Gentrification and Hipsters Karen Ward Apr 22, 2013 You’ve seen them: the hipsters, walking down our streets and having expensive fancy coffees at the gentrifying…
For the Love of Our Community Tracey Morrison Apr 22, 2013 I’m from Morson, Ontario, near Minnesota close to the Manitoba border. I’m from the Ojibway Nation from Big…
Tenant Power and Rent Control Connor Donegan Apr 22, 2013 The Social Housing Coalition BC is demanding that the province outlaw renovictions and slumlording…
Myths and Facts About the Downtown Eastside and Pidgin Diane Wood & Jean Swanson Apr 22, 2013 Myth: Diners will learn more about the DTES by dining in fancy restaurants that the locals can’t afford. Fact:…
Hunger Strike for Social Housing and Against Gentrification Tami Starlight Apr 22, 2013 By Tami Starlight (Cree-Peguis Nation) Written on unceded and occupied Coast Salish Territory “I'm prepared…
Standing, Walking, and Flying for Social Justice Harold Lavender Apr 22, 2013 It is election time. Will the urgent needs of the low-income community in the DTES (and elsewhere in B.C.) to…
The Canadian prison system is racist and getting racist-er Ivan Drury Apr 22, 2013 On March 7th Canada’s corrections investigator announced that 1/4 of people in federal prisons are status Indians;…
Make Vancouver a Sanctuary City Today – Make No One Illegal Tomorrow! Ivan Drury Apr 22, 2013 Downtown Eastside residents without citizenship status can’t get welfare, don’t qualify for social housing or most…
Fighting the Injustice of By-Law Tickets and “Proactive” Policing Dave Hamm Apr 22, 2013 My first ticket for vending happened at Denman and Robson. I had injured my back, and was staying with a friend in…
the past is not past: A poem Bud Osborn Apr 22, 2013 Spoken at VANDU’s memorial march, Dec 18, 2012 the past is not past the dead are not dead the past is…