Category: DTES

Jan 29

A Letter to the CEO of Vancouver Coastal Health re: Attacks by Lorne Gill

By grenouf in #KeepingItClassy, Anti-Poverty Committee, British Columbia, Canada, Cortes Island, DTES, FAIL, Lauren Gill, Occupy Movement, Occupy Vancouver, Politics, Vancouver, Violence

Dear Dr. Ostrow, I am writing in reference to the behavior of one of your employees- Lauren Gill, who has misused her position as a mental health professional to attack me for political means… I met Lauren at Occupy Vancouver, and generally had good relations with her- I had even endorsed her campaign for city …

Jan 28

Who Is This Guy, and Who Does He work for?

By grenouf in #KeepingItClassy, Adam Smolcic, Black Bloc, British Columbia, Canada, Conspiracy, David Eby, DTES, FAIL, Kingsway Mafia, NDP, Occupy Movement, Occupy Vancouver, Politics, Ruth Meta, Vancouver

I’ve had my doubts about Chris for a while now- he has been involved in several incidents where people were summarily ‘banished’ from Occupy Vancouver. (Curiously, this list is now larger that those who still work with OV…) There is a curious coincidence between Chris’ name, and the name of a quite famous BC NDP …

Jan 24

Canadians: It’s Time To Demand A Public Inquiry!

By grenouf in #KeepingItClassy, #OccupyHarper, #RiceWine, Adam Smolcic, Anti-Poverty Committee, Anti-Violence, BCSC, Black Bloc, British Columbia, Canada, Cannabis Culture Magazine, Conspiracy, Council of Canadians, David Eby, DTES, FAIL, Harsha Walia, NDP, No One Is Illegal, Occupy Canada, Occupy Movement, Occupy Ottawa, Occupy Vancouver, Olympics, Politics, Sarah Blyth, Stanley Cup Riot, Stephen Harper, Toronto G20, Unions, Vancouver, VANDU, Violence, VPD

I met someone with an interesting persepctive while I was staying at the hostel in Victoria last week. He was from Mexico, from a political family, and had some relevant ideas to share with the Occupy movement. His words have been resonating in my head ever since we talked… I shared my experience setting-up the …

Jan 16

Occupy Vancouver is an unsafe place (Dare you walk down her path?)

By grenouf in #KeepingItClassy, Black Bloc, British Columbia, Canada, Conspiracy, Cortes Island, Council of Canadians, DTES, Everyone Is Illegal, Facebook, FAIL, Gregor Robertson, Harsha Walia, NDP, No One Is Illegal, Occupy Movement, Occupy Vancouver, Olympics, Politics, Unions, Vancouver, VFD

I had a chance meeting with someone on the ferry a couple of days ago. He was friends with Ashlee, the girl who tragically died at Occupy Vancouver. He confirmed his belief that the incident was not connected to Occupy- but part of her personal experience. I could see how he was touched by her …

Jan 06

Are Black Bloc Tactics Terrorism?

By grenouf in Anti-Poverty Committee, Anti-Violence, Black Bloc, Christy Clark, Conspiracy, Council of Canadians, David Eby, DTES, Gregor Robertson, No One Is Illegal, Occupy Movement, Occupy Vancouver, Olympics, Politics, Stimulat0r, Toronto G20, Vancouver, Violence, VPD

I’ve been doing some reading on the history of the Black Bloc the past few days- fascinating stuff. And, each day, it becomes more apparent that the Black Bloc is a serious menace for more cities than Vancouver. This menace is going Global, fast- will write more about this in the future… For today, I want to …

Dec 18

There’s a Name for These People…

By grenouf in Adam Smolcic, Black Bloc, Cannabis Culture Magazine, Conspiracy, Council of Canadians, David Eby, DTES, Naomi Klein, Occupy Vancouver, Ruth Meta, Ruth Meta, Stimulat0r, The End of The World is Nigh!, Vancouver, Vancouver Green Party, Violence, VPD

Funny, back in the 80’s we hacker kids used this name as an insult. And, now, I keep hearing it spoken like a badge of honor…

Dec 17

Vancouver (DTES,Unionist,CoC,Etc) Black Bloc, You are Useful Idiots!

By grenouf in #Sacredprovocation, Adam Smolcic, Anti-Poverty Committee, Black Bloc, Cannabis Culture Magazine, Council of Canadians, David Eby, DTES, FAIL, Gregor Robertson, No One Is Illegal, Occupy Ottawa, Occupy Vancouver, Olympics, Stanley Cup Riot, Tokyo Rose, Toronto G20, Vancouver, VANDU, Violence, VPD

Do you actually believe your pseudo Waffen SS tactics could do anything but hurt a movement that is founded in love and peace? And, do you actually believe you have the foundation to make this a reality? Perhaps it’s just the reverberations of yesterday’s meditational yoga experience- but, this appears to be a somewhat deluded perception… Please …

Dec 16

Why Would Any Occupation Trust These People to March Beside Them? (Money?)

By grenouf in Anti-Poverty Committee, Black Bloc, Council of Canadians, DTES, FAIL, First Nations, No One Is Illegal, Olympics, Vancouver, VANDU, Violence, VPD

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Dec 15

Need I say more???

By grenouf in #KeepingItClassy, #OccupyCondos, #Sacredprovocation, Adam Smolcic, Anti-Poverty Committee, Black Bloc, Conspiracy, David Eby, DTES, FAIL, First Nations, Hockey Riot, Media, No One Is Illegal, Olympics, Quatchi, Vancouver, Violence, VPD

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Dec 13

OccupyPBX: Emergency Announcement! A call to the 99% to call our leaders!

By grenouf in #KeepingItClassy, #OccupyCondos, #OccupyHarper, #Sacredprovocation, Black Bloc, Campaign Financing, Conspiracy, DTES, FAIL, Gregor Robertson, No One Is Illegal, Occupy Movement, Occupy Vancouver, Stephen Harper, Vancouver

About a week ago I met a very nice woman who was campaigning for #HeritageNotCondos (okay, I made up the name). She told me that the city was planning to approve one of the West End’s remaining heritage buildings to build a nasty condo! Mayor Plasticman loves to make the 1% richer- right TIDES Foundation? …

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