Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street — Canada

The occupy Wall Street movement has spread to Canada, reaching p2pnet’s home base on Vancouver Island — complete with the inevitable police presence Protests are being staged in Victoria, the capital of British Columbia and Vancouver Island’s most important city. And “In Vancouver, organizers are expecting the B.C. Federation of Labour to add its clout – and organizing skills – to the occupation that is set to begin Oct. 15 outside the Vancouver Art Gallery,says the Globe and Mai l, going on: “In Toronto, nearly 300 people gathered in Berczy Park on Friday for a three-hour meeting on this week’s demonstration”, “Protesters in the city plan to occupy a space near Toronto’s financial district, but they have not yet settled on a location. “Vancouver police are being kept informed of plans in that city in a bid to keep the demonstration family-friendly, said Min Reves, one of the organizers. “In Vancouver we have a huge number of people who don’t consider themselves activists.

Original post:
Occupy Wall Street — Canada

Occupy Wall Street in Victoria, BC
The words are Bob Dylan’s from Ballad of a Thin man, but something is indeed happening, and it’s...

Beyond ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’: The Music of Occupy Wall Street
A movement goes nowhere without creating culture as it grows. To wit, the fast growing Occupy movement...

Occupying Wall Street — The Globe and mail gets it right
The Golbe and Wail, Canada’s ‘national newspaper,’ more often than not touts the views of the...