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Media’s anti-Occupy stance revealed. More than half of Canadians support the movement.

Tweet By reading 90% of the Canadian media, you’d have thought the people who Occupied cities across Canada and the world were unemployable dirty fucking hippies intent on violence and rape.

Seems a majority of Canadians - and most of the world - still do not share the media’s jaundiced view of the mostly young people who pitched tents . . . → Read More: Media’s anti-Occupy stance revealed. More than half of Canadians support the movement.

Occupy: Canadian media turns its back on the homeless, the marginalized, the disenfranchised

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While many of us progressives like to think that the Occupy movement has awakened Canadians to the 99%, the reality is different. Editorial boards across Canada have seen to the marginalization of Occupy by concentrating on its weakest and most vulnerable members.

By accommodating the homeless, the disenfranchised and the marginalized, Occupy has . . . → Read More: Occupy: Canadian media turns its back on the homeless, the marginalized, the disenfranchised

Occupy Montreal: a lesson in dealing with itinerants and homeless

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As the Occupy movement rolls on, it must deal with those who come not so much to share in the communal building of a new form of alternative resistance to the ills of our financial and governmental system, but for shelter and food. Mixing in with determined occupiers are the itinerants and . . . → Read More: Occupy Montreal: a lesson in dealing with itinerants and homeless

Sorry if The Occupy Movement Puts a Kink In Your Plans, Mr. Mayor

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Believe it or not, I’m not talking about Mayor Boss Hogg and sidekick Donut Dougy.  No, I’m talking about Mayor Gregor Robertson of Vancouver. You see, boys ‘n’ girls, Mayor Robertson is starting to feel a little antsy these days, wondering when or how to end Occupy Vancouver.

Robertson said the city wants . . . → Read More: Sorry if The Occupy Movement Puts a Kink In Your Plans, Mr. Mayor

You knew this was coming. Bomb thrown into Occupy encampment.

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The right-wing media has been all abuzz from the beginning of the Occupy movement, provoking and reporting on any little incident to prove their case against the occupation. Despite the media’s initial indifference and gathering antagonism against Occupy, the real danger to those in the movement is the increasing agitation from outside.

Threats, . . . → Read More: You knew this was coming. Bomb thrown into Occupy encampment.

The right’s furious, desperate attempts to discredit the Occupy movement with charges of anti-Semitism

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Yesterday while I was following the #OccupyVancouver twitter feed, I noticed something strange happening. The hashtag was hijacked by unrelated, idiotic counter arguments to Occupy (not necessarily those belonging to Occupy Vancouver) signs showing up in photographs published on the internet and in the media.

The names of the tweeters and retweeters were . . . → Read More: The right’s furious, desperate attempts to discredit the Occupy movement with charges of anti-Semitism