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… Continue reading
Feb 04
Should Occupations Distance Themselves from Occupy Oakland?
A member of the Vancouver CoC is inspired by these people...
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 knows what he is talking about here- Black Bloc practitioners interfered with his Rally to Restore Sanity in Washington DC last year.
Tina Dupuy wrote an excellent article on the subject just a few days ago, brilliantly debunking all of the FUD created by the Black Bloc’s ‘philosophy’. She discusses this issue in a video with Thom Hartmann of Russia Today.
Feb 03
Another Letter to Garry Neil at The Council Of Canadians
Bob Ages of 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 protests when Bob was officially representing the CoC, and helped lead negotiations between nonviolent and Black Bloc protesters.
The results of this incident led to the “Heart Attack” incident where people wearing balaclavas got into a street fight with police, and broke windows at the Hudson Bay company. The vast majority of people involved believe this was the death of the Anti-Olympic movement. So, as I said when we spoke- I’m slightly disappointed with your position, but do understand the importance of giving your employees the freedom to be involved in personal projects.
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 victims imitating cops.”
Jan 31
How the notion of” live and let live’ can lead to enabling dysfunctional communities
Spirit comes out of the winds of change. It is here calling your knowing of who you are - REMEMBER.
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 to “oh well” – apathy; which leads to “I didn’t do that” – denial; which ultimately leads to enabling or saying “it’s not my problem” or it’s someone else’s anger. The most important thing regardless of how hard it gets, is that when we stop standing up to abuse – we give it” license” or permission to hold us hostage to the darkness and continued abuse. It can also turn our goodness backwards leaving us frustrated and with a sense of hopelessness – especially when it is in our own families, friends and within our communities.
Jan 30
A Bit of Pro-British Propaganda To End The Night With…
And, yes, Black Bloc- I am in your face! ;-p
Jan 29
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…