The ‘eviction’ part of a demoviction is a long process that starts long before a developer-landlord signs the legal eviction notice. The eviction of the 105 apartment units in two sprawling apartment buildings across from Metrotown skytrain station began the moment word spread amongst tenants that…
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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…
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…
Homelessness is not a crime – Resistance to the criminalization of homeless…
In the week leading up to cheque day at the end of November, the Downtown Eastside had the highest number…
“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…
The class anxiety of Ridgeilantes: Uncovering the shared roots of homelessness and…
For those anti-displacement activists who showed up to support the low-income community at a BC Liberal-organized…
Rebuilding Hogan’s Alley through the Black community’s struggle for historical…
Hogan’s Alley was the only Black neigbourhood that existed in Vancouver’s history. Its official name…
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…