Hogan’s Alley was the only Black neigbourhood that existed in Vancouver’s history. Its official name was Park Lane, an alley that ran between Union and Prior Streets in the southwest corner of Strathcona, from the early 1900s through the 1960s. In 1972, the civic government enacted an…
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Will fixed term leases erase 40 years of tenant organizing in the Downtown…
A boisterous crew was standing outside the Ross Hotel in Vancouver on New Years Day. We had called a news…
Community Policing and the health and overdose prevention dimensions of…
On Wednesday January 25, 2017, fifteen Downtown Eastside (DTES) residents showed up to speak out…
Ross House tenants fight evictions, rent increases
"The manager bullied me and said “sign or you leave,” Humberto Macias-Carracas told people at a news…
Go ahead displace me, you’re going to have to kill me to get me to stop fighting
Well to be quite honest I only recently came to know what DISPLACEMENT means. Being displaced is first of all…
Criminalization of homelessness continues as Thornton Park tent city forcibly…
Around 9:30 am on the morning of November 25, 2016, police arrested seven people at the new Thornton Park tent city…
Tent City Residents Displaced from 58 W Hastings Move to New Site
Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories
This evening, residents of the 58 W. Hastings tent city were ordered…
Chinatown not Coffeetown! An interview with Mrs. Kong from the Chinatown Concern…
Translation by Beverly Ho, Chinatown Concern Group
Mrs. Kong, who goes by 鄺太 (or Kong Tai), has lived in…
We Are All Persons and We Belong! Homes for All! Decolonization Not…
This supplement to the Fall 2016 Volcano newspaper collects discussions and lessons from the “Together
Against…
Portraits of Regions in Struggle
Abbotsford—Dignity Village
Nick, one of the attendees from Abbotsford, explained how “Multi-family crime-free…