Nov 14
One month ago today I was sitting at the same place writing Activists & Buggy Whips, a paper that came out of the frustration of how the many people organizing Occupy Vancouver had refused to use the word ‘denounce’ in reference to violence. I was confounded at the time, had no idea why this simple …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.genuinewitty.com/2011/11/14/occupy-1-0-is-hijacked/
Nov 14
One of the First Nations participants of Occupy Vancouver came to me a couple weeks ago and asked a favor. He told me about the water fountain that was installed in Grandview park in memory of Curtis Brick- a First Nations man who died of dehydration on July 29th 2009. It was the hottest day …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.genuinewitty.com/2011/11/14/curtis-brick-fountain-so-it-never-happens-again-or-does-it/
Nov 13
It was November 4th, the day after the first overdose at Occupy Vancouver– someone who luckily lived due to the heroic efforts of our volunteer medic, Mathew. The fire department had come to do an inspection on the camp- shake things up for us a bit, guessing the city was losing patience with OV… When the …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.genuinewitty.com/2011/11/13/how-the-city-of-vancouver-failed-occupy-vancouver/
Nov 13
It was Sunday afternoon, shortly after the Black Bloc showed up, with a large group of new First Nations… At about 2pm, I saw two FN men with a large oil barrel-they were smashing holes in the bottom of it, I had no idea why so I asked. They looked very nervous and didn’t respond. …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.genuinewitty.com/2011/11/13/sacredprovocation-the-story-behind-the-sacred-fire/
Nov 13
It was the 15th of October, the first day of Occupy Vancouver. I was walking onto the grounds and immediately began to smell marijuana smoke wafting across the stage. It was a couple of hours before anything was planned, so I didn’t really pay too much attention to it. But, as the day continued, it …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.genuinewitty.com/2011/11/13/occupy-vancouver-and-its-drug-problem/
