $900,000 arson The owner of a Harrison Mills logging company is irate after deliberately set fires destroyed nearly a million dollars worth of heavy machinery last weekend. Sometime between the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arson, Harrison Mills, Tamihi Logging Company
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Vancouver BC: Smashed up Starbucks
AnarchistNews.Org. July 13: Vancouver Insurrectionary Solidarity Last night all 6 windows were smashed at a Starbucks and a newspaper box tossed was into the street. This was done in Solidarity with all comrades engaged in the struggle and the opression … Continue reading
Powell River BC: Second attempt at historic Sliammon treaty vote
via Vancouver Sun. July 10: Second attempt at historic Sliammon treaty vote gets underway near Powell River Voting is finally underway for the Sliammon First Nation after a court ruling ensured polling stations would remain open. The first attempt came … Continue reading
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Tagged Powell River, Sliammon, Voting
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Seeing the Strings: Capitalism and Ecology
via Vancouver Media Co-op. July 7: “Seeing the Strings: A Series of Teach-Ins on the Oppressions that Hold Capitalism Up” presents Capitalism and Ecology. http://seeingthestrings.wordpress.com Teach-in at China Creek park. Presentations and a workshop to explore: Can capitalism ever be … Continue reading
Quechua killed in protest actions against Vancouver-based mining company
via Warrior Publications. July 7: Protest against Canadian mining firm turns deadly in Bolivia Bolivian officials say a Quechua Indian was killed and six people injured in a clash with police in a remote region where locals have seized five … Continue reading
Vancouver BC: Teens hit with ultrasonic whine to curb vandalism
The Province. June 6: After a string of arson attacks on Lower Mainland schools, the Vancouver School Board is fast-tracking plans to reintroduce the Mosquito, a controversial device that wards off teenagers by emitting a shrill noise that only they … Continue reading
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Tagged Broken Windows, Mosquito, Vancouver, BC
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Vancouver BC: arsons destroy VPD work vehicles
via The Province. June 27: Second arson fire in Stanley Park guts work vehicles near VPD horse barn Gerry O’Neil’s heart leapt out of his chest when the telephone rang Tuesday night. Leaping out of bed, he had a panicky … Continue reading