When Gordon Campbell was elected to the BC Premier’s office I was a young activist, and an anarchist more by disposition than ideological commitment. I had been a member of a few short-lived anti-poverty groups and occupied some welfare offices. What was new for me with the election of the BC…
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The NDP won’t save renters
The situation for low-income renters in BC has never been worse. In 2012, with the Sequel 138 condominium at…
Under an unjust state, break unjust laws – A call to revisit our strategies…
Our protests for social justice usually shout out in one of two directions: we shout against the laws that police…
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…
The only way to survive is to break the law – Vancouver’s DTES Economic…
Over 13,000 people are on social assistance in the Downtown Eastside. 5,803 are on disability, 3,068 are on welfare…
Expanding our sovereignty, not Kinder Morgan’s pipelines – Kwantlen nation…
When Prime Minister Trudeau’s government approved the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, the Kwantlen…
Sex workers must break the laws that deny us protections as workers
Criminal codes around the world have long been useful tools for oppressors. There are many ways in which laws have…
Our veins run with water, not oil – fighting for our lives against…
In 1971, Eduardo Galeano published The Open Veins of Latin America. His iconic title refers to the colonial…
Hell No We Won’t Go – Demovictions, the end of social democracy, and the…
On the last day of January I knocked on Nick’s door to give him a pamphlet about his rights as a renter…
The (Un)realities of Reconciliation: By Herb Varley
As what is now known as Canada gets ready to celebrate 150 years of Confederation, there has been renewed talk…