Next Meeting: Thursday, January 12th
Our next branch meeting will be at Spartacus Books (684 East Hastings St.) on Thursday, January 12th at 7 P.M. All are welcome to attend, and we hope to see you there!NOTE: This meeting was originally...
View ArticleNext Meeting: Wednesday, January 25th
Our next branch meeting will be at Spartacus Books (684 East Hastings St.) on Wednesday, January 25th at 7 P.M. All are welcome to attend, and we hope to see you there!
View ArticleLondon Calling: Putting Caterpillar Inc.'s Latest Outrage Into Context
Hot on the heels of an Oxfam study which concluded that income inequality is growing at the same rate in Canada as it is in India, a highly relevant class struggle is currently heating up in the...
View ArticleHate the Rich, Love the People: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Speech to Occupy Oakland
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, an Oklahoma-born historian, feminist, and revolutionary, spoke at an Occupy Oakland rally on January 28th, 2012. Part Indian on her mother's side and true to her roots as a...
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Autonomous and Anonymous
At our local IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) meetings, we talk in depth about the realities of what we as a branch can offer workers here in BC, and specifically how we can offer protection. We...
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New Star Books Firebombing Benefit
In the early hours of March 7th, the Commercial Drive office of New Star Books was struck by a firebomb attack. New Star has long been one of Vancouver's most prolific publishing houses, having put out...
View ArticleLeft Bank Books Again Publishes Books and Pamphlets
The following announcement by Left Bank Books was posted recently on a listserv associated with the North American Anarchist Studies Network. It is presented here without further comment. After several...
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7th Annual Victoria Anarchist Bookfair
Join the Vancouver Island IWW branch and many other anarchist, indigenous, and feminist groups at the 7th annual Victoria Anarchist Bookfair on September 8th and 9th, 2012! Full event schedule and...
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2012 Work People's College Report Back
The following is a report back from the 2012 Work People's College by two Wobblies from Vancouver:Summer 2012 saw the first IWW Work People's College (WPC) held in decades, and Wobblies from around...
View ArticleHelp Stop Little Mountain Housing Evictions!
Help is needed to prevent the latest round of evictions at Vancouver's Little Mountain Housing, which has been the target of civic gentrification for several years now. The majority of Little Mountain...
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Statement of Solidarity: TSSU
The IWW Vancouver - Coast Salish Territory GMB wishes to express its solidarity with the Teaching Support Staff Union in their current labour dispute with Simon Fraser University.The following quote is...
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Bill C-377 Takes Aim at Unions' Financial Info
In mid-December, the House of Commons passed the third reading of Bill C-377. The bill, sponsored by MP Russ Hiebert (Conservative, Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale), requires labour organizations to...
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Organizer Training 101! [UPDATED]
Vancouver IWW is pleased to announce an Organizer Training 101 (OT101) course for Spring 2013! OT101 is a two-day crash course on grassroots, direct action-driven solidarity unionism that will teach...
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Organizer Training 101 Report
On April 27th, the Vancouver and Vancouver Island IWW branches co-hosted an 'Organizer Training 101' education session. A fellow worker from the Edmonton branch flew out to deliver a packed day of...
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May Day 2013 in Vancouver
To commemorate International Worker's Day (commonly known as "May Day"), over 100 people took part in an anti-capitalist march in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday, May 1st. The march began with a rally...
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IWW Reference Library at Spartacus Books
There is now a small IWW Reference Library located at Spartacus Books (684 E Hastings). The library is full of donated texts from a local worker-sided lawyer's office. The books are not to lend out,...
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Shout Back Festival: August 22-25
Some Wobblies from Vancouver are involved in organizing the 2nd annual anarcha-feminist summer festival, Shout Back Fest. The festival runs for 4 days, from August 22nd to August 25th, at venues...
View ArticlePOSTER ENERGIZER CALL OUT!!!
Wobblies, and Community members!! The IWW in Vancouver is starting a poster drive to remind workers they can organize with the IWW. This is a call out for new IWW material to spread around the city. We...
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