Red Braid members do the great majority of our organizing work out of the public eye, in the spaces of community struggles. We refer to this work as supporting the struggles of our social base. We have met groups in the US who refer to this sort of organizational strategy as “basebuilding.”
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Immigrant Self Defence: Only the struggle will give us documents
The following article is a translation of a statement put out by the Black Vests in France. The Black Vests say…
Sanctuary Tent City isn’t gone, it’s layered in the earth
Mel Forster was a founding member of Sanctuary Tent City, a camp in a wooded area off of King George Boulevard in…
Lying cops, abusive staff, and needed housing: Life in and out of Surrey’s…
BC Housing is planning to close down 46 units of low-income housing this week, as COVID-19 rates surge and…
Evicted during COVID-19: Modular housing tenant barricades herself in her room to…
Update: On May 18, Kristina received a notice from Lookout Health and Housing Society, stating that her eviction…
Kyaw Din’s family brings their demands for justice to the office of…
On February 20th, the family of Kyaw Din held a news conference and delivered a petition calling for “Justice for…
Inside the Hothouse Squat
It was a small walk from our meeting point to the squat, and we all walked in small groups to respect the COVID-19…
“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…
Fear of a Tent City: The City of Coquitlam ordered the RCMP to break up ‘We Exist’…
On June 13th, Tri-Cities homeless activists and supporters launched the ‘We Exist’ tent city to create a space to…
BC NDP orders RCMP to shut down Ridge Meadows Overdose Prevention Site
In BC, the rapid expansion of harm reduction services has prevented more than 3,000 possible overdose deaths…