For Different Worlds, not a Return to Normal
The month of March marks one year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. Both American and Canadian governments proved unable to manage the pandemic, leaving millions of people stuck in risky jobs or out in the streets with little protection from the virus.
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Editor’s response to letters about the “JJ Bean” article
We received an unusual lot of letters to the editor about Isabel Krupp’s article, “JJ Bean is waging war on the poor,” which Isabel wrote after she was contacted by CBC radio to respond to comments made by the manager of one of the coffee!-->…
The Volcano’s Top 12 of 2020
The year 2020 was a whirlwind: the #ShutDownCanada movement in defence of Wet’suwet’en sovereignty, the global crisis of COVID-19, the George Floyd Uprising, elections in British Columbia and the USA, and record-breaking overdose!-->…
Publishing as a weapon
The news tells nothing but hate for the poor. According to the right-wing media, poor people are sick or bad and should be forced into treatment or jail. The progressive media offers no reprieve. To them, poor people are charity cases with!-->…
Publishing and organizing
Support The Volcano in 2020!
In 2015 The Volcano launched as a newspaper to record and encourage the development of a new movement against displacement and dispossession. Until then, The Volcano had been called the Downtown East and was!-->!-->!-->…