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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Monthly Archives
August 2016
Challenging the Canadian race/national assumptions under BC’s “foreign investor”…
On Tuesday August 2nd the government of British Columbia placed a new tax on “foreign” investment in housing. The…
Massive port expansion threatens the Downtown Eastside’s only green space &…
A huge multinational company owned by the Government of Dubai is threatening CRAB Park.
Dubai Ports World,…
BC Liberals Pick-Pocket the Poor and Provoke Outrage
This spring the BC government showed its mean-spiritedness in its treatment of people with disabilities (PWD).…
August 1 – August 6, 2016 Volcano Newsletter
Small victory for welfare rate housing in Vancouver
By Jean Swanson
BC Liberals Pick-Pocket the Poor and…
Small victory for welfare rate housing in Vancouver
No one is holding their breath, but after ten years of struggle, including two tent cities, numerous trips to…