Watching this video makes me feel cheap, used, and taken advantage of in many ways. Like we may have been a sideshow for a union’s aspiration to get ‘cred’ with their membership. Curiously, this event happened at the same time as a hearing about OV at city hall- most of us were either there, or …
Tag: Occupy Vancouver
Dec 20
CoV Provides Just Under $1 million of Overtime Bonuses!
I’ll always remember the first day of Occupy Vancouver, and how impressed I was with the city’s level of preparedness. They grounds were cleaned-up, there were professionally made signs warning people not to use tent pegs, and there was steel fencing installed over a what I think was a stairwell- protecting people from falling into …
Dec 17
Vancouver (DTES,Unionist,CoC,Etc) Black Bloc, You are Useful Idiots!
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
Occupations Gone Bad… (Denver & Vancouver got hit by a boulder…)
An article was shared with me today about the goings-on in Denver. They are apparently experiencing some hard times. Here’s a quote from it: (click for link) “Our decision is based on festering frustrations with a small sector of OD who continue to marginalize, silence, and threaten our communities and ally communities. Despite the hard …
Nov 30
#OccupyHarper: The Prime Minister Is Afraid of us!
I just came across a story in a New Westminster paper The Royal City Record entitled New Westminster gets a hush-hush visit from Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Folks, it looks like we scared the Prime Minister to the point where he feels the need to hide! This only further confirms my believe that #OccupyHarper was incredibly successful! …
Nov 20
Occupy Vancouver: Better than a Food Fair!
Was running down the stairs beside a CBC cameraman tonight at #OccupySkytrain. He looked tired carrying all that equipment, a soldier would have more support… So, I said to him: “Is sure is more interesting than covering a food fair, don’t you think?” He turns to me and says “Yes, but this is more work!” …
Nov 13
Occupy Vancouver and its Drug Problem…
It was the 15th of October, the first day of Occupy Vancouver. I was walking onto the grounds and immediately began to smell marijuana smoke wafting across the stage. It was a couple of hours before anything was planned, so I didn’t really pay too much attention to it. But, as the day continued, it …
Nov 09
YELLOW CARD: Undemocratic Behaviour?
A serious problem has been resonating in my head since yesterday. I’ve tried to ignore, but it is affecting my ability to sleep… First, a disclaimer. I have nothing but respect for the people I’m about to criticise – agreeing to facilitate this meeting was a heroic act. We began our meeting with the agreement …