http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/3173/0 en http://www.mediacoop.ca/video/dick-van/8235 <div class="field field-type-emvideo field-field-video-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="emvideo emvideo-video emvideo-youtube"><div id="media-youtube-1" class="media_youtube_flash media-youtube"> <div id="media-youtube-default-external-1"> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/H1dx2vI8ZJY&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;hd=1&amp;amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;amp;playerapiid=ytplayer&amp;amp;fs=1" id="media-youtube-default-external-object-1"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H1dx2vI8ZJY&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;hd=1&amp;amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;amp;playerapiid=ytplayer&amp;amp;fs=1" /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"/> <param name="quality" value="best"/> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"/> <param name="scale" value="noScale"/> <param name="salign" value="TL"/> <param name="FlashVars" value="playerMode=embedded" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <!-- Fallback content --> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1dx2vI8ZJY"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/H1dx2vI8ZJY/0.jpg" alt="See video" title="See video" width="425" height="350" /></a> </object> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 500 people showed up the elite Vancouver Club to protest Dick Cheney&#39;s visit to Vancouver. Cheney was speaking as a guest of the Bon Mot Book Club. It was a sold out $500 a plate dinner to promote Cheney&#39;s book In My Time. Activists tried to block guests from entering the club and police had to &quot;snatch&quot; the guests to get through the crowd of angry protesters.</p> <p><a href="http://www.mediacoop.ca/video/dick-van/8235" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.mediacoop.ca/video/dick-van/8235#comments Vancouver Media Co-op Media Peace/War Police/Prisons Dick Cheney torture war crimes Canadian Foreign Policy Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:24:06 +0000 stimulator 8235 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/dick-cheneys-visit-vancouver-met-spirited-protest/8234 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0863.JPG" alt="" title="Front Entrance of &#039;Vancouver Club&#039;" width="450" height="308" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0857_0.JPG" alt="" title="" width="450" height="283" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0877.JPG" alt="" title="" width="450" height="301" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0881.JPG" alt="" title="" width="450" height="391" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0882.JPG" alt="" title="" width="450" height="273" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0886.jpg" alt="" title="" width="450" height="672" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0887.JPG" alt="" title="" width="450" height="313" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0895.JPG" alt="" title="Contemplating the protest line" width="450" height="262" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0898_0.JPG" alt="" title="Trying to cross protest line" width="450" height="301" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0901_0.JPG" alt="" title="Protestor and police officer" width="450" height="301" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0911_0.JPG" alt="" title="Attempts to cross protest line into back door of the &#039;Vancouver Club&#039;" width="450" height="290" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0912.JPG" alt="" title="Attempts to cross protest line into back door of the &#039;Vancouver Club&#039;" width="450" height="301" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0913.JPG" alt="" title="Attempts to cross protest line into back door of the &#039;Vancouver Club&#039;" width="450" height="301" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0914.JPG" alt="" title="Line crossed with the help of the Police" width="450" height="301" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0916.JPG" alt="" title="" width="450" height="301" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0921.JPG" alt="" title="Looking nervous, contemplating crossing the line. Many allegedly chose not to." width="450" height="301" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0922.jpg" alt="" title="" width="450" height="672" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0930.JPG" alt="" title="" width="450" height="301" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0933.JPG" alt="" title="Meanwhile, there was a lot of action at the front entrance as well" width="450" height="237" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0934_0.JPG" alt="" title="" width="450" height="294" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0949_0.JPG" alt="" title="" width="450" height="204" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0956_0.JPG" alt="" title="VPD holds hands with person crossing protest line" width="450" height="222" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0960_0.JPG" alt="" title="" width="450" height="301" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0964_0.JPG" alt="" title="Everyone&#039;s taking pictures!" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSC_0972_0.JPG" alt="" title="" width="450" height="301" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>VANCOUVER - On a cloudy Monday night, hundreds of Vancouver residents gathered at the &lsquo;Vancouver Club&rsquo; to protest the visit of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney.&nbsp; This was Cheney&#39;s first trip outside of the United States on his book tour.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/dick-cheneys-visit-vancouver-met-spirited-protest/8234" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/dick-cheneys-visit-vancouver-met-spirited-protest/8234#comments Michael Direct Action Peace/War anti-war Dick Cheney torture war crimes Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:06:40 +0000 Michael 8234 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca