We started our protest occupation – the anti-imperial squat – of the demovicted apartment building at 5025 Imperial Street in Metrotown on Saturday July 9th. We lasted for 12 days largely because of the powerful support of the community. The occupation is over but the struggle to protect peoples homes and communities continues. A […]
Statement from the Metrotown Demoviction occupation post-eviction Wednesday July 20, 2016 We began this occupation one week ago as part of a broader day of action for housing justice. In the Downtown Eastside more than 50 people are now seeking shelter against homelessness in a tent city run by and for homeless people. In Abbotsford, […]
Historic summit unites local struggles into a movement against displacement Report on the outcomes of Alliance Against Displacement’s spring 2016 organizing summit 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. At the Dogwood Centre for Socialist Education, […]
What: Public forum to discuss and advance our community struggles When: Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 7 PM – 9 PM Where: Grandview Calvary Baptist Church 1803 East 1st Ave The theft and commodification of resources through settler-colonial occupation underlays every aspect of Canada’s wealth. Under 21st Century austerity governing policies that cut taxes for the rich to […]
On Monday May 16th the Stop Demovictions Burnaby Campaign presented its report on the demovictions crisis in Metrotown before Burnaby City Council. The report, called “A Community Under Attack,” is a social impact study that documents the harsh effects of displacement on renters in the apartment buildings on the block northeast of Dunblane and Imperial. […]
Throughout February, volunteers with the Stop Demovictions Burnaby Campaign conducted a social impact survey on the square block at Dunblane and Imperial just east of Metrotown where over two hundred apartment units have been or will be soon demolished. Volunteers went door knocking and filling surveys about the impact of evictions and demolitions on a […]