Moral Panic and Racist Anxieties: Entrenching Police Power through Surrey’s…
On July 3rd, almost nine months after it was formed, the City of Surrey’s Task Force on Gang Violence Prevention…
Another Day In Court: Pharmaceuticals, Prohibition & Passing The Buck
When the BC Government recently announced it would sue over 40 opioid manufacturers (including Purdue) for their…
“We’re not eggs in an omelette, we are people”: Burnaby finally embraces…
The vacuum that Mayor Corrigan and Mayoral candidate Hurley are jostling to appear to fill is between the NDP’s…
Take to the streets to fight the far right
The last decade has seen the rise of far right, anti-immigrant, white supremacists groups across the world, from…
Homes not Nazis!
This weekend, in Portland Oregon and Nanaimo British Columbia, the descendants of the worst relics of history’s…
How I Celebrated Pride: Fighting fascism in British Columbia’s peripheral cities
On Sunday August 5th, 2018 the 40th annual Vancouver Pride march took place. At the same time, the fascist…
“The City doesn’t care if we die or not”: Discontent City confronts municipal…
On Thursday July 26th, campers and supporters responded to Nanaimo Fire Chief Karen Fry’s threats against the…
Is anti-homeless hate right wing extremism or government policy?
Since Discontent City opened on May 17th, there have been hundreds of vigilante threats made against the camp and…
The Vancouver Police Department’s practice of indiscriminate carding is a…
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and British Columbia Union of Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)…
Spontaneous Overdose Prevention is Not Enough
On June 27th, six weeks after the founding of Discontent City, we experienced an overdose related death.…