222 Main St
Wed/Thur, December 10th & 11th
9:30am

Last October six APC members were arrested during a housing demonstration, as they tried to squat the abandoned Burns Block at 16 W. Hastings to draw attention to the ongoing housing crisis in Vancouver, and the fact that hundreds of rooms are empty, as people die on the street.

Three members who were arrested are facing charges of Break and Enter. Their trials will be occurring over two days this week. The 3 accussed and the APC are asking for support and solidarity as they face charges and two days of trial. Supporters are invited to attend any or all of the trials. The exact courtroom has not yet been determined, but supporters will be meeting outside of the courthouse before entering.

On Thursday November the 20th during what is known as the Anti-Olympic Days of Action. The Canadian Tourism Commission, Tourism British Columbia, and Tourism Vancouver held an extravagant nighttime reception for the world press who were in town for a tour of the different services and facilities that would greet them when they came to Vancouver in 2010. As they filed off of the tour busses into a giant hall with flashing lights and the fanciest bar anyone has ever laid eyes on they were completely unaware of who else would be receiving a red carpet entrance later on that night…..

VANOC’s 2010 mascot, “Quatchi”, pictured above, was impersonated by members of APC.

Eight APC members pulled into the parking lot where the nighttime reception was to take place, after having tirelessly worked on the identity of their newest member during the week prior. The newest member of the APC is a mascot named Squatchi, who is meant to mimic the official VANOC mascot named “Quatchi” (the sasquatch).

Having barely made it past the first wave of security claiming that Squatchi had been invited, the APC decended upon the decadent gala from which piercing screams of joy could be heard. Leading the pack was of course Squatchi who received a warm greeting at the red carpet. One greeter mistakenly shouted out “watch out for the puddle Quatchi!”. With his out of place looking entourage Squatchi entered the building to roaring applause.

In absolute horror, organizers of the event were directing security to “get them, get them!” With Squachti by the arm, one APC member announced that Squatchi had arrived and had recently been kicked out of his home due to the 2010 Olympics. As boos echoed through the building, and stiffs in tuxedos stood stunned, two security personel grabbed them and started hauling them out of the building. One member yelled “another Olympic eviction everybody!” and another yelled out “fuck the Olympics”. As we passed out anti-olympic leaflets we chanted “homes not games” following the laughing Squatchi to assure that he and his comrade were not harmed.

“Squatchi” gets escorted out by security.

Once outside the building, about thirty feet from the door, we chanted a number of anti-olympic slogans in a brief standoff with security. As the pigs finally pulled up we marched victoriously into the night not quite believing how easy it had been to fool the Olympic security.

Link to video of Squatchi’s ejection (Quicktime .MP4 format)

Benefit punk show to help finance fucking-Olympic-shit-up!Saturday Night 9pm524 Main St. (APC office)

Bands include:

Iskra * Life Against Death *Justinomics

C h e a p B e e r ! ! ! !

An Anti-Liberal Demonstration…Sunday, February 172pm

Victory Square (Cambie & Hastings)

The APC is having fundraising holiday/non-holiday get together.

7pm, 524 Main St.

There will be music and food! (And lots of good cheer)

We are asking for a $2 ‘cover charge’ (but no one turned away) OR a donation of canned/boxed food that we will give to Food Not Bombs for their holiday servings! (Please only vegetarian donations)

A Night of Music, Resistance and Art
Silent Art Auction FundraiserThursday, November 22nd
8:00pm
the Anza Club (3 W. 8th Ave at Ontario)
Cost: By donation
Beer and Wine will be sold.

Picture the Struggle is a night of music and art, showcasing local talent. There will also be a silent art auction to raise funds for the anti-poverty committee’s campaigns around homelessness and housing in vancouver.

APC has moved offices. We have now bunkered down at 524 Main St.

Our new office is located one block south of the Carnegie center, between the blocks of Pender and Keefer on the East side of Main street (in Chinatown).

Unfortunately, at this time we are not wheelchair accessible (we are working on it!) . However, we are able to hold meetings across the street at the community center in the event that our meeting needs to be made more accessible.

The space is extremely child friendly and as always APC provides childcare upon request.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Sunday, October 14th
2pm Victory Square
Cambie and Hastings

March from Victory Square Park to undisclosed squat location

NO OLYMPICS ON STOLEN LAND! 2010 HOMES NOW!

Help open an empty building and defend it! Direct action and political confrontation has made the homeless catastrophe into a political crisis. With a year to go until the next municipal elections, now is the time to force the city into making social housing.

LESS TALK MORE SQUATS!

We demand the CANCELLATION OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES! The immediate implementation of the HOMELESS ACTION PLAN! An ANTI-VACANCY BY-LAW to stop the forceful emptying of buildings by slumlords – and as compensation for the destruction the games have brought on poor communities, the BUILDING OF 2010 UNITS OF SOCIAL HOUSING A YEAR UNTIL THERE ARE HOMES FOR ALL!

BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO GIVE HOUSING…
WE WILL TAKE IT!

Saturday, August 18th
Rally 8pm, Dinner 9pm
Grandview Park
Commercial Drive

Sam Sullivan’s project Civil City is socially cleansing the poor. As hotels are closed to make way for the Olympics, it has become illegal to be homeless. The public parks have tuned into police states and homeless people are arrest for trying to sleep in them.

We say ‘the parks are for the people not the pigs!’ defeat civil city and reclaim our parks!

Join us in a one night occupation of the park and defend the people who live there. Stand in solidarity and fight for the right to sleep in peace!

Please bring food, blankets and tents

Homes now!

Saturday, August 18th
Rally 8pm, Dinner 9pm
Grandview Park
Commercial Drive