Issue 5, Spring 2016
Cover art by Gord Hill, Kwakwaka’wakw
Features
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Real Crisis, Fake Responses
By the Editors
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When “rights” are not enough – Lessons from Tent City Resistance
When “rights” are not enough – Lessons from Tent City ResistanceBy Ivan Drury and Ashley Mollison
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“We Shall Not Be Moved” – Indigenous Land Defense on Lelu Island
“We Shall Not Be Moved” – Indigenous Land Defense on Lelu IslandBy Dave Diewert
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Overdose deaths provoke a public health emergency declaration but no action
Overdose deaths provoke a public health emergency declaration but no actionBy Volcano editors
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No homelessness on stolen Native land? How demands for wealth redistribution can rely on colonial domination
No homelessness on stolen Native land? How demands for wealth redistribution can rely on colonial dominationBy Natalie Knight and Ivan Drury
So much at stake at Madii Lii: An Interview with Richard Wright![MCNAUGHT - gain comic0001 copy]()
Guaranteed Annual Income – the good, the bad, and the ugly
Guaranteed Annual Income – the good, the bad, and the uglyBy Sarah Sheridan and Jean Swanson
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Canada Has Blood On Its Hands – Justice in Honduras Requires a U-Turn in Canadian Foreign Policy
Canada Has Blood On Its Hands – Justice in Honduras Requires a U-Turn in Canadian Foreign PolicyBy Mining Justice Watch
Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence
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In Memory of Wolverine
By Karla Lottini
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Caring Society vs Canada – foster care is modern day residential school for Indigenous people
Caring Society vs Canada – foster care is modern day residential school for Indigenous peopleBy Natalie Knight
Revisiting the Tao of Deception in Canada’s colonial war on the poor![Justine Trudeau]()
Prime Minister Trudeau and Reconciliation – The New Tokenism Is Still The Same As The Old Tokenism
Prime Minister Trudeau and Reconciliation – The New Tokenism Is Still The Same As The Old TokenismBy Brandon Gabriel, Kwelexwecten, Kwantlen First Nation Artist
Fracking poisons water, destroys fish, and causes global warming and earthquakesHomelessness & Displacement
Tent-in Protest Overcomes Barriers to Services in Campbell River
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Rent Supplements Subsidize Landlords
Rent Supplements Subsidize LandlordsBy Jean Swanson
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Rental Housing Crisis in Victoria
Rental Housing Crisis in VictoriaBy V. Adams
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Learning from organizing against gentrification in San Francisco
Learning from organizing against gentrification in San FranciscoInterview with Chanel Ly and Wendy Pedersen
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Homeless on the Strip in Surrey
Homeless on the Strip in SurreyBy Wanda
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Grassroots “Demovictions” Report Warns of Metrotown’s Collision Course with Mass Displacement
Grassroots “Demovictions” Report Warns of Metrotown’s Collision Course with Mass DisplacementBy Ivan Drury
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Federal Budget Dashes Housing Hopes
Federal Budget Dashes Housing HopesBy Jean Swanson
DTES & Vancouver
Black Lives Matter from Vancouver to Toronto
Access Without Fear
CCAP working on “Community Vision for Mental Health”
Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside could become condo heaven with homeless on the streets
New St. Paul’s hospital in the Downtown Eastside threatens to displace low-income residents
Lessons about “community inclusion” from the DTES Local Area Planning Process
Jack Gates wins Residential Tenancy Branch compensation
Invisible Heroes: Aboriginal Stories from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Homeless on the Stage