Karen Juanita Lane is a long-time activist and resident of the DTES who reached out to Red Braid in March to ask for help organizing a squat. Karen's leadership and initiative were central to making the Stewart Squat happen. On a sunny afternoon a few days before the squat, we sat down to talk…
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Governing the dangerous poor: Vancouver City Council uses the displacement of…
According to part-time camp resident and public advocate Chrissy Brett, there are 115 tents and around 200 people…
City of Vancouver votes to divest from Vancouver Rape Relief next year
Thursday, March 14, Vancouver City Council voted to stop funding Vancouver Rape Relief (VRR). Council passed an…
Vancouver’s referendum on Sinophobia: Another “socialism of fools” in the shadow…
This article is part of The Volcano's primer on Metro Vancouver's 2018 civic elections.
A tweet from a…
Anti-Chinese racism at the root of Vancouver’s progressive City Hall: White race…
The following is based on Listen Chen's talk at Alliance Against Displacement's panel on BC's municipal elections,…
A Volcano primer on Metro Vancouver’s 2018 civic election
On Tuesday November 27th, Alliance Against Displacement organized a panel discussion to analyze the 2018 civic…
Justice For Vanesa Campos! France’s anti-sex work laws are killing migrant trans…
While Vanesa’s murder was committed by multiple men who were attempting to rob her client, her killing was not an…
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…