Barcelona housing protest pits squatters against big business

UPDATE: Check out the great photos of the protests that our members have been sending in. I'm from Vancouver, Canada, and we Vancouverites tend to think locally. Sometimes that's a great asset to us (supporting the...

Vancouver Squat Ended by Police

On Sunday, October 22, a group of approximately 100 protesters marched mere feet from where they assembled at Pigeon Park (Hastings and Carral) shouting "Homes not games" and "No homes, no peace" to support a group...

North Star Hotel squatted for housing in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

At 4:30 (PST) one hundred and fifty housing activists turned out to open a squatted building in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside at 5 West Hastings Street. The North Star Hotel had been sitting empty since 1999 since it...

Squatters Arrested, As Vancouver PD Marched Down Hastings

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"Buy It or Guard It!"

There was a great exclusive from Dutchphoto on the squatter occupation in Vancouver's downtown eastside this weekend. Today there will be more classic Civil disobedience just a few steps away from NP headquarters on...

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and salads. ...