Category: Violence

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)

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…

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…

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 …

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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 …

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These Are The People Occupy Vancouver Marched To Support Today? WTF?

Occupy Oakland is notorious for its issue with the Black Bloc. Starhawk has been rather vocal about this issue- there is a great debate about it on Youtube…

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

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 …

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

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 …

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Follow-Up to My Posting on Black Bloc Terrorism…

It has been a few days since I posted my question about the Black Bloc– and, as expected, it seemed to have upset a person or two. It’s not that I have intended to offend them, I’d much rather write positive stories like the story in the Observer, or the Occupy Harper and Occupy Skytrain …

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Are Black Bloc Tactics Terrorism?

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 …

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