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ALL HANDS ON DECK! Volunteers Needed for Courthouse Rally, Tent City

ALL HANDS ON DECK! Volunteers Needed for Courthouse Rally, Tent City

The unhoused community of Victoria is in dire needs of allies! And somehow I can't bring myself to ask nicely.

4 weeks ago

ADVISORY: Victoria Courthouse Encampment Protest

Come find out why I've been so damn busy for the last several months—and why I may remain so for…

1 month ago

FULL DISCLOSURE: Victoria City Council Directory

Fellow activists and advocates, come read the answer to every question about Victoria city council members that you've been too…

1 month ago

Vancouver Drug User Advocates Denounce Government Plans for Involuntary Treatment

Bad social remedies may go away, but they never truly die. Involuntary treatment for drug users is one such zombie…

3 months ago

The Pandora Encampment is a Pressure Cooker About to Explode

The City of Victoria has manufactured a humanitarian crisis by concentrating homeless people in a single block, and it's about…

5 months ago

Hereditary Chiefs Rise in Defence of Douglas Treaties

Have a glance into the rift between hereditary indigenous leaders and Indian Act band councils, and the complex politics fuelling…

6 months ago

An Outreach Worker Called the Police on My Neighbour After a Drug Overdose

Sometimes outreach workers do the dumbest things, like calling the cops on a mentally ill person who just had an…

7 months ago

Busy Saturday: Four Events, about Disability Benefits, Rights of Foreign Students, Drug Policy, and Palestine

Okay, I've attended no less than four events in town today, and I'm not about to write a whole piece…

9 months ago

Friends of Centennial Square Rally to Save Fountain

Somehow they don't like the idea of demolishing the fountain to make way for a splash park. Especially since it's…

11 months ago

Eating Disorder Advocates Rally at Legislature

I covered VIVED's rally last year. Since then it's been a rocky year for them in the political arena, and…

11 months ago

Are you protesting social injustice?

Whether you're denouncing police brutality or government overreach, clamouring for a safe drug supply or affordable housing, defending homeless encampments or fighting off the colonial invader, advocating for the disabled or racial minorities, pursuing either legal or extralegal means of retaliation, you'll find plenty of interest within these pages by a fellow insurrectionist butting heads with a callous society and a corrupt system. Come misbehave with the rest of us!

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