'Occupy Vancouver' rally called for Saturday

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Protesters plan one-day event in Esther Short Park

By Kathie Durbin
Columbian Staff Reporter

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Local organizers plan a nonviolent one-day “Occupy Vancouver” assembly at Esther Short Park Saturday to “show this nation that we are aware of the injustices,” in the words of organizer Dan Walker, and to show solidarity with the Oct. 15 International Day of Occupation.

“This is not a movement against authority, this is not a movement against police, this is a peaceful movement of awareness,” Walker stressed on his Facebook page. Planning for the event began last Saturday, two days after thousand of people thronged the streets of downtown Portland in an Occupy Portland march and demonstration that continued Tuesday with protesters camped out in a downtown park ...

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