Month: March 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic threatens the health and well-being of all the world’s peoples, the most vulnerable being working people, Indigenous Peoples, the unemployed, the poor and the elderly. It will… Continue reading EMERGENCY ACTION REQUIRED NOW TO STOP COVID-19 AND DEEP RECESSION

On February 11, in support of Wet’suwet’en, around 1,000 people surrounded the British Columbia legislature building in Victoria, on the traditional territory of the Coast Salish Lekwungen nation. This shutdown… Continue reading WET’SUWET’EN SOLIDARITY IN BC SHUTS DOWN LEGISLATURE

By Ryan Abbott Despite having some of the largest energy reserves in the world, despite an almost universal support for pipeline projects among its major political parties, and despite a… Continue reading FROM RCMP RAIDS TO NATO WARS: CAPITALIST CRISIS AND OIL

Imagine a really radical government policy to reduce homelessness to zero. It involves building lots of housing – at least one unit for every homeless person. The catch, though, is… Continue reading “NET ZERO” ISN’T ZERO ENOUGH

While the corporate media’s attention was focused on demonstrations outside the Legislature in Victoria, the BC government’s 2020 budget was delivered inside on February 18. Anti-poverty groups, some of which… Continue reading NDP BUDGET FALLS FAR SHORT OF PEOPLE’S NEEDS