The Volcano is publishing a series of excerpts from documents prepared for Red Braid Alliance for Decolonial Socialism's 2021 Winter Assembly, where we reflected on our successes and failures in 2020 and articulated visions and strategies for the coming year. Among the strategy documents, there are…
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Surrey
Homeless victims of street sweeps start fightback against the City of Surrey
On Monday, March 1st, Shiloh Cheyanna Ghostkeeper had her belongings seized by bylaw officers, including the tent,…
“Everything for the upper class, nothing for us”: Barrie’s eviction and the…
Two weeks ago, Barrie came to his first meeting of the Whalley Street Council, a group of unhoused and underhoused…
Making space for community self-defence: An interview with the Whalley Centre’s…
Wanda Stopa is a long-time street community leader in the Whalley neighbourhood of Surrey, a low-income area in…
For collective survival and resistance: Whalley Centre Founding Statement
Whalley People's Resource Centre
We acknowledge the Whalley People’s Resource Centre operates on the unceded…
Lying landlord uses legal loopholes to evict tenants to the streets
Evicted during COVID-19
Two Surrey tenants were made homeless after their unscrupulous landlord lied to the…
Stop framing tent cities for murder
Wanda Stopa was a founding member of Sanctuary Tent City, a camp in a wooded area off of King George Boulevard in…
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…
A Surrey tenant’s fight against a slumlord
Johnathan has been living in his suite since 2014. In seven years, his landlord has only come to mow the lawn,…
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…