On Sunday August 5th, 2018 the 40th annual Vancouver Pride march took place. At the same time, the fascist organization Soldiers of Odin and ad hoc hate group called Action Against Discontent City marched on the nearly 3-month old tent city in Nanaimo. As a working-class queer trans woman, I knew we…
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“The City doesn’t care if we die or not”: Discontent City confronts municipal…
On Thursday July 26th, campers and supporters responded to Nanaimo Fire Chief Karen Fry’s threats against the…
Spontaneous Overdose Prevention is Not Enough
On June 27th, six weeks after the founding of Discontent City, we experienced an overdose related death.…
Beyond the Razor Wire: The Culture of the Prison Industrial Complex
It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
It is our duty to win.
We must love each other and support each other.
We…
No Unity with Transmisogynists or Sex Work Prohibitionists
Vancouver Rape Relief enacts violence against trans women
Vancouver Rape Relief (VRR) refuses to affirm trans…
Women in Tent Cities are fighting back against patriarchy!
Women in tent cities are organizing themselves to band together and fight back against patriarchal violence. The…
Public-Private Colonialism
We have been bombarded by the propaganda of Justin Trudeau’s Federal and Rachel Notley's Alberta governments…
The Future Lives Here! AAD’s new Surrey office continues multi-region…
On May 1st, 2018 Alliance Against Displacement (AAD) signed a lease together with Migrant Worker's Dignity…
Has multiculturalism killed gay liberation?
On May 23rd, the City of Vancouver officially launched their “Year of the Queer” proclamation with a panel…
Accountable to Themselves Alone: On Police Killings
In 2017, at least 65 people in Canada were left dead through police encounters. In so-called British Columbia,…