Over the last 16 years, the BC Liberals have held power under Premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark and established a powerful legacy that makes right wing, free market politics feel like the only possibility. Fundamentalist tax cuts and personal responsibility explanations for poverty are…
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The BC Liberal new-normal – A brief history of how we got in this mess: By…
In the two decades after World War 2, Canada and the United States, alongside Britain and other Western European…
Indigenous youth in care – the continuation of the residential school system…
The situation for Indigenous youth across Canada is dire, and British Columbia is no exception. In BC, an…
From serving workers to serving the NDP – Electoral pragmatism and the end…
There is a famous expression that Margaret Thatcher’s most lasting legacy in British politics is her impact on…
NDP stands by 16 years of BC liberal tax breaks for the rich: By Maria Wallstam…
The BC NDP 2017 election platform has been celebrated as a bold and progressive challenge to the BC liberals. The…
After the Fightback – Remobilizing labour and anti-capitalist resistance in…
When Gordon Campbell was elected to the BC Premier’s office I was a young activist, and an anarchist more by…
The NDP won’t save renters: By Harold Lavender and Sarah Sheridan
The situation for low-income renters in BC has never been worse. In 2012, with the Sequel 138 condominium at…
Under an unjust state, break unjust laws – A call to revisit our strategies…
Our protests for social justice usually shout out in one of two directions: we shout against the laws that police…
Go ahead displace me, you’re going to have to kill me to get me to stop fighting:…
Well to be quite honest I only recently came to know what DISPLACEMENT means. Being displaced is first of all…