Over the last 16 years, the BC Liberals have held power under Premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark and established a powerful legacy that makes right wing, free market politics feel like the only possibility. Fundamentalist tax cuts and personal responsibility explanations for poverty are…
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The BC Liberal new-normal – A brief history of how we got in this mess
In the two decades after World War 2, Canada and the United States, alongside Britain and other Western European…
From serving workers to serving the NDP – Electoral pragmatism and the end…
There is a famous expression that Margaret Thatcher’s most lasting legacy in British politics is her impact on…
After the Fightback – Remobilizing labour and anti-capitalist resistance in…
When Gordon Campbell was elected to the BC Premier’s office I was a young activist, and an anarchist more by…
Indigenous land defenders call for the creation of the Sacred Fire Network
March 24-26 weekend of training and discussion open to all supporters of anti-colonial struggle
On the weekend…
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…
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…
Top 10 of 2016 – This year’s 3 most-read Volcano articles and 7 you might…
In 2016 The Volcano published more than 200 articles in 3 print newspapers, one special edition insert about the…
Being the thinking point between experience and action – Social movement…
Articles published in The Volcano this year sketch a map of the difficulties that our social movements –…