fRAT insurrection in BC.
Matthew X
profrv at nex.net.au
Wed Apr 28 23:48:09 PDT 1999
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/09/3418651
Fireworks in Vancouver.Someone died at one of these potlatch events once.A
long time ago in a galaxy far,far away...The context of the current class
war in British Columbia includes -
- An attempt by B.C. Government Employeees Union (B.C.G.E.U.) members to
charge into a hotel on January 23rd, 2002, where Premier Gordon Campbell
was set to speak.
- Illegal wildcat strikes in late January by the B.C. Teachers Federation
(B.C.T.F.) and the B.C.G.E.U.
- A tent-city occupation by street youth and students on the front lawn of
the provincial legislature building in Victoria in February which ended
with it's dismantling by riot police
- The fire-bombing of Premier Gordon Campbell's office on the night of
February 21st.
- A B.C Federation of Labour rally at the legislature in Victoria by more
than 20,000 people, at which a group of about 10 anarchists intervened by
attacking a security barrier and throwing rocks at the legislature building.
- An anti-poverty Snake March in Victoria on March 25th that went through a
mall and several corporate stores, leaving splatters from paint-bombs and
graffitti behind.
- An anti-poverty march to one of Premier Gordon Campbell's homes in
Vancouver on April 1st.
- An all-womyn anti-poverty brigade's occupation of a "Member of the
Legislative Assembly" office in Victoria on April 25th that was broken up
by riot police who pepper-sprayed several demonstrators.
- A May Day demonstration in Vancouver against the 6-dollar training wage
that included a half-hour blockade of a McDonalds restaurant (one of the
businesses using the training wage, and a major contributor to the
Liberal's election campaign.). After the end of the demonstration a masked
group charged through a downtown mall and carried out small acts of
vandalism and sabotage.
- A July 14th demonstration at the opening of a gallery show at the
Vancouver Art Gallery at which the Premier was scheduled to speak at, but
failed to show his face in public - because of "security concerns" caused
by hundreds of angry demonstrators who attempted to dismantle a security
fence, spat on police officers, and were then pepper-sprayed.
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