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[Nightwatch] : Grandma was an activist : part 7 : 'the militant muse'

Item is an audio reel containing a recording of the Nightwatch presentation of the Centre for the Oral History of the Left documentary series documentary series "Grandma Was An Activist", part 7 of 7. Description on case: "This is a Nightwatch program that introduces the series Grandma Was An Activist; The role of radical women in Canada and the U.S. During the 1930s."

Churchill, Ward : Leonard Peltier Defence

Item is an audio cassette containing a recording of a speech by Ward Churchill in Bellingham, Washington on April 13, 1991. There is a note in the tape case: "A benefit for imprisoned Indian activist Peltier (also a benefit for the Dene Nation)."

Slam the gate on the G8!

Promotional flyer for demonstration held Saturday, June 26th, 2010, at Grandview Park, Vancouver. "Come join us as we march in solidarity with the Toronto Community Mobilization Newtwork in protest against the G8/G20 Summits . . . ."

Demonstration against the G8 University Summit

Promotional flyer for demonstration held Friday, May 21st, 2010, at the Vancouver Art Gallery. "In the last ten years, tuition in BC has more than doubled, financial aid has been cut, entire academic programs are closing, and private colleges and corporations are increasingly taking over our campuses . . . . "

Statement of opposition to the G8 University Summit

Printed statement distributed during demonstration held Friday, May 21st, 2010, to protest the G8 University Summit held in Vancouver. "From May 20th to the 22nd Vancouver will be hosting the G8 University Summit ahead of the G8 and G20 meetings in Ontario this June. Like the G8 and G20 meetings the summit is an opportunity for closed door, unaccountable meetings to further economic and social agendas that promote exploitation, profit, environmental degradation and colonization of the world's resources . . . ."

You are cordially invited to lunch with Gordon Campbell

Promotional and informational flyer for demonstration held Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at Vancouver Convention Centre. "Inside: Bankers and Bosses, Tickets $125 . . . .Outside: Working People (employed and unemployed), youth and seniors, community activists and ordinary B.C. citizens, $1.25 hotdogs (pay if you can, free if your can't . . . ."

The people vs the City of Vancouver : DTES community trial date : Sunday April 19th 1 p.m.

Flyer for demonstration held Sunday, April 19th, 2009 at Pigeon Park, organized "with support" of: The Olympic Resistance Network, the Anti-Poverty Committee, SFPIRG, The Workless Party, and 2010 Watch. "Accused: The City of Vancouver; Charge: Social Cleansing; Dates of Offence: July 2003-Present. Synopsis: Since the Olympic Bid of 2003 the City of Vancouver has waged a violent war on the community of the DTES. . . ."

Protest war criminal Dick Cheney

"The misnamed 'Bon Mot Book Club' in Vancouver is hosting war criminal and unrepentant torture and war advocate Dick Cheney at the Vancouver Club . . . "

Leaflet for protest held Monday, September 26, 2011, at the Vancouver Club, 915 West Hastings Street.

2010 police state?

"For the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games, some 12,500 cops and soldiers are to be deployed, in both Vancouver and Whistler, in what is described as the largest security operation in Canadian history. . . ."

Olympic Resistance Network

"The 2010 Winter Olympics will take place on unceded indigenous land from February 12-28, 2010. Far from being simply about 'sport', the history of the Olympics is one rooted in displacement, corporate greed, fascism, repression, and violence. Those with the most to gain from the Olympics are the political and corporate elite - from real estate developers to private security corporations. . . ."

2010? It's about making a killing

"The 2010 Olympic Games in not about sports, it's about making a killing. Several official Olympic sponsors are the worst criminals colonization and capitalism has produced. All have directly supported and financed the theft of indigenous territory, social cleansing and ecological destruction. . . ." Brochure discusses Olympic sponsors McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Dow Chemicals, General Electric, Birks, and EPCOR.

Convergence February 2010 : Why fight the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and an overview of the 2010 anti-capitalist, anti-colonial convergence, on Coast Salish Territory

"In February 2010, the Winter Olympics are set to take place in Vancouver, and Whistler, on traditional Coast Salish Territory. Though the Games themselves will merely be a two week party for the rich, and corporate spectacle for the majority, phenomenal damage has already been done. The effects on our communities, and the land have been devasting, and deserve a serious response. . . ."

StopWar statement on the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games

"The Olympic Charter states that the Olympic movement aims, 'to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of man, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity.' The StopWar.ca coalition in Vancouver, Canada considers that this noble ideal is contradicted by the reality of the Games which reveals a consistent, predictable and historical pattern of militarization and anti-democratic acts everywhere that they are hosted. . . ."

Hookers on Davie

Item is a videocassette containing a recording of a documentary entitled 'Hookers on Davie'. The film contains footage showing sex workers working in the West End, organizing and protesting. The documentary includes interviews with sex workers and others including Ricky, Joey, Michelle, Michelle's mother, Tiffany, Bev, and members of ASP (Association for the Safety of Prostitutes). Film is shot in the West End, and includes footage from inside the Columbia Inn.

The Names Project

Item is a videocassette containing a short film entitled 'The NAMES Project'. The film discuses the impact of The Names Project, which resulted in the creation of a large scale quilt with the names of people lost to the AIDS epidemic. The film includes footage of Cleve Jones (Executive Director of The NAMES Project) and Mike Smith (General Manager of The NAMES Project) and shots of the quilt on tour in various cities in the United States.

Faces : GLBT in Vancouver

Item is a videocassette containing a documentary entitled 'Faces: GLBT in Vancouver.' The documentary traces the history of LGBTQ life in Vancouver and shows demonstrations, businesses, legal frameworks, community leaders, night life, AIDS/HIV, activism, neighbourhoods and celebrations. The video contains interviews and archival footage of Bill Richardson, Margo Dunn, Ellen Woodsworth, Esther Phillips, Jamie Lee Hamilton, Rob Joyce, Don Hann, Maurice Flood, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Sarah Davidson, Mary-Woo Sims, Heather Kitching, Jim Deva, Svend Robinson, Tim Stevenson, Ted Northe, Gordon Price, Janine Fuller, Gareth Kirby, Angus Praught, Dennis Dahl, Garry Penny, Jane Rule, Nym Hughes, Libby Davies. The archival footage in the film was provided by the CBC. The documentary was produced, directed and edited by Thomas Donovan.

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