Posted by admin on Jun 24th, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009, CBC News
Protesters opposed to the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver said police are using intimidation tactics to keep them quiet, and they are threatening to take the police to court to put a stop to it. A group called the Olympic Resistance Network sent a lawyer’s letter to the RCMP unit in charge of Olympic security demanding it end what the group calls its abusive and unlawful conduct against its members.
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Posted by admin on Jun 18th, 2009
No One Is Illegal Vancouver would like to extend our deepest respect and solidarity with the Mohawk Community of Akwesasne for your courageous actions against the arming of Canadian Border Service Agency (CBSA) guards. We recognize that CBSA is a foreign occupier on Akwesasne territories and the arming of border guards is a declaration of war against the sovereignty of your Nation.
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Posted by admin on Jun 18th, 2009
by Sandra Cuffe – BASICS #14 (June / July 2009). June 18, 2009
As part of a national plan regarding border security to be put in place by 2016, the Canadian government insists on arming all Canadian Border Service Agency (CBSA) agents, even at their controversial post within the sovereign Mohawk territory of Akwesasne. After months of respectful communication opposing the arming with 9mm guns of the very same CBSA agents who have been accused of years of documented cases of harassment and racial profiling, the community of Akwesanse set a deadline of midnight Sunday May 31st for a resolution to the conflict.
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Posted by admin on Jun 17th, 2009
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The Authors are especially concerned that, to date, the following practices of VANOC and government partners have departed markedly from the commitments presented in the bid, including:
1 Pledging to increase bylaw infraction tickets given to the homeless in the 2008 and 2009 VPD business plans;
2 Installing hundreds of security cameras that may remain in place post- Olympics without public debate or discussion
3 Overstating threats to justify civil liberty violations against housing, environmental and anti-poverty protesters
4 A lack of consultation with inner-city residents
5 The access of homeless to essential services in restricted areas, in particular near Olympic venues such as GM Place
6 Lack of venue for complaints for the public against ISU members to ensure timely response
7 Lack of available due process for illegal evictions to make room for tourists
8 No funding for an independent watchdog group
Posted by admin on Jun 12th, 2009
NATIVE YOUTH MOVEMENT WARRIOR SHARK REFUSED RANSOM (BAIL) FOR LAND STRUGGLE, RCMP TARGETS HIS WIFE FOR REFUSING TO BE SILENT
Native Youth Movement Warrior Shark is still denied bail by KKKlanada and the illegal province of so-called british columbia. He is being held captive for defending the Land and Secwepemc women and children against Sun Peaks resort corporation and their mercenaries the royal canadian mounted pigz (RCMP). His illegal capture took place on Thursday, May 21st, 2009, almost 8 years after he was charged with defending the Land and People. Now his wife is being targeted for being a community organizer.
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