When Prime Minister Trudeau’s government approved the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, the Kwantlen First Nation replied quickly and decisively with protest. Alongside the Tsleil Waututh, Secwepemc, and many other Indigenous nations whose unceded territories the pipeline would cross, the…
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Yearly Archives
2017
Sex workers must break the laws that deny us protections as workers
Criminal codes around the world have long been useful tools for oppressors. There are many ways in which laws have…
Our veins run with water, not oil – fighting for our lives against…
In 1971, Eduardo Galeano published The Open Veins of Latin America. His iconic title refers to the colonial…
Hell No We Won’t Go – Demovictions, the end of social democracy, and the…
On the last day of January I knocked on Nick’s door to give him a pamphlet about his rights as a renter…
The (Un)realities of Reconciliation: By Herb Varley
As what is now known as Canada gets ready to celebrate 150 years of Confederation, there has been renewed talk…
Homelessness is not a crime – Resistance to the criminalization of homeless…
In the week leading up to cheque day at the end of November, the Downtown Eastside had the highest number…
Healing, a poem
Throughout the moments, the moments of truth.
Staying positive, happy, and strong.
Curiosity for whats…
“It’s gotten creepy down here now” – Police Occupy the Strip in Surrey
In early December 2016, the City of Surrey and the RCMP launched a new surveillance and containment…
Announcement from the Feb 14th Women’s Memorial March Committee
The first women’s memorial march was held in 1991 in response to the murder of a Coast Salish woman on Powell…
The class anxiety of Ridgeilantes: Uncovering the shared roots of homelessness and…
For those anti-displacement activists who showed up to support the low-income community at a BC Liberal-organized…