Direct Action

Woodward's Squat

Submitted by Zig Zag on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 00:00

The 'Woodsquat' was an autonomous direct action which occurred in the Fall of 2002 and lasted nearly 3 months.  It began on September 14, 2002, when radicals and homeless people occupied the old Woodward's department store in the Downtown Eastside.  Prominent among their demands was for the building to be converted to social housing (it was 'redeveloped' and opened

Eagleridge Bluffs Blockade

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/15/2011 - 00:49

In April 2006, protesters began blockading construction on the Sea to Sky Highway north of Vancouver in an area known as Eagleridge Bluffs.  They opposed expansion of the highway for the 2010 Games based on the environmental destruction that would occur.  In May 2006, twenty-four protesters were arrested by West Vancouver Police, including elder Harriet Nahanee (who would later be sen

News Clippings on Feb. 12, 2007, Anti-Olympics Protest

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:59

News Clippings on Feb. 12, 2007, Anti-Olympics Protest

News Clippings from the corporate media on the Feb. 12 Anti-Olympic Protest/Direct Action in Vancouver, Canada

The print media said nothing about the presence of Natives among the
protesters. Despite this, it’s still entertaining to read…

Feb. 12, 2007, Anti-Olympic Protest (Countdown Clock)

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:59

Feb. 12, 2007, Anti-Olympic Protest (Countdown Clock)

F12 Anti-Olympics Protest & Direct Action
7 Arrested as Protesters Disrupt 2010 Countdown Clock Ceremony

Native Warriors Claim Responsibility for Taking Olympic Flag

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:52

Native Warriors Claim Responsibility for Taking Olympic Flag

March 7, 2007

Native Warriors Take Olympic Flag

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:51

Native Warriors Take Olympic Flag

**** Newz Clippingz ****

NATIVE WARRIORS TAKE OLYMPIC FLAG

2010 Olympic Flag Illuminating Ceremony Disrupted

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:51

2010 Olympic Flag Illuminating Ceremony Disrupted

VANCOUVER - A large crowd of protesters used an Olympic flag-illumination ceremony Monday night at Vancouver city hall to protest everything from poverty and homelessness to Vancouver's missing women and native issues.

Protestors Crash VANOC Recruitment in Halifax

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:44

Protestors Crash VANOC Recruitment in Halifax

On the morning of April 24, 2007, VANOC kicked off a recruitment drive in Nova Scotia with a keynote presentation by Donna Wilson, Executive Vice President of the Human Resources division at VANOC held at the Westin Hotel in downtown Halifax.

KEN DOBELL EVICTED BY APC!

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:44

KEN DOBELL EVICTED BY APC!

The Anti-Poverty Committee successfully launched its VANOC eviction campaign by evicting Ken Dobell from his office located at the World Trade and Convention Centre in the Office of the Premiere. His belongings have been put into boxes and thrown into the hall.

Anarchists Attack Bell Canada Enterprises in Ottawa!!

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 00:43

Anarchists Attack Bell Canada Enterprises in Ottawa!!

Saturday morning, august 19th [2007], a group of anarchists attacked a Bell Canada Enterprises building on Bank St south of Beaumont [Ottawa, Ontario]. Windows were smashed out because of Bell’s involvement in the Security and Prosperity Partnership as a North American Competitiveness Council Member.

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