“Communities Not Cops: Divest From Police, Invest In People” – this was the theme of a rally and march that took place last Saturday, November 24th, organized by the newly formed Anti-Police Power Surrey (APPS). The rally disrupted the narrative, amplified by the recent municipal election, that…
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The Long Demoviction: Burnaby tenants speak out against a new breed of slumlord…
On Monday, May 28th tenants and supporters held a press conference outside their apartment building at 6508…
Women supporting Women in the Downtown Eastside
This article originally appeared in the Downtown East newspaper – the precursor to The Volcano – in February…
Expanding our sovereignty, not Kinder Morgan’s pipelines – Kwantlen nation…
When Prime Minister Trudeau’s government approved the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, the Kwantlen…
“It’s gotten creepy down here now” – Police Occupy the Strip in Surrey
In early December 2016, the City of Surrey and the RCMP launched a new surveillance and containment…
We are all persons and we all belong
Politicians, government officials, business owners, real estate developers, landlords, and media pundits shape…
Violence on the Surrey Strip is rooted in criminalization and dehumanization
Over the last month, Alliance Against Displacement (AAD) has been holding organizing meetings on 135A Street in…
Dispatches: Is Surrey punishing homeless protesters?
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Dispatches is a new column in The Volcano newsletter. Here we will publish brief, first-person…
“We Shall Not Be Moved” – Indigenous Land Defense on Lelu Island
Since August, 2015, members of the Gitwilgyoots tribe of the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation have been re-occupying…
Demo-victions in Metrotown and a new anti-displacement movement
The housing crisis in BC has many faces. It is most starkly visible in the homeless camps that have caught…