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Vigil for Missing and Murdered Women

isaac — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:39:25 +0000

6pm on October 4 marked the nationwide vigil for missing and murdered women.

In Vancouver the vigil took place at Crab Park, where elders, relatives and friends of missing women spoke about their stolen sisters.

Once in a Blue Moon Newsletter

SandraCuffe — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 21:08:03 +0000

An update from your friendly neighbourhood VMC

Dear VMC readers, supporters, ninjas…

August was such an action-packed month that it flew right on by. In case you've been out in the sun and out of the loop, we've got some highlights from a month of radical news for you.

The [This Could Be Your Headline] Newsletter!

SandraCuffe — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 22:36:35 +0000

An update from your friendly neighbourhood VMC

Dear VMC readers, supporters, ninjas…

Summer's finally here. Kind of. Beyond the vitamin D, it also means that more people can hit the town with a camera and notebook without worrying too much about raindrops ruining the lens or blotting out notes beyond recognition.

Not Just Another Newsletter

SandraCuffe — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 03:51:57 +0000

An update from your friendly neighbourhood VMC

Dear VMC readers, supporters, ninjas…

These past two weeks have been busy ones!

VMC Readers of the World, Unite!

SandraCuffe — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 02:24:42 +0000

An update from your friendly neighbourhood Media Co-op

Dear VMC readers, supporters, ninjas…

There’s a lot going on! The VMC site has been chock full of great coverage so far this month, with under-reported Indigenous news from different territories and other rad stories from east Van and beyond.

Workshop: How to Test Salmon for Disease

isaac — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:50:13 +0000

Given by Alexandra Morton and Alissa Reed on Cheam territory.

Salmon Testing in Cheam

isaac — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:59:47 +0000

On 8 and 9 June 2012, Cheam band members and allies headed to the Fraser River to test local wild salmon for viruses known to have been spread from salmon farms on the coast.

Watch the presentation on salmon diseases by Alexandra Morton here.

Arthur Manuel Speaks about Aboriginal Title

isaac — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:08:19 +0000

Arthur Manuel, Secwepemc First Nation, speaks about aboriginal title during an action on Cheam reservation.

May Day in Vancouver

isaac — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:12:27 +0000

We Stopped the Train

isaac — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:53:52 +0000

On May 5th, people around the world came together to connect some dots with their issues. In White Rock people from different walks of life got together to stop all coal transports trough their community, to protest mining, coal burning, the dust or just to support the struggling.

Stop Coal!

isaac — Sun, 06 May 2012 03:08:15 +0000

On Cinco de Mayo is the day when in 1862 the way-outnumbered Mexicans beat the best army of the world protecting their city Puebla from the colonizers. Today in the name of "connecting the dots" 350.org and stopcoal.ca hosted an event to stop all coal trains for a period of at least 24 hours and to remind people that we all have to become active in the fight for a better world.

Balaclava! VMC Broadsheet issue 36

isaac — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:03:08 +0000

News and views from around Vancouver

April 2012's Balaclava! features voices from the WAM Women Action & Media conference, a look at Hoody up Vancouver, as well as demonstrations against the Enbridge pipeline as well as condo construction on Musqueam territory.

Click here for a PDF of this month's Balaclava!

Files attached to this post:

balaclavaapril12fix.pdf

Seeing the Strings: Iglika Ivanova and Matthew Wildcat

isaac — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:12:11 +0000

Capitalism and You teach-in

Seeing the Strings started with a discussion addressing:

What are the basics of capitalism? How is it connected to different forms of exploitation? How does capitalism shape you?

Speakers were Iglika Ivanova and Matthew Wildcat.

The Slave never gets freedom by asking nicely

juan — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:59:21 +0000

raw footage downloaded from a life streaming provider, please excuse the quality, it's also at times upside down, it was already late...

March 17th. 2012

about just after midnight.

Another attack of a man who decides to life by the rule of law.

Coquitlam, occupied native land.