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Indn Arts'n Action - Make it Real.

Abe — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:10 +0000

Five Ring Circus;
The Olympics portraying a false image of indigenous reality.
Interurban Gallery - 1 East Hastings
Conversation exploring false images in promotion and culture, with a particular focus on the Olympics and the realities facing indigenous peoples.

Resistance without Reservation: Indigenous Soveriegnty Week (part III)

Abe — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:04:03 +0000

David Dennis was one of the Keynote speakers at the Resistance without Reservation event as part of Indigenous Sovereignty week. The event was organized and hosted by No One Is Illegal on Thursday October 29, 2009.

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Resistance without Reservation: Indigenous Soveriegnty Week (part II)

Abe — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:29:53 +0000

Kat Norris was one of the keynote speakers at the Resistance without Reservation event, held as part of Indigenous Sovereignty week. The event was organized and hosted by No One Is Illegal on Thursday October 29, 2009.

Founder of the Indigenous Action Movement, survivor of the Kuper Island Residential School, and member of the American Indian Movement, Kat has been organizing against police abuses. Her biggest success is the Frank Paul Inquiry.

Resistance without Reservation: Indigenous Soveriegnty Week (part I)

Abe — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:09:52 +0000

Dustin Rivers was one of the Keynote speaker at the Resistance without Reservation event as part of Indigenous Sovereignty week. Event Organized and hosted by the No One Is Illegal on Thursday October 29, 2009.

Dustin Rivers: a young and outspoken Skwxwú7mesh-Kwakwakawakw activist, artist, and writer.He's had an obsession with history from a early age, but also raised in a time of cultural re-generation, he uses his ancestors legacy of political uprising to accomplish his vision of decolonization.

Torch Relay Kick off

Abe — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:39:52 +0000

Victoria; Friday, October 30, 2009

The anti-olympic festivities commenced with speakers and performers that addressed a big crowd of people wearing costumes and halloween masks at the Centennial square. Hundreds of people converged to the square to make their voice heard; their issues were related to poverty, environmental destruction, native rights, and other injustices .

Dancers, musicians, zombies and demonstrators snake marched through downtown victoria for several hours blocking an intersection in front of the the RBC, disrupting traffic, and occupying a part of the olympic torch route. The crowd remained peaceful while engaging in civil disobedience, and successfully opposed the multimillion dollar Olympic security apparatus.

Under The Volcano 09

Abe — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:23:00 +0000

Under The Volcano 09

Festival of Art and Social Changes; Day of Workshops, Artisan market, Info fair, and more......

Hip Hop & Media Against Displacement, Colonization & Gentrification Vancouver

Abe — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:30:28 +0000

No One is Illegal with the support of W2 Flack Block Gallery presented the acclaimed and award winning; Invincible.
Invincible; a Detroit based MC and Activist known for her creation of media that resist displacement, gentrification, colonization, occupation, obstruction of movement, and denial of right of return.
She Screened and discuss her hybrid docu-music-video "Locus" and "People Not Places", both videos show the relationship between gentrification and colonization and ways that people are dealing with them.
At the end of the screening, Invincible lead a participatory workshop about local organizing strategies and ways to bring new people and energy into the local anti-displacement projects in Vancouver and surrounding area.

The Sutikalh Camp

Abe — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:26:54 +0000

On May 2, 2000, members of the St'at'imc nation and their allies established a permanent camp near Melvin Creek, located off Highway 99 between Mt. Currie/Pemberton and Lillooet, in the southern Interior region of BC.

Known as Sutikalh, the St'at'imc winter spirit of the area, the camp was set up to stop government and corporate plans to build a $500 million all-season ski and recreation resort in an untouched Alpine mountain area.

This footage was shot on June 20, 2009.

Car Free Day on Commercial Drive, 2009

Abe — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:43:14 +0000

June 14, 2004 was Car Free Day in Vancouver.

This year it was enjoyed in Kitsilano, Main Street, the West End, and Commercial Drive.

The Car Free Day on Commercial Drive was a day of joy, fun, connections, and discovery for some.

It was also an open platform to the several local activist groups to communicate their concerns to the community.

Vancouver City: Guilty of Social Cleansing?

Abe — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:12:56 +0000

Sunday April 19, 2009, the City of Vancouver was put on trial for it's disinterest in the well being and it's persecution of the poor and the homeless.