In June, millions took to the streets in Hong Kong to oppose a Bill that would formalize an extradition agreement with China. Then, in response to police brutality and government repression against what was initially a single-issue movement, protestors adopted a list of five demands that renewed…
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Yearly Archives
2019
The NIMBYs lost at Surrey City Hall last week, but who won?
A dozen homeless people and supporters rallied outside Surrey City Hall on Monday, July 22, calling for “Homes…
20 Years of the Right of Abode Movement: Troubling the line between Hong Kongers…
Activists and supporters gather in the same park where twenty years ago a tent city was set up to protest…
“Transmisogyny is no joke!” A letter of solidarity from Bread, Roses and Hormones…
On July 2nd, 2019, the Montreal organization Taking What We Need (TWWN) issued a public statement after their…
Alliance Against Displacement stands in solidarity with the Black Vests
From Paris, France to Surrey, BC, Migrant and Homeless Displaced People Unite!
The Black Vests are a group of…
“A Bold Step”? Burnaby’s social mix response to the Metrotown evictions crisis is…
On May 27th, 2019, Burnaby City Council unanimously voted to endorse a new approach to planning housing…
“I’m done hiding around corners and behind dumpsters”: Life on the streets after…
Wanda Stopa was a leader of the tent city on 135A Street, known as the Surrey Strip. She organized events and…
Busting Police Myths about the Clearance of the 135A Strip and Homelessness Today…
The truth about Surrey homelessness one year after the clearing of the 135A Strip is that homeless people and…
Whose 1919? David Lester’s Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike and the…
As I finish writing this review, sore from a workday ferrying documents here and there for the bourgeois juridical…
Sovereign Forever, Never Surrender! Vancouver rally continues the long legacy of…
On Monday May 27th, a “Rally 4 Indigenous Rights” event was organized outside the Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) on…