To hear the CBC coverage, you'd think the NDP victory in the recent BC election means a ringing mandate for a social justice agenda and a refutation of the law and order, safe streets, anti-drug user revanchism of the BC Liberals and Andrew Wilkinson.
Political scientist Max Cameron, in an…
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Publishing as a weapon
The news tells nothing but hate for the poor. According to the right-wing media, poor people are sick or bad and…
Who are the protagonists of climate justice? The Green New Deal and the dangers of…
Just over a decade ago, Al Gore was the face of climate action in the United States and Canada. His documentary,…
Old stars, new waters: Revolutionary strategy and Canada’s 2019 federal election
From an anti-colonial and anti-capitalist revolutionary perspective, the political landscape of Canada’s 2019…
Possibilities emerging beyond a “Real Estate State”
Academics and housing activists meet in Vancouver for a discussion of the limits and potentials of urban planning…
Politics are happening in the streets not in city hall: Lessons from Burnaby’s…
The following is based on Cecile Revaux's talk at Alliance Against Displacement's panel on BC's municipal…
Colonialism is a process not an identity: A review of Asad Haider’s Mistaken…
Anyone looking for a socialist critique of identity politics that slams its contemporary reliance on liberalism…
“You idiots, we’re fighting for you!”: Homeless people as revolutionary…
The second, deeper basis of Dwayne's point is that in a political landscape dominated by right wing austerity…
They get elected, we get evicted: Going beyond the inoffensive reforms of…
The 2018 municipal elections in British Columbia are significant in two ways: one, they are dominated by “the…
From Camp Namegans to marching as one
On Saturday September 29th, the community that has been marching and fighting alongside the Namegans homeless in…