Occupy Windsor
Darryl Gallinger NEWS EDITOR ormer Occupy protesters and University of Windsor faculty and students will discuss social justice and activism at a June 2 conference at the university. Students will be presenting papers at Occupation as a form of Activism: Student Perspectives, held in Iona College. “We want to talk about the experiences of [the Occupy movement], the positives and negatives of Occupy, how it could be better, like in terms of organization,” said Katie Sulatycky, the conference co-ordinator. “It is very current.” “The conference is also open to other topics … one student is writing about LGBT rights of...
Gord Bacon ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR ost of the occupy movement’s spawned by Occupy Wall Street have been dispersed at the end of a baton, but after eight weeks of enduring the elements and public scrutiny, Occupy Windsor announced it’s moving forward and leaving the camp behind peacefully on Dec. 9. Over a dozen OW participants gathered in the lobby of Windsor’s City Hall to declare that the camp has served it’s purpose and protestors will move out of the park over the weekend to concentrate on expanding the movement’s political message, according to a statement read by occupier Paul Chislett....
Gord Bacon ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR he right to free speech and peaceful protest are protected under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but not without a permit, according to Windsor city councillor Drew Dilkens. Dilkens engaged protestors at Senator David Croll Park early last Friday. He addressed issues ranging from damaging the grass, drug use and littering to acquiring a proper permit to stay in the park overnight, despite city hall’s stance that occupiers can stay if they maintain proper health and safety standards. Approximately 30 tents have been set up at City Hall Park since Oct. 15 to...
UWindsor prof calls for a “coherent international vision” for Occupy movement Gord Bacon ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR he Centre for Studies in Social Justice took over Worker’s Action Centre in downtown Windsor for a discussion on the occupy movement last Wednesday night. Over 40 people filed into the WAC to hear the experiences and opinions of Occupy Windsor’s Paul Chislett, Destiny Turnboe of Occupy Detroit, local photographer Doug MacLellan and University of Windsor philosophy professor Jeff Noonan. Chislett, a retired Bell Canada employee, was on hand to answer some common questions raised in the media and to update the OW situation....
Gord Bacon ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Occupy Windsor protesters made their way down Ouellette Avenue again over the weekend, this time in support of their neighbours across the river. Approximately 65 protesters met at City Hall Park around 4 p.m. Saturday before marching to the foot of Ouellette Avenue to display a “banner of unity” for members of the Occupy Detroit movement. The parade of OW members, which attracted no police presence, took over the north-bound lane of the street. Sign yielding protesters were met with some confused faces and the occasional jeer. For the most part, however, the group solicited...
Occupy Windsor protesters remain confident despite cloud of negativity by media Gord Bacon ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Over 300 Windsorites took to the downtown streets Saturday, joining thousands in other Canadian cities in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement that’s captivated New York since Sept. 17. The website occupywallst.org estimates over 1,500 cities worldwide started occupy movements on Saturday’s “Global Day of Action,” including dozens of Canadian cities. The protests have been mainly peaceful with the exception of a number of arrests in cities like New York, Chicago and Rome. According to the website, “OWS is a people-powered movement …...
Gord Bacon ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR ver 300 Windsorites took to the streets Saturday in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement. With occupywallst.org estimating over 1,500 cities worldwide are now participating in Saturday’s “Global Day of Action,” it would appear the Occupy Wall Street movement will not go away quietly. Though there is a common belief in the “99-1” stance— in which one per cent of the population control the world’s wealth and, therefore, control 99 per cent of the population— there is no group ideology, said 23-year-old protestor Tam Espin. “I can’t speak for everyone, everybody has their own...
