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Canada's new haves and have-nots "Bastielle Day"!
Barry Artiste Op/Ed And it begins, when the "Have Nots Rebel Violently against the Haves" regardless if the "Haves" worked hard for their Status in Life, they will all be painted with the same Lighted Torch, reminiscent of the Paris Citizens Rebellion of King Louis' XVI...
Are We Impoverishing The US Anti-Poverty Effort?
My concern, now that we have earmarked multiple trillions of the public purse to bailing out banks and building bridges, is that we will have squeezed the money available to meet the goal established by Barack's new Domestic Policy Council Director, Melody Barnes, to cut... Are We Over-Stimulating The US Economy?
I believe that we are where we are because governments around the world have been over-stimulating their economies since the late Eighties. Every time it has come time to pay the piper, we have put off the day of reckoning by literally printing more money.I’m going to spend... Olympic Clock vandalized
"This is not very good. Dozens of the anti-poverty activists threw paint onto the Olympic Clock yesterday, after a rally that spanned from the Victory Square to Robson Street." Poverty Olympics prosper on $6 budget
The Poverty Olympics, a satirical event meant to bring awareness to Vancouver's poverty issues, took place Sunday afternoon in front of Carnegie Theatre on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.While the 2010 Winter... Poverty Olympics to protest penury
The 2010 Winter Games has received much backlash from Vancouver's homeless advocates, and the first annual Poverty Olympics is the latest display of dissent. Think stuffed cockroaches and rats will outsell...IMF, World Bank to unveil joint strategy for poor countries
"John Lipsky, IMF first deputy managing director, said the Fund's role in low-income countries, which has drawn controversy in recent years, will be formalized in a Joint Bank-Fund Management Action Plan that will be unveiled ahead of the two institutions' annual meetings...Vancouver homeless activists vow to raid another Olympic office
"APC re-starts campaign to raid offices of executives linked to the games. Jul, 31 2007 - 4:50 PM VANCOUVER/CKNW980 - Without offering any proof that preparations for the 2010 Olympics are forcing people out of...
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Riverview housing plan sparks political backlash
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorTurning a former psychiatric institution and the surrounding lands into thousands of condos seems like an idea whose time has come. It would certainly go a long...
created by Barry Artiste | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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NYC pays poor residents for "good behaviour"
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg has put the wheels in motion for a plan to pay the city's poor residents for exhibiting so-called "good behaviour." Bloomberg has modeled this plan after similar programs in Mexico and...Couch Surfing, New APC Olympic Event
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor APC (Anti Poverty Committee) malcontents always seeking to make the perfect wave, in the words of one jobless APC malcontent whose Olympian legal troubles began this...
created by Barry Artiste | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Police pose as reporter to arrest protester
"Vancouver police acted inappropriately by impersonating a reporter from the newspaper 24 Hours in order to arrest anti-Olympics protester David Cunningham, says the editor-in-chief of the free daily commuter... Democrats leave Bono disappointed
"Meetings in Washington last Thursday between rock star Bono and Democrats, including Senate leader Harry Reid of Nevada, yielded a nice photo-op but not much else, according to Bono."
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Protests don't stop festival
"STRATFORD—The 2,000 who entered the doors of Stratford's Festival Theatre last night for the opening performance of the season first had to pass through a gantlet of demonstrators from a coalition of groups...
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