The tents set up on the lawn of the Campbell River City Hall looked like a tent city, and the space served as a tent city for about 20 homeless people, but it was more a tent-in protest for services than a spontaneous survival space established by homeless people. Krisandra Rufus from the…
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Solidarity between tent cities strengthens their political threat
To paraphrase Leo Tolstoy: all well-housed people are alike; each homeless person is homeless in their own way.…
Rest in Power Brother Richard!
Richard David Cunningham 7 February 1961 - 23 December 2015
Richard was a member of Vancouver Area Network of…
Rent Supplements Subsidize Landlords
How can governments maintain the scarcity of housing, keep renters in crisis, and subsidize people who don’t need…
Rental Housing Crisis in Victoria
With a vacancy rate approaching zero, a fast dwindling rental housing stock, and low interest rates encouraging…
Overdose deaths provoke a public health emergency declaration but no action: By…
On April 14th 2016, after over a year and hundreds of overdose deaths, British Columbia’s provincial health officer…
No homelessness on stolen Native land? How demands for wealth redistribution can…
These days, a lot of thinking about how we organize our social movements is focused on the connections between…
So much at stake at Madii Lii: An Interview with Richard Wright
It seems everyday now Christy Clark’s LNG dream is slipping farther away. The price of natural gas has plummeted,…
Learning from organizing against gentrification in San Francisco: Interview with…
At the end of March, four Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) organizers went to San Francisco to learn about…
Homeless on the Strip in Surrey
My name is Wanda and I live in Surrey on the strip (135A Street). I’ve been on the strip for 2 years now. I…