Friday, September 7th marks a turning point for homelessness in BC. Supreme Court Justice Ward Branch issued an injunction against Camp Namegans, the 4-month-old tent city in Saanich, sending over 100 homeless people back into the thralls of daily displacement. The period when mass homelessness was…
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“The NDP needs to call off their bigots”
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BC NDP escalate war on the homeless, displacing Namegans Nation tent city in…
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Take to the streets to fight the far right
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Homes not Nazis!
This weekend, in Portland Oregon and Nanaimo British Columbia, the descendants of the worst relics of history’s…
How I Celebrated Pride: Fighting fascism in British Columbia’s peripheral cities
On Sunday August 5th, 2018 the 40th annual Vancouver Pride march took place. At the same time, the fascist…
“The City doesn’t care if we die or not”: Discontent City confronts municipal…
On Thursday July 26th, campers and supporters responded to Nanaimo Fire Chief Karen Fry’s threats against the…