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 […]
The Pacific Trails Pipeline and Coastal Gas Link are both intending to force their way onto unceded Unist'ot'en Yintah. They have spent the Fall of 2016 preparing numerous sites along their proposed route. We need courageous, loving, and determined People to join us on the frontline to help us stop the company from doing any […]
What: Rally & Teach-in When: Tuesday, April 18th – 4.30pm Where: Meet 4.30pm @ Victory Square We will then march together into the 58 W Hastings Open House (Room 420, VCC Downtown Campus – 250 West Pender Street). Our Homes Can’t Wait (OHCW) acknowledges that this event is being organized on the occupied, unceded traditional […]
Tenants facing evictions, mass rent increases, and displacement call for the launch of a TENANTS UNION! WE DEMAND: -REAL RENT CONTROL -EVICTION PROTECTIONS -MORE HOUSING AND BETTER INCOMES FOR ALL JOIN US on Saturday April 29th for stories, speakers, music and next steps for building this movement. Change is coming. More info soon. Childcare, translation, […]