Direct Action
In 1980, Ann Hansen traveled to Vancouver where she reconnected with Brent Taylor whom she had met previously and his friend Doug Stewart. The three identified both politically and strategically. Soon they decided to form their own guerrilla organization, later named Direct Action, with the addition of Julie Belmas and Gerry Hannah, local fixtures of Vancouver's punk scene.
For more information on Direct Action (later dubbed The Squamish Five by Canadian press), see Squamish Five.
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