Dan Kellar

Defending the Land Dispatch: Dec. 14, 2012

Dan Kellar — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:11:50 +0000

Victory over mining in northern BC, Grat Lakes Garbage Patch has been revealed as toxic sludge flows into rivers. Anti-Sludge Warrior Maureen Riley died but the battle goes on! And more!

From the December 14th 2012 edition of AW@L Radio - This will be the last Defending the Land Dispatch as we have donated the name to the

Defending the Land Dispatch - 2012-11-30

Dan Kellar — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:48:07 +0000

Resisting Condos and Pipelines in bc and ontario dominates this episode, including pacific trails, line 9, the victory at Marpole Midden and the model for Tutela Heights, and more!

From the November 30th 2012 edition of AW@L Radio - We start the show with a quick flash back to the september

Oshkimaadziig - an Anishinabek Awareness Encampment for Peace and Unity

Dan Kellar — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 05:15:26 +0000

In an effort to bring awareness + build an understanding towards to true peace + unity on Turtle Island, several Anishnabek men have established an open-invite encampment in Awenda park, NW of Barrie

In early April 2012, several Anishnabek men from established a peace and unity camp outside a settler heritage museum in Coldwater ontario, , north of Barrie. The camp was set up in an effort to educate the world about the inter-tribal agreements in existence as well as the nation to nation agreement

Dirty Bureaucrats and Hired Goons

Jadis — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:51:24 +0000

Olympic Tent Village defends itself from an attack by the security state.

At 2:30am on March 1st 2010, while drunken nationalists were fighting each other in the streets, Vancouver City Manager, Penny Ballem notified those who had been blockading Hastings St E (in front of the olympic tent village) that other “people have to get to work on Monday” so they have to “get off the road.” No matter that the olympics forced th

D.O.A. - Talk - Action = Zero. an interview with Mr. Shithead.

Dan Kellar — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:45:27 +0000

AW@L radio was lucky enough to catch up with Joey Keithley of DOA before the band played their anti-olympic show at the Rickshaw theatre in Vancouver on the 20th of February as anti-olympic protests were continuing through the city. Discussion includes the new album, the olympics, and tent city.

Diversity of Tactics, Diversity of Opinions

Dan Kellar — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:38:31 +0000

in response to the heart attack demo at the anti-olympic convergence on the 13th of february, many allies of social justice movements denouced the acts as violent and inneffective, breaching the statement of unity that the organizers of the convergence, the Olympic Resistance Network had articulated.

Poetry, music and resistance - anti-olympic tent village occupies VANOC parking lot.

Dan Kellar — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:50:33 +0000

On the final day of the convergence to oppose the 2010 olympics, a march for housing ended with a tent village being erected in the downtown east side of Vancouver, demanding (among others) the social housing the VANOC promised when bidding for the games.

Student Activism and the Olympics - Resisting the University Conference at UBC

Dan Kellar — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:04:45 +0000

What is the Role of the Student and the University in Olympics Resistance?

From the 26th-28th of January 2010, the social justice club at the university of British Columbia hosted the third annual "Resisting the University" Conference. The theme this year was "Rethinking the Olympics." What follows is the panel discussion entitled "Activism and the Student."

Rethinking the Olympics - Resisting the University Conference at UBC

Dan Kellar — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:50:18 +0000

Discussion of the impact of the 2010 olympics on the environment, on the indigenous, on civil liberties, and on social justice issues, featuring prominent local activists

Discussion of the impact of the 2010 olympics on the environment, on the indigenous, on civil liberties, and on social justice issues, featuring prominent local activists Dr. Chris Shaw, Gord Hill, and Alissa Westergard-Thorpe.

Bringing the Torch Home: Olympic Impacts, Local Issues.

Dan Kellar — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:24:43 +0000

In November of 2009, the Olympic torch will start its cross country trip, making dozens of stop in Ontario alone. This article will draw attention to ongoing domestic colonialism and environmental destruction by focussing on resistance groups in Southern Ontario who are, through their direct actions and public campaigning, highlighting how the destructive impacts of the Olympics—gentrification of the DTES in Vancouver, the destruction of native lands in the Callaghan Valley, in Whistler, and along the Sea to Sky Highway, and the harassment and criminalization of activists and indigenous land protectors—are also occurring in communities across Southern Ontario. In Kitchener, members of AW@L have been working in solidarity with community activists from Six Nations to protect land and to fight for decolonization and indigenous sovereignty. In Stratford, the theatre festival has been targeted by SAFE who have drawn connections to the Olympics by showing how the festival committee is an instigator and propagator of local gentrification which targets low and no income communities, and of neoliberal exploitation of art and culture. In Toronto, No One Is Illegal is making strong connections between migrant justice issues in their city and the human rights abuses associated with temporary migrant labour being used for the Olympics. In each of these communities, activists have been targeted by CSIS and other policing and intelligence agencies who have visited and interrogated people at their homes, workplaces, and even pulled them out of university classrooms.
With quotes from Melissa Elliot (Six Nations), and Julian Ichim (SAFE).
By: Alex Hundert and Dan Kellar
Alex Hundert is a founding member of AW@L, Earth Justice Initiative (EJI), and the KW Community Centre for Social Justice, as well as co-host of AW@L Radio on CKMS Waterloo.

Writing Samples:

http://www.peaceculture.org/drupal/documents/jhr-olympic-singles/pg%204%20-%20dan.pdf http://www.blueprintmagazine.ca/2008/07/here-be-pirates/

About the Author:

I regularly work as a journalist

I am a student

Email Address:

alex.hundert@gmail.com