“Can I just talk to you over here for a moment?”
It’s not the first time this question made me feel uncomfortable. I remember when my parents would give me a quick ‘talking to' about something I did wrong or when my teachers would inform me of my unacceptable behavior. Over the years, I have…
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Police & Criminalization
Portraits of Regions in Struggle
Abbotsford—Dignity Village
Nick, one of the attendees from Abbotsford, explained how “Multi-family crime-free…
We are all persons and we all belong
Politicians, government officials, business owners, real estate developers, landlords, and media pundits shape…
Three Pledges of Struggle: By Together Against Displacement & Dispossession…
Our Together Against Displacement and Dispossession summit packed three major accomplishments into one weekend,…
Social work as social control
We can learn a great deal from the state responses to Super InTent City (SIC). In contracting the Portland Hotel…
Violence on the Surrey Strip is rooted in criminalization and dehumanization
Over the last month, Alliance Against Displacement (AAD) has been holding organizing meetings on 135A Street in…
The veil of whiteness – notes on the Black revolts in Charlotte and El Cajon…
On September 20th in Charlotte, North Carolina Keith Lamont Scott was fatally shot by the police. Scott was a…
Dispatches: Is Surrey punishing homeless protesters?
Dispatches
Dispatches is a new column in The Volcano newsletter. Here we will publish brief, first-person…
Surrey Steals from the Homeless and We Won’t Take it Anymore: By the Editors
An hour before “Surrey Steals from the Homeless” demonstration was set to start on Monday October 3rd, the…
August 10th is Prisoners’ Justice Day, 41 years and counting
Prisoner Justice Day – A Short History
On August 10th 1974, prisoner Eddie Nalon slashed himself in a…