Jun 11, 2019
Speaking out against Canada's drug war
Talking Radical Radio
Activist, journalist and drug user Garth Mullins talks about the drug war in Canada, drug user organizing and the new Crackdown podcast.
Downtown Eastside
Apr 23, 2019
Indigenous women rising in the face of violence and injustice
Talking Radical Radio
Carol Martin and Sophie Merasty talk about Red Women Rising, a new publication in which Indigenous women of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside talk about injustice, survival, leadership, and making change.
Feb 15, 2018
Women's Memorial March connects love, remembrance and power
Caitlin O'Flanagan
Downtown Eastside event commemorates missing and murdered Indigenous women and bears witness to ongoing injustices in Vancouver and beyond
Aug 9, 2017
Homelessness in Metro Vancouver is not confined to the Downtown Eastside
Matt Chilliak
In the last three years, homelessness has increased not only in downtown Vancouver but also in its outlying suburbs. So far there has been little response from local politicians.
Mar 7, 2017
Vancouver's high-end retail shops pushing out long-time residents in Downtown Eastside
Lenée Son
In an area where over 13,000 people live in poverty having to survive on social assistance, gentrifying businesses are selling $138 mink eyelashes and $11 bottles of juice.
Nov 23, 2016
Survivors Totem Pole shines a ray of hope in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
rabble staff
A gorgeous, moving photo essay documents the landmark raising of a monument to the Indigenous women lost and murdered in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside -- and their incredible resilience.
Nov 22, 2016
Survivors Totem Pole marks resilience in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Lenée Son
A gorgeous, moving photo essay documents the landmark raising of a monument to the Indigenous women lost and murdered in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside -- and their incredible resilience.
Aug 18, 2016
Vancouver housing activists achieve victory on city-owned lot
Redeye
After residents set up a tent city in the downtown eastside and held a day of action on housing justice, Mayor Robertson agreed social housing with 100 per cent low-income rents at 58 West Hastings.
Aug 10, 2016
Jean Swanson: Vancouver's focus on home ownership neglects plight of the homeless
Alyse Kotyk
Gregor Robertson's commitment to rezone a city-owned lot for social housing is a "little victory" says Jean Swanson. There's much more that needs to be done to address the reality of homelessness.
Jul 14, 2016
Romila Barryman explores the hidden historical South Asian community of Vancouver's Chinatown
This is the House that Gap Built
Cultural historian Naveen Girn takes us through what he calls "Being Brown in Chinatown," and the clues of a community within Vancouver's downtown eastside that has left no remnants.
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