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Feb 07
Video of the Oakland Black Block Attack on Whole Foods in November
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeZJ2QpC8nQ I feel bad for all of the peaceful demonstrators at Occupy Oakland The OPD are known for their violence, but actions like this only add fuel to the fire. That said, this is the intention of the Black Bloc– their philosophy is to escalate the situation in hopes that it will motivate the 99% to …
Feb 06
Iceland Tells The Banks Where To Go…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1in4hRxOfPs First they give us Bjork, and now they give us the promise of freedom from the bankers. I love Iceland!
Feb 05
Bob Ages Tacos Occupy Vancouver! (along with a few others…)
I was in a discussion about my posting on the Council of Canadians today when someone made an interesting posting about Bob Ages’ contributions to the demise of Occupy Vancouver. He gave me his permission to share…
Feb 04
Should Occupations Distance Themselves from Occupy Oakland?
The Occupy Black Bloc issue continues to get traction in the media- slowly, the world is realizing that Diversity of Tactics is damaging our movement… A couple of days ago I tweeted a story by Jon Stewart warning Occupy Oakland that You will always be judged by your worst elements. And, it appears that Jon …
Feb 03
Another Letter to Garry Neil at The Council Of Canadians
Garry, When we spoke a couple of weeks ago, I explained how I can understand your position that Bob Ages and other employees of the CoC are participating on their own time at Occupy Vancouver, and not as employees of the Council of Canadians. But, as we both agreed, there is some transference from the Olympic …
Feb 02
Occupy Vancouver Is (Still) An Unsafe Place (Rather unsavory too!)
I think it is time to call-in the Crown Attorney… Related articles Occupy Vancouver is an unsafe place (Dare you walk down her path?) (www.genuinewitty.com) Occupy Vancouver camp unsafe, must end: mayor (ctv.ca)
Feb 02
An Anonymous plea to BlackBloc…
Someone with Anonymous (who will probably stay anonymous, lol) wrote a short essay to the Occupy Oakland Black Bloc. Their sentiment is perfectly aligned with mine so thought I’d share. I posted this on the Occupy BC facebook page earlier today. It seems that Raincoaster found it- her comment is quite interesting…
Jan 31
Police Caught as Agent Provocateurs/Black Bloc in Montebello
http://youtu.be/gAfzUOx53Rg This is real folks- in Canada, our government have been using Black Bloc tactics to discredit protest movements. We need a national inquiry! Equally, the Occupy movement should not tolerate Black Bloc tactics- they enable the police to infiltrate us…
Jan 31
The Black Block Infiltrated On Canadian TV “POLICE BUSTED”
We Are Change Portland also have some questions about who started the Stanley Cup Riot. Some of the comments are quite interesting- particularly this one: “The Black Flock are creating excuses for unlawful violence to be used by public servants against peaceful people. Of course they aren’t all cops, some of them are mentally challenged fashion …
Jan 31
How the notion of” live and let live’ can lead to enabling dysfunctional communities
by Eamonn O’Brien, posted originally on “Live and let live” means we all try to be very tolerant in the various communities we live. When we walk down this road of compassion and tolerance we see that the inequities of society have left deep dysfunctional pitfalls in our path. WE have to be always mindful that tolerance can lead …