While Vanesa’s murder was committed by multiple men who were attempting to rob her client, her killing was not an isolated incident for immigrants, trans women, and sex workers. New French laws that forced Vanesa Campos and her co-workers to hide in the forest surrounding Paris in order to work left…
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They get elected, we get evicted: Going beyond the inoffensive reforms of…
The 2018 municipal elections in British Columbia are significant in two ways: one, they are dominated by “the…
The Vancouver Police Department’s practice of indiscriminate carding is a…
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and British Columbia Union of Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)…
Fighting police power across Turtle Island: Lessons from Oakland’s Anti…
The Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) is a Black-led, multi-racial, intergenerational coalition based in…
Regent Hotel eviction a loss for low-income DTES residents and a gain for serial…
A year after the Balmoral Hotel was shut down, the City of Vancouver has declared that its sister building, the…
Has multiculturalism killed gay liberation?
On May 23rd, the City of Vancouver officially launched their “Year of the Queer” proclamation with a panel…
Sanctuary Health presents Access Without Fear audit
On the morning of Wednesday, May 23rd, grassroots migrant justice group Sanctuary Health presented the results…
Low-income residents and community groups turned out in force to oppose 105 Keefer…
The last week of May 2017 will be remembered as another “freeway fight” in Chinatown’s history. Many speakers who…
We would rather have a vacant lot than another condo development
We join Chinatown residents and groups in united opposition against Beedie Living’s proposed condo tower at the…
Building confidence and power in low-income elder women’s Chinatown
I’m going to address issues raised on the first day of the hearing and earlier today.
One point is cleaning…