On Saturday September 29th, the community that has been marching and fighting alongside the Namegans homeless in Saanich and Langford, just outside Victoria BC, marched again to break a police blockade and support their friends against a hostile government and the anti-homeless mob. The Volcano is…
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2018
Fight the Doug Ford Tories! Statement from Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Doug Ford is now Premier of Ontario and a hard right, class war Tory Government is in power. Our message is that…
Cops Everywhere, Justice Nowhere: Layers of Policing in Surrey
The investment-based economies and social program cuts of neoliberal austerity regimes create crises within working…
Remembering Harold Lavender, founding editor of the Downtown East and Volcano…
Harold was committed to making radical politics real: they believed radical left and anti-colonial ideas are the…
In memory of Harold Lavender
The last time I spoke with Harold was a couple of weeks ago before they went into the hospital. They mentioned that…
Does Discontent City’s court defeat mean the end of legal fights for…
Friday's decision in Nanaimo and the earlier decision in Saanich means that the courts have joined the politically…
“They broke the camp site but not the movement”: Namegans homeless outmaneuver the…
On the day of their court-ordered displacement, residents, organizers, and supporters of Camp Namegans tent…
A loss for Camp Namegans tent city in court signifies a new period of homelessness…
Friday, September 7th marks a turning point for homelessness in BC. Supreme Court Justice Ward Branch issued an…
“The NDP needs to call off their bigots”
On Thursday September 20th the NDP-Green government of British Columbia agreed to a temporary halt to its 3-day…
BC NDP escalate war on the homeless, displacing Namegans Nation tent city in…
After losing the injunction, campers relocated from Regina Park to Ravine Way, where they were hit with a trespass…