Showing 1137 results

"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.

"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. . . ."

"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. . . ."

"Ignite a flame of resistance against the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay. . . ."

Handbill for rally and roving protest held Saturday, May 29, 2010, at Vancouver Art Gallery, in opposition to war in Afghanistan.

Poster for march and rally held Saturday, November 17, 2001, at [Seaforth] Peace Flame Park, opposing war in Afghanistan.

Informational leaflet outling opposition to the 2010 winter Olympic games.

Handbill for event held Saturday, November 17, 2001, at [Seaforth] Peace Flame Park.

"The site is recognized as a Canadian Heritage Site and contains priceless cultural materials and undisturbed intact burials of the Musqueam people. The land in now under development by Centrury Group and the property owners . . . ."

"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.

Promotional leaflet for events held Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Unitarian Church, 949 West 49th Avenue, and at Clark Park and Grandview Park, Saturday, May 19, 2012.

Poster for event held December 5, 2009, at Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House. Lists organizers and endorsing organizations. "On the occasion of the 61st anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights join us for an evening of songs, film, dance, poetry and stories on global human rights . . . . "

Flyer for demonstration held Sunday, April 26, 2009, at East 33rd and Quebec Street. "Why? . . . because housing is a human right . . . . If he can sell property that belongs to us, we figure we can sell property that belongs to him. . . . "

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. . . ."

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 . . . ."

Flyer listing chants and distributed in conjunction with demonstration opposing the G-8/G-20 Summits, June 26th, 2010.

Chant sheet and legal advice for protesters distributed during demonstration held Friday, May 21st, 2010, against the G8 University Summit held in Vancouver May 20th to 22nd, 2010.

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 . . . ."

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 . . . . "

Poster for demonstration held October 11, 2011

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 . . . ."

Flyer for two events held to protest the G-8 University Summit, held in Vancouver, May 13th and May 15th, 2010. "Students and educators share their experiences of resistance to the corporate school system, and explore alternative education models."

"Special Dispatch from the front lines of G-20 resistance." Includes information on Vancouver demonstrations in solidarity with the G-20 protests in Toronto, held June 2010.

Hand-out distributed in conjunction with Vancouver solidarity demonstrations against the Toronto G8/G20 Summits, held in June 2010. Includes information about "diversity of tactics," the "Black Bloc" and Anarchism.

Newsletter of the Occupy Vancouver movement. "We, the Ninety-Nine Percent, come together with our diverse experiences to transform the unequal, unfair, and growing disparity in the distribution of power and wealth in our city and around the globe. . . ."

Poster for protest of the visit to Vancouver of Avigdor Lieberman, Israeli Foreign Minister, held Monday, September 19, 2011, Jewish Community Centre, 951 West 41st Avenue.

Hand bill inviting participation in the Occupy Vancouver movement. "Stand in solidarity with the 99%, challenging the 1% to imaginatively and radically rethink our relationship with the economy, with the environment, and with each other. . . ."

Item is an audio cassette containing an episode of Union Made hosted by Al Grierson and Louise May. The episode features a segment at the UBC Archives with George Brandak and a documentary about the 1976 strike by the Canadian Association of Smelter and Alloy Workers.

Item is an audio cassette containing a Co-op Radio program celebrating International Women's Day. Side A features a discussion between three women about women's struggles in Ireland, Chile and South Africa; and an interview with Caroline Lachappelle. Side 2 features Abolitionist Claire Culhane, a discussion of mothering including childcare facilities in Canada and music.