Residents of CRAB Park coming to so-called Victoria this week. They have invited MLAs to meet with them and will be setup on the frown lawn of the Legislature. Hopefully some of them actually come out and talk.

HANDS OFF OUR HEALTHCARE: Kevin Falcon & Recovery Industry Flee Scrutiny from Grieving Families themainlander.com/2024/05/30/han… #bcpoli VANDU @WESUPca

“Decriminalization or police mission creep? Critical appraisal of law enforcement involvement in British Columbia, Canada's decriminalization framework” by @liam_michaud, Jenn McDermid, @Aaron_R_Bailey, & tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ (2024) via International Journal of Drug Policy Link: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

‘Plan A, No Way!” Tenants Rally Against Unfair Evictions, Surveillance, and Harassment new The Mainlander dispatch from Tintin Yang ⤵️ themainlander.com/2024/06/20/pla… #vanpoli Vancouver Tenants Union

Join us tonight for a Town Hall on 58 West Hastings, organized by our allies Our Homes Can't Wait | 6PM at the Carnegie

Join us for a free talk by Nathan Crompton, Every Homeowner a Pretendian?: On Locke, Hegel, & the Architecture of West Coast Modernism. It's happening on Wed., July 24th (12 PM) at SFU Harbour Centre (HC 1520) Learn more: buff.ly/3zKJBtP.. #sfuenglish SFU Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences

"We are living in the making of Sim’s world; a Vancouver/mayor that struggles to be re-swaggered. As such, the morbid symptoms of this radical transformation must be diagnosed and studied." themainlander.com/2024/08/07/ken… #vanpoli #bcpoli

Everything you need to know about the continued growth of homelessness in Vancouver for 2024 and beyond, with a sharp critique of all three levels of government in their failure to take the issue seriously themainlander.com/2024/08/23/hom… #vanpoli #bcpoli

This BC election cycle has failed to make any meaningful commitment to address housing for welfare recipients, pensioners, and the poor— we need housing for all, not just the so-called “middle class” @TheAJWithers Nathan Crompton

“This is basically mass internment.” BC government's plan to increase involuntary treatment for PWUD flies against evidence as well as ethics, reports dustin. The first facilty is slated to be set up at a women's jail: filtermag.org/bc-government-…

🚨WORK WITH US🚨 VANDU is hiring a Community Organizer. Please review the linked posting for more information. Applications must be submitted by end of day November 1st, 2024. vandu.org/current-postin…

This BC election cycle is insane for many reasons, not the least of which is the moral panic around homelessness and drug use which has resulted in the normalization of "involuntary treatment," a fantasy where the poor are disappeared to who knows where?

Read the latest in The Mainlander: "Workers have unionized at Massy Books" themainlander.com/2024/11/04/wor… #vanpoli

Ever wondered why developers never seem to pay for SRO conversions in Vancouver? Nathan Crompton delivers an op-ed with an answer

from the Mainlander Editorial Collective: Reversal of Bill 34 is a People’s Victory! themainlander.com/2024/12/25/rev… #vanpoli #bcpoli

When Abby wins we all win! Read my short dispatch on The Mainlander on the Vancouver Tenants Union campaign to keep Abby in her home

𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘒𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘪𝘮’𝘴 𝘋𝘛𝘌𝘚 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯 | New op-ed with Tintin Yang about Sim's attempt to freeze social housing & open up the DTES to accelerated development. Follow this story as it unfolds + support the effort to #StopKenSim themainlander.com/2025/03/18/har…

Review: Perfect Victims (Haymarket Books) by author Mohammed El-Kurd "Perfect Victims Spars with the Politics of Respectability" themainlander.com/2025/03/28/per…

VANCOUVER. APRIL 14 2025. 2PM. VICTORY SQUARE. We gather for change and to grieve those we have already lost. Every overdose is a public policy feature for those who benefit, and a policy failure for our communities! BC declared the overdose emergency on April 14 2016.

ANALYSIS | Nowhere to seek safety as gender-based violence worsens under drug supply & displacement crises themainlander.com/2025/04/29/gbv/