Category: Olympics

Feb 29

BullyWatch: Letter I wrote to Dave Vasey this morning

By grenouf in Anti-Poverty Committee, Anti-Violence, BCCLA, Black Bloc, British Columbia, Canada, Conspiracy, Council of Canadians, CUPE, David Eby, DTES, Everyone Is Illegal, FAIL, Harsha Walia, Kingsway Mafia, Nature, NDP, No One Is Illegal, Occupy Canada, Occupy Movement, Occupy Toronto, Occupy Vancouver, Olympics, Rainforest, Unions, Vancouver, Violence, VPD

Dave, Last night I went home with tears in my eyes. It must have been looked quite obvious, because a woman who didn’t know me stopped and asked if I was okay. It was after 10pm and we were on the subway, quite an unusual situation. I got home, cried some more, and started working …

Feb 24

My Response to Accusations Made on Occupy Toronto Facebook Pages

By grenouf in #KeepingItClassy, Adam Smolcic, Anti-Poverty Committee, Anti-Violence, Black Bloc, Bob Ages, British Columbia, Canada, Chris Waddell, Conspiracy, Cortes Island, Council of Canadians, CUPE, David Eby, Drugs, FAIL, Harsha Walia, John Richardson, Kingsway Mafia, Lauren Gill, Media, Min Reyes, NDP, No One Is Illegal, Occupy Movement, Occupy Ottawa, Occupy Toronto, Occupy Vancouver, Olympics, Pivot Legal Society, Politics, Stimulat0r, Unions, United Steel Workers, USW, Vancouver, Violence, VPD

When Dave Vasey confronted me at the beginning of the last Occupy Toronro Action Committee meeting we had an agreement that I would post my letter to the people of OT to each committee through the mailing lists. Then, when it came time to send out my mail I noticed I was banned- despite the …

Feb 24

Censored! A Letter to the People of Occupy Toronto

By grenouf in Anti-Poverty Committee, Anti-Violence, BCCLA, Black Bloc, Bob Ages, British Columbia, Canada, Conspiracy, Council of Canadians, Curtis Brick, David Eby, DTES, Everyone Is Illegal, Facebook, FAIL, Harsha Walia, Min Reyes, NDP, Occupy Movement, Occupy Toronto, Occupy Vancouver, Olympics, Roseanne Barr, Vancouver, Violence, VPD

Here’s a letter I posted to all of the people at Occupy Toronto- that is, all of those who I could reach. It seems, unfortunately, that some of the people who consider themselves as leaders in our leaderless organisation have decided to practice conviction without trial. So, contrary to our agreement, they blocked my ability …

Feb 22

Conflict of Interest: Civil Liberties and Politicians Don’t Mix

By grenouf in #KeepingItClassy, Anti-Poverty Committee, BCCLA, Black Bloc, British Columbia, Canada, Christy Clark, Conspiracy, David Eby, DTES, Harsha Walia, NDP, Olympics, Politics, Stimulat0r, Vancouver, Violence, VPD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wd7vUOCE8M?rel=0&w=560&h=315 I’m currently researching an essay on the politicization of Civil Liberties Associations. Today I found an interesting video by Stimular0r interviewing Laurence Hildes, the head of the National Lawyers Guild. The video discusses David Eby’s denouncement of the Heart Attack incident during the Olympics.

Feb 17

David Eby: Politician, or Civil Libertarian? (And why he needs to resign..)

By grenouf in #KeepingItClassy, #RiceWine, Adam Smolcic, Anti-Poverty Committee, Anti-Violence, Black Bloc, British Columbia, Canada, Christy Clark, Conspiracy, David Eby, DTES, FAIL, Kingsway Mafia, NDP, No One Is Illegal, Olympics, Politics, Stimulat0r, Terrorism, Vancouver, Violence, VPD

I was talking with a couple of people this morning who mentioned that someone had sent an email around Occupy Toronto that was trying to do some ‘damage control’ on my last blog entry. I’ve not seen the letter but I’ve been told that, as usual, Eby’s protectorate were trying to frame him as being …

Feb 08

Welcome Media Co-Op Readers! (Do they receive Government Funding?)

By grenouf in #KeepingItClassy, #OccupyCondos, #Sacredprovocation, Adam Smolcic, Anti-Poverty Committee, Black Bloc, Bob Ages, British Columbia, Canada, Council of Canadians, David Eby, DTES, FAIL, Harsha Walia, Kingsway Mafia, Occupy Vancouver, Olympics, Politics, Stimulat0r, Violence

It appears that Media Co-Op has linked to my site! This organization is one of Canada’s foremost producer of violence inciting media. Something to be proud of! (if you are a Black Bloc terrorist…) Media Co-Op is most famous for filming Harsha Walia’s racist & sexist hate video a filmed at Irwin Oostende’s rave club/media …

Feb 07

The Cancer of Occupy by Chris Hedges

By grenouf in Black Bloc, Conspiracy, Council of Canadians, FAIL, Kevin O'Leary, Kingsway Mafia, Media, Occupy Canada, Occupy Denver, Occupy Movement, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Ottawa, Occupy Vancouver, Olympics, Politics, Vancouver, Violence

_____________________________________________________________ What’s the Link Between Kevin O’Leary, Chris Hedges & The Reverend Billy Talen? Please read this article by Chris Hedges– arguably the most prominent writer of the Occupy Movement. Chris has been with Occupy Wall Street since the start. I remember watching him on Livestream during the early days of OWS- his words were …

Feb 04

Should Occupations Distance Themselves from Occupy Oakland?

By grenouf in #KeepingItClassy, Anti-Violence, Black Bloc, British Columbia, Canada, Chris Waddell, Conspiracy, Council of Canadians, David Eby, FAIL, Kingsway Mafia, NDP, Occupy Movement, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Vancouver, Olympics, Politics, Terrorism, Vancouver, Violence, VPD

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

By grenouf in Anti-Violence, Black Bloc, British Columbia, Canada, Council of Canadians, David Eby, Occupy Movement, Occupy Vancouver, Olympics, Politics, Vancouver, Violence, VPD

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 …

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 …