Thursday, June 16th & Thursday, June 30th @7pm Centre for Socialist Education 706 Clark Drive, Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories This is for the 2nd and 3rd session of the Marxist Reading Group. We will be reading State and Revolution by V.I Lenin. It describes the role of the State in society, the necessity of […]
We invite you to celebrate the launch of Thursdays Writing Collective's eighth anthology of creative writing! We spent a year thinking and writing about food in conjunction with Vancouver Poet Laureate Rachel Rose's community-broadening mandate. Our project, SUSTAIN AND NOURISH, allowed us to question beliefs about food, notions of food safety and politics, ideas of […]
Join the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations in celebrating National Aboriginal Day weekend in downtown Victoria from June 17-19! Enjoy three days of spectacular performances on an outdoor stage in the plaza at the Royal BC Museum in the heart of downtown Victoria, BC. Each day starts with performances from the two local Host Nations and […]
Three people are facing life in prison for allegedly shutting down Enbridge Line 9 on December 21st 2015 in Sarnia, Ontario AKA Anishinabek territory. This was the second time that line 9 was allegedly shut down after the line was reversed in the direction of flow. The next court appearance for the three is on […]
Friday June 17th, 2016 @6:30 pm Centre For Socialist Education 706 Clark Drive, Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories The Young Communist League Presents: A Talk by Jane Bouey: "The Queering of Historical Materialism: A Marxist analysis of Patriarchy" The Queering of Historical Materialism - a brief accessible exploration of the origins of heteronormativity and patriarchy. […]
WEEKEND WARRIORs present...ONE FELL SWOOP Collections of feels brought to you by LEXI MARIE // USCHI TALA // MUTYA MACATUMPAG JUNE 17th, 2016 CHICKEN SESSIONS HOUSE w/ wildly uncaged guest RUPERT COMMON 2048 Pandora St. Van, BC SHOW @ 9pm JUNE 18th, 2016 ALT FEST - Slocan Valley, BC SHOW @ 5PM JUNE 18th, 2016 […]
Let us know you're coming: https://act.350.org/event/peoples-climate-plan-actions/12950/. MP Don Davies is holding a climate change consultation for their riding, Vancouver-Kingsway at 10:00 AM on Sunday, June 18th, 2016 at The Grind Cafe on Main Street. If enough of us RSVP, Mr. Davies' office has said they will find a larger venue. So let's show up and […]
The Elders Say We Don’t Visit Anymore Tea, Bannock and Conversation Based on his work with Indigenous youth and elders across Turtle Island, Wiisaakodewini (Métis) artist Dylan Miner has begun to explore the ‘methodology of visiting,’ an Indigenous way of working. While conducting an oral history project with retired Anishinaabe autoworkers, elders shared the idea […]
Come get crafty with us! The space will be open from 3-7 on Saturday the 18th. You're welcome to bring your own supplies or use ours (we'll have stuff for painting and banner making). Folks will be in attendance with skills they'd like to share in knitting, crocheting, drawing, and painting, plus whatever skills you […]
The 12th Annual Car Free Day Comercial Drive Festival is gearing up for an amazing community celebration this summer on Sunday, June 19. Spanning Grandview to Venables, this 15 block long fest will be packed with amazing local artisans, vendors & community groups, delicious food straight from the Drive, and tonnes of entertanment and activities […]
