Kootan
Kootenay Anarchists
Toward living in a civil society free from political authority.
Occupy Nelson - Occupy Kaslo
Occupy Nelson started as a community response to the call for world-wide action in solidarity with the thousands occupying Liberty Park in New York for Occupy Wall Street. There are now thousands of Occupy camps around the World!
Our camp began on Oct 15th as the conclusion of the 1000 people march through the City to demand the end to global economic injustice.
We are in unity with the growing consensus that the top 1% of the world should not control and dominate the remaining 99%. We are the 99!
As corporations record massive profits, more and more of us are living paycheck to paycheck, accumulating more and more debt, are underemployed or unemployed, living in shelters or on the street. At the same time governements are gutting social services and refusing to protect the environment.
This is not acceptable. We need to join together as a community to create real solutions that meet all of our needs - for housing, food, and love!
Find Occupy Nelson On Facebook and Occupy Kaslo on Facebook.
Talking about Work
Know Your Rights At Work
This is a valuable booklet for any worker who does not have union representation. This is a guide to assist unrepresented workers defend there rights and achieve fairness in the place of work. The inforamtion has been compiled and interpreted by Vancounver Island Industrial Workers of the World and is available for free download at: http://zinelibrary.info/files/bc-workers-rights.pdf
Solidarity
Solidarity is an important trade union activity; get involved, know what is happening in the labour movement.Check out LabourStart and LabourStart Canada
Living in Community
The numerous communitiies in the Kootenays make for a diversified social experience which is decentralized. Social diversity and the dependence on cooperative economics make life style alternatives viable possibilities. Community controled economic enterprize and cooperative work are becoming ever increasing presence here. With local economies that are failing due to governement ineptitude and corporate irresponsibility people are coming together to create their own economy. Small businesses, craft fairs and farmer's Markets, community forests and other societies and cooperatives are building a new self reliance amoung the people.
With political, economic and environmental disarray floundering our society we need more than a quick fix, we must question the basis of the state which controls through corporate and government organization the lives of millions for the wealth and priviledge of a few. We must seek to break away from the taxation and control over or lives. Together we can form cooperative communities, eco-villages and even share our creative work without paying homage to the power of finance, political leaders who turn against us.