Together Against Displacement & Dispossession
On the weekend of June 11-12, 2016 Alliance Against Displacement organized a gathering of leaders of homeless and evicted peoples’ movements throughout southern British Columbia.
Solidarity between tent cities strengthens their political threat
This year anti-displacement activists have begun organizing between tent cities, building a stronger, united movement of communities experiencing different forms of housing crisis and displacement pressures.
The Abbotsford Shuffle: Homeless people pushed from park to railway tracks
The fight for housing and health continues for homeless drug war survivors in Abbotsford, but they have refused to disappear and they are getting stronger.
Court victory over anti-homeless bylaws!
By Pivot Legal Society and DJ Larkin Originally published in The Volcano In late 2015 the BC Supreme Court ruled against the City of Abbotsford’s anti-homeless bylaws. Homeless people [...]
Fight for Dignity: Abbotsford Homeless Await Court Decision
By Dave Diewert Originally published by The Volcano For 6 weeks this past summer, the Abbotsford chapter of the BC/Yukon Drug WaSurvivors and its team of lawyers have been [...]
“We are somebody”: Abbotsford Homeless take the City to Court
By Dave Diewert and DJ Larkin Originally published in The Volcano On June 4, 2015, members of the Abbotsford Chapter of the Drug War Survivors and their allies gathered [...]
Voices from the Abbotsford Dignity Village
By Ivan Drury Originally published in The Volcano The Dignity Village homeless camp in Abbotsford, established in the spring of 2013, is the longest running protest tent city in [...]
“Displace and Disperse”: Abbotsford’s Solution to the Homeless Problem
By Dave Diewert Originally published in The Volcano If there is one thing to learn from the City of Abbotsford, it’s how not to deal with the homeless crisis. Abbotsford’s [...]