On May 27th, 2019, Burnaby City Council unanimously voted to endorse a new approach to planning housing development, which they are promoting as a “bold step in addressing rental housing crisis.” These changes to the City’s housing policy come after years of organizing by Metrotown tenants against…
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Progressive Austerity, Canadian Nationalism & the B.C. NDP’s 2018 Housing…
An article is based on a talk given by Alliance Against Displacement member Isabel Krupp at “All Investment is…
Mayor’s office sit-in nets Demovictions movement its first partial victory against…
On Thursday March 9th, myself and a group of activists with the Stop Demovictions Burnaby campaign occupied the…
Open letter to the City of Victoria Mayor & Council and Island Health
Editors note: In a disturbing trend toward community policing as a response to state-sanctioned…
Rebuilding Hogan’s Alley through the Black community’s struggle for historical…
Hogan’s Alley was the only Black neigbourhood that existed in Vancouver’s history. Its official name…
Community media and the fight against gentrification in Medellin, Colombia
Translated by Gil Aguilar, with thanks to Nati Garcia
The city of Medellin, Colombia was built through…
Cut the CRAP! Chinatown Concern Group fights Vancouver’s rezoning and…
City staff began preparing an update on the Chinatown Economic Revitalization Action Plan (CRAP) in October of last…
Organized destruction – CMHC data reveals the City of Burnaby is…
A reporter from Metro News contacted me to get my reaction to a graphic illustrating the change in numbers of…
Emergency call to action to save 3,000 units of rental housing in Metrotown
This Saturday November 12th marchers will take the streets around Metrotown to protest against the city…
Urban farming fight exposes gentrification, displacement, and colonization at core…
This summer, the City of Victoria wanted to change the Official Community Plan (OCP) to undermine urban…