Words for the last Page
Words for the last Page This issue marks the 24th birthday of the Carnegie Newsletter. The first edition was put together in a storage closet in the basement for Aug. 15, 1986 - 12 pages, 60 copies....
View ArticleHi Irwin - reality at Woodwards
Hi Irwin, Thanks for this. Please keep me up-to-date on events etc. but also make time for writing a history of the struggle for W2, what kind of response/recognition it gets from powers-that-are.. you...
View ArticleHUM101 DOCUMENTARIES: CARNEGIE THEATRE
HUM101 DOCUMENTARIES CARNEGIE THEATRE SATURDAYS 6PM AUGUST 21 Life On The Edge of a Bubble blowing the American dream. Bomb Under the World a look at the status quo. AUGUST 28 Healing Cancer From The...
View ArticlePower in Coalition
Public Forum with Amanda Tattersall Power in Coalition sponsored by the Metro Vancouver Alliance Thursday, September 9, 7:00 pm SFU Harbour Centre 515 W. Hastings Street How can we change things in an...
View ArticleThose Behind the Scenes
Those Behind the Scenes Does the media tell it like it is? To them it’s mostly all just ‘show-biz’, Newspapers become merely places for stories Where one can hear the many lies of the tories, How they...
View ArticleHappy birthday Carnegie newsletter!
Happy birthday Carnegie newsletter! Reading the newsletter every two weeks is a treat and a reminder of what goes on in this energetic neighbourhood of volunteers, free thinkers, senior citizens, and...
View ArticleONCE
ONCE Once had a friend real name unknown we’d just call him fate, always showing off or up at the oddest hours to the norm much too early for hookers & 21st century babysitters way too late;...
View ArticleTutoring English at the Learning Centre
Tutoring English at the Learning Centre In May I began volunteering at Carnegie's Learning Centre as an English tutor for a small class of five Mandarin speaking seniors. We meet once a week to work on...
View ArticleCarnegie Concession Food Prices to Rise Sept. 1
Carnegie Concession Food Prices to Rise Sept. 1 I want to thank all the customers who look to Carnegie's food service for nutritious, low cost meals and snacks. Many patrons have expressed to me how...
View Articleraise shit â a downtown eastside poem of resistance
raise shit – a downtown eastside poem of resistance "the myth of the frontier is an invention that rationalizes the violence of gentrification, and displacement" - NEIL SMITH "these pioneers in the...
View ArticlePublic inquiry into Vancouver's missing and murdered women
Libby renews call for a public inquiry into Vancouver's missing and murdered women Premier Gordon Campbell, Government of British Columbia Honourable Vic Toews, [Federal] Minister of Public Safety I...
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Design a Carnegie Button! The Carnegie Centre & Library has a table at this year's Word on the Street Festival on Sunday, September 26. As part of our table, we're going to be giving away up to 250...
View ArticleLes Box People
Les Box People They live high up in phallic maze of boxes Woken up in morning by musical box Descending in small moving box Go to work in box on wheels 9-5 in workaholic office box Staring at monitor...
View ArticleNews from the Library
News from the Library The DTES Collection; documenting our lives and our history in the Heart of the City Carnegie Library has received a small grant from the Friends of Vancouver Public Library...
View Articlepersonal complicity of Pope Joseph Ratzinger
The Editor: The growing disclosure of the personal complicity of Pope Joseph Ratzinger in concealing and aiding pedophile priests has revealed that his Catholic church has, as its policy, the...
View ArticleThe Carnegie Newsletter Is 24 Years Old!
The Carnegie Newsletter Is 24 Years Old! Twenty-four years, I tell you. Twenty-four years with Paul Taylor as editor. Unbelievable! Our Carnegie Newsletter helps people find the power to define their...
View ArticleCarnegie Theatre Workshop
Carnegie Theatre Workshop presents the art of Street Performance Community Workshop Thurs Aug 19 & 26, 2pm-4pm Oppenheimer Park Field House learn some basic tricks of the trade -experience presence...
View ArticleInequality, Democracy, and Class Warfare (Part 2)
Inequality, Democracy, and Class Warfare (Part 2) By Rolf Auer Written out of respect for Matthew Matthew, Diane Wood, Clyde Wright, and all the fine citizens of the Downtown Eastside. Thanks to the...
View ArticleBinner in a Food Line
Binner in a Food Line Society’s values are skewed topsy turvy. For example, folks who dig around in the garbage for cast-off goodies are called bums and are at the bottom of our social hierarchy. The...
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