Rather than a sudden break, where the 300 to 400 people living in the camp would be uprooted and scattered across town, the eviction of Discontent City will be gradual. And, if the City and police follow the ruling of the Judge, Discontent City will not be prisoncampified through this process.
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Namegans Nation tent city evicted five times in two months
Despite constant attacks by the police, the public, and multiple levels of government, Namegans Nation has shown an…
We beat Corrigan! Stop Demovictions movement stops Burnaby’s juggernaut…
As Hurley’s term begins, Stop Demovictions Burnaby’s work will intensify. While we must celebrate our movement’s…
Who destroyed Rutherford Elementary? Separating myth from fact about Nanaimo’s…
Apart from the doors knocked in by police battering rams, the dozen or so nails hammered into the roof to hang…
“You idiots, we’re fighting for you!”: Homeless people as revolutionary…
The second, deeper basis of Dwayne's point is that in a political landscape dominated by right wing austerity…
Metrotown residents challenge anti-demoviction candidates to do “more than a…
On Thursday, October 18th, just days before the Municipal election, tenants facing demoviction and those fighting…
They get elected, we get evicted: Going beyond the inoffensive reforms of…
The 2018 municipal elections in British Columbia are significant in two ways: one, they are dominated by “the…
From Camp Namegans to marching as one
On Saturday September 29th, the community that has been marching and fighting alongside the Namegans homeless in…
“They broke the camp site but not the movement”: Namegans homeless outmaneuver the…
On the day of their court-ordered displacement, residents, organizers, and supporters of Camp Namegans tent…
A loss for Camp Namegans tent city in court signifies a new period of homelessness…
Friday, September 7th marks a turning point for homelessness in BC. Supreme Court Justice Ward Branch issued an…