We would like to acknowledge that this event is taking place on the ancestral, traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Skxwú7mesh, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations, on whose territories we live and organize. As stewards of these lands, we would like to recognize the tremendous labour that has gone into nurturing and protecting these traditional […]
UNITE HERE! Local 40 calls for a picket of Trump Hotel Vancouver! Gather with Local 40 Hotel and Food Service Workers, along with community allies on March 16th to stand up to racism, sexism, hate, and ongoing attacks on immigrant workers and families! In cities across North America, members of UNITE HERE have not only […]
The Toast Collective is lovely and it is run by lovely people who are putting their time effort energy and $ on the line so let's put all those things on the line too but back at them like a feedback loop Featuring: TOMMY TONE (https://trashtronix.bandcamp.com/) FUTURE STAR (https://futurestar.bandcamp.com/) CHRIS-A-RIFFIC (https://chrisariffic.bandcamp.com/) JARRETT EVAN SAMSON (hello) […]
After the success of February's town hall meeting in Whalley, we're having another, even better one! Join us for discussion and news on the fight for a $15 minimum wage in BC (and free coffee and doughnuts!) and how we can make it a reality. Whether Christy Clark and her awful BC Liberals win the […]
POETRY is BAD for YOU featuring the corrupted voices of samantha NOCK katayoon YOUSEFBIGLOO molly BILLOWS andrea LUKIC dallas HUNT eirinn MCHATTIE $10 or PWYC/ no one turned away for lack o' funds. saturday march 18 // doors @ 9 readings, conversations, snacks ALL AGES the toast acknowledges the sovereignty of the musqueam, squamish, and […]
Do We Need Police and Prisons? A discussion of punitive justice & the state! Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017 4:30-7:30pm SFPIRG Lounge - TC 326 in the Rotunda SFU Burnaby Most of us take police and prisons for granted and accept this system as a legitimate exercise of state power. We believe - because this is […]
Water Is Life Roundtable Honour World Water Day with Audrey Siegl, Carleen Thomas, Helen Knott & Caleb Behn What happens if people put protection of water first and foremost as their priority? How would BC’s planned fossil fuel expansion and hydro-dam expansion impact watershed health and Indigenous rights? What does reconciliation that honours water as […]
Despite the fact that the Hon. John McCallum issued an exemption that allowed Jose Figueroa to leave sanctuary at Walnut Grove Lutheran Church and regain his freedom in December 2015. The bureaucracy within CSIS, CBSA has not giving up the possibility to continue using the same allegation against other immigrants and refugees. Jose Figueroa continues […]
Voices from the Sacred Fire: Indigenous Land Defenders Speak Friday March 24th at 6:30 pm 1803 East 1st Ave, Vancouver Unceded xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories. Indigenous land defenders from frontline struggles speak on protecting lands and waters and asserting nationhood on their territories. From No Kinder Morgan and Unist’ot’en to Lelu […]
To mark the International Day Against Racism, we will gather at Thornton Park on Main and Terminal, then we will march through Chinatown to Jack Poole Plaza. This where Indigenous, Black, Chinese, Japanese and South Asian people lived historically. Let's march against racism and all forms of bigotry, the rise of fascism, Bill C-51, Travel […]