In July 2018, Alliance Against Displacement held a panel in Nanaimo called "Poverty and Discontent: The Legal Roots of Anti-homeless Hate.” This panel discussion took place as public hostility against Nanaimo’s Discontent City was simmering. It was another month before this hate reached its boiling…
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Don’t kid yourself, this isn’t just a homeless camp: The lifesaving need and…
On Saturday, February 23rd, Anita Place tent city held a press conference as the City of Maple Ridge sent over…
From Berlin to Burnaby: Tenants march against evictions and “rent madness”
On Saturday, April 6th 2019, Stop Demovictions Burnaby took to the streets of Metrotown once again to demand…
Divest from Police, Invest in People: Organizing Against Police Power in Surrey
Anti-Police Power Surrey is organizing to push back against the relentless expansion of police power and calling…
“There’s definitely an anti-Indigenous energy in the police here”
This morning three Indigenous defenders of the land appeared in court for the first time.
Mobilizing the Frontline of the Eviction Crisis
In the summer of 2017, Burnaby City Council passed a development plan for the Metrotown neighbourhood.
One, two, many tent cities
On Monday March 12th a group of homeless activists started a camp on the lawn of Nanaimo City Hall in order to…
Defend tent city! Our survival is our togetherness in the street
Anita Place Tent City sends our solidarity and offers our support to the residents of the former tent city on the…
“A white man’s freedom is more important than an Indigenous person’s…
On February 9, 2018 a jury in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan acquitted Gerald Stanley of the murder of 22-year-old Cree…
Dispatches: Is Surrey punishing homeless protesters?
Dispatches
Dispatches is a new column in The Volcano newsletter. Here we will publish brief, first-person…