Understanding and Opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement: By…
Pic from Common Dreams
By Harold Lavender
Corporations continue to pursue their agenda to rule the world through…
Indigenous women want Federal Inquiry to consult with feminist groups as well as…
Indigenous women who have been organizing to end violence for decades want the federal inquiry into…
The Federal Inquiry must address Canada’s colonial legacy and Harper’s sex work…
By Sex Workers United Against Violence (SWUAV)
In December 2015, a huge sigh of relief went up across the…
Solutions to the housing crisis may be found in alliance between homeless and…
In mid January, resettlement agencies in Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto and Halifax asked the federal…
DTES Street Sweeps are Social Cleansing
It’s eerie.
In November, as everyone in the community knows, the City of Vancouver acted on its decision…
National Conference to End Homelessness 2015 – Expensive lunches while…
In November I was a delegate from the Downtown Eastside to the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness…
Social Mix is Exclusion
I’ve lived in Vancouver for thirteen years, in SROs for seven, I was homeless for about eight months, and now I…
Beyond the Foreign Investment Debate
Overlook the billions of dollars freed up for capitalists through tax cuts and tax exemptions. Ignore the woefully…
Fentanyl – its deadly effects don’t discriminate, but they expose social…
I was struck by the news coverage of the deaths from Fentanyl. When people in the Downtown Eastside (DTES)…
Marching together for housing justice: Interview with Karen Ward
The Second Annual City-wide Housing March organized by VANDU will take place on Saturday, October 10,…