Nanaimo
Occupied Snuneymuxw Territories
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Updates and Events
Schoolhouse Squat Jail Support & Press Conference
SCHOOLHOUSE SQUAT JAIL SUPPORT & PRESS CONFERENCE WHAT: Press conference and jail support for Schoolhouse Squatters WHERE: Nanaimo RCMP, [...]
#SquatTheEmpties! Nanaimo’s Schoolhouse Squat opened to resist Court-ordered collective punishment and end homelessness
We acknowledge that the Schoolhouse Squat is on the territory of the Snuneymuxw nation, treatied in the 1854 “Douglas” [...]
Emergency rally to defend Discontent City from fascists
On Friday, August 18, the Soldiers of Odin Vancouver Island chapter announced that they would be dismantling the tent city [...]
Emergency Counter-Rally to Stop Racism & Defend Discontent City!
Discontent City and Alliance Against Displacement plan a counter-rally against an anti-homeless march in Nanaimo organized by “Action Against [...]
Residents of Camp Namegans fight for their lives as the City of Saanich applies for a Court order to break up their sanctuary
On Wednesday July 25th, the day after being served with notice of Saanich’s injunction application, the residents of Camp Namegans held a news conference to announce their determination to resist this displacement and their resistance against Canada’s claim to legal jurisdiction and police power on unceded Indigenous lands. In the words of camp founder Chrissy Brett, “It is shameful that the government is trying to break up this community space. Shame on Canada, shame on the Province, and shame on the City of Saanich. If they break up Camp Namegans our people will die; fighting to defend this camp is a fight for our lives.”
Poverty and Discontent: The roots of anti-homeless hate
Join us this Friday, July 13th, in Nanaimo for a public panel and discussion: Poverty & Discontent: The roots [...]