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DIRECT ACTION SHINES A LIGHT ON BC LNG INDUSTRY

juan — Fri, 30 May 2014 14:55:55 +0000

Early Friday morning the 30th of May 2014, three activists (Dan Wallace, Mia Nissen and Adam Gold) locked themselves to the gate of Chevron in North Burnaby to protest exploitative resource extraction in Canada.

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22nd Annual Women's Memorial March

juan — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:47:35 +0000

About 3000 people came to this years annual Women's Memorial March in Vancouver on unceded Coast Salish land. More Marches were held throughout the country.

It's not so much about Valentines day in a traditional sense, but to remember the ones that for sure won't be back.

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120 Days of Resistance to Protect c̓əsnaʔəm: Cecilia calls for support in August 30 interview

juan — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 00:33:53 +0000

Interview and callout for support on the 120th day of resistance at c̓əsnaʔəm.

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120810 - 100 days of resistance to protect c̓əsnaʔəm.

juan — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 03:36:50 +0000

Memorial and Celebration of 100 days of Musqueam resistance to protect c̓əsnaʔəm.

Camera:
Devin Gillan (utube:dgSolidarity)
Peter Gurney
Gregor Jahn

Edit:
Gregor Jahn

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Musqueam Resistance - Cecilia Point on: 100 days - WTH?

juan — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 08:59:35 +0000

100 days in the protest and musqueam and supporters still have to spend their days and nights to supervise a government that constantly ignores it's own rules to prevent strangers from digging in their ancestors graves.
the 100th day was filled with marches, speeches, blocked streets and bridges and thousands of signatures brought to the premiers office by musqueam runners.

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Red Squares Everywhere: Learning from Quebec

Maryann Abbs — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:01:14 +0000

A forum with speakers from CLASSE

Click on download file to listen:

June 20, 2012 Forum at SFU Harbour Centre:

Student-led actions in Quebec have forced issues of education, austerity and a
lifetime of debt onto the public agenda.

What can we learn from the student-led education strikes in Quebec?
What would an academic strike in BC look like?

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homes not jails!

juan — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:59:45 +0000

on june 5th vandu, copwatch, the association of drug war survivors and local activist continued their series of protests under the name " homes not jails".
about a hundred concerned residents shut down the cambie street bridge on their march directly into the heart of downtown vancouver in occupied coast salish land.

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Musqueam Day of Action #1 to protect c̓əsnaʔəm

juan — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:09:04 +0000

May 29th, 2012
An ongoing dispute over indigenous burial grounds supposed to be turned into condos forced the Musqueam First Nation to take their argument to the streets of vancouver.
In the morning hours a first symbolic digging at Mountainview cemetery was the beginning of a day that increased awareness for first nations issues.

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VMCtv - Fall in Love, join the Revolution! - the pilot

juan — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:44:48 +0000

for your viewing pleasure...

the pilot of our news series, to help you connecting the dots.

in this episode:

Mayday in Vancouver

"Stop coal" in White Rock part 1

from occupied Coast Salish land, particulary the Musqueam burial grounds in c̓əsnaʔəm also known as Marpole in Vancouver.

as seen on tv

...next week.

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Capitalism and Colonialism: Moving Forward Looking Back with Gord Hill and Anna Soole

Maryann Abbs — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:34:57 +0000

Seeing the Strings started with a discussion addressing:

What is the intertwined history of capitalism and colonialism? How is colonialism still occurring in “Canada” today? What is its violence? How does it affect indigenous people? How does it affect non-indigenous people? What are some indigenous alternatives to capitalism and how to use the land?

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Hotel Workers rising - Hilton Metrotown Rally for Respect

juan — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:06:05 +0000

Balaclava! VMC Broadsheet issue 28

isaac — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 06:55:43 +0000

Tent city 2011

The March 1-15 edition of the Balaclava! follows the 2011 tent city as it sets up and gets shut down, looks into the controversy around Darren Thurston and introduces a monthly roundup of radical events and issues in the Coast Salish Territories.

Download issue 28 here.

Fichiers attachés à cette publication:

balaclava28PRINT.pdf

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VMC solidarity with the Tejido de Comunicación in Cauca, Colombia

dawn — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:12:17 +0000

Below is a letter sent from the VMC collective to the Communications Network (Tejido de Comunicación) in Cauca, Colombia.

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Massacre on the Flotilla: Kevin Neish on the Israeli Attack on Aid Ships

isaac — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:04:23 +0000

Kevin Neish reflects on Israeli commandos attacking the Freedom Flotilla

Kevin Neish was a Canadian on-board the Gaza Freedom Flotilla that was attacked by Israeli forces this month.

In an exclusive interview with VMC, Kevin talks about what happened during the massacre, the need to resist the Israeli attack, the Israeli propaganda machine, and the recent red herring attacks on Libby Davies.

Interview with Omar Shaban: Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights

isaac — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:25:51 +0000

Shaban speaks on BDS, apartheid and attacks on Palestinian solidarity movements

A whole week of flotilla and Palestinian solidarity protests led to a massive Saturday rally in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery, ending in a hundreds-strong march through the Vancouver downtown core.

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