August 10th is Prisoners' Justice Day, 41 years and counting
By Abby Rolston
“We Are People” - Collective Demands for Housing
By Super InTent City
On Eviction Day, Super InTent City Releases Collective Housing Demands
By Ashley Mollison
Vancouver police violence at peaceful Imperial…
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Challenging the Canadian race/national assumptions under BC’s “foreign investor”…
On Tuesday August 2nd the government of British Columbia placed a new tax on “foreign” investment in housing. The…
August 1 – August 6, 2016 Volcano Newsletter
Small victory for welfare rate housing in Vancouver
By Jean Swanson
BC Liberals Pick-Pocket the Poor and…
BC’s Public Health Emergency Update: By the Editors
Fentanyl continues to dominate the street drug market across the country, which led to BC declaring a public…
“The role of the police is to intimidate and harass homeless people”- Rituals of…
Along 135A Street in Surrey (aka, the Strip), homeless people gather together in small groups, erect tents and…
July 25 – July 31, 2016 Volcano Newsletter
Profile of a Lelu Island land defender – A Conversation with Goot Ges
By Natalie Knight
BC’s Public Health…
“I slept in on purpose this morning!” By Marvin, temporary resident of suite 106…
I was living in the Orwell Hotel in the Downtown Eastside for the last two years. I didn't like it because my…
“This is private property and you have to leave”: By Mohammad, temporary resident…
I immigrated to Canada from Iran in 1999. I came here for economic and political reasons. I was hoping…
July 18 – July 24, 2016 Volcano Newsletter
BC Supreme Court backs developer’s private property rights over homeless peoples’ lives
By Ivan Drury
“There…
“There should be placement before displacement!” By Karl, Nisga’a Nation,…
I came to the Vancouver area 25 years ago from Northern BC, in Prince Rupert, where I had an apartment. It was the…