On Tuesday August 9, 2016, I joined the Secwepemc Womens Warriors Society, Ancestral Pride, Indigenous activists, and allied supporters in an occupation of the Imperial Metals office at 580 Hornby Street. Later that morning, part of our group also occupied the nearby Mining Association…
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Police & Criminalization
“The role of the police is to intimidate and harass homeless people”- Rituals of…
Along 135A Street in Surrey (aka, the Strip), homeless people gather together in small groups, erect tents and…
Black Lives Matter from Vancouver to Toronto
On April 17th, Black Lives Matter (BLM) Vancouver held their first rally with hundreds in attendance. The rally was…
La mission esta cumplida Lucia no era fantasma: Por Byron Cruz
No son fantasmas quienes contruyeron la villa olimpica y la linea del tren, tan poco son fantasmas los que muy…
Access Without Fear: By Byron Cruz
Recently members of Sanctuary Health and their allies attended a council meeting at Vancouver City Hall where the…
Prisons in Canada Still Racist After Forty Years of Reform: By Abby Rolston
In the late 1960s, Native resistance in Canadian prisons skyrocketed. Native prisoners fought to reclaim…
Healthcare as Regulation and Social Control of the Poor: By Dan Oudshoorn and Dave…
A few years back a friend went through a rough time. Eventually, he decided to go see his doctor. Hours later,…
End the War on Drug Dealers
On July 16, 2015, the Victoria Police Department issued warrants for 16 suspected drug dealers accused of preying…
Death by Cops on the Rise in BC
Despite new training programs, police are killing people at increasing rates in BC.
Over the past…
From the inside out – what we free ourselves from when we get rid of prisons
It is much like a classroom in a school on the outside with concrete walls painted off-white, long,…