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Vancouver's Nonprofit Industrial Complex
Vancouver's Nonprofit Industrial Complex
Decriminalization or police mission creep? Critical appraisal of law enforcement involvement in BC's decriminalization framework
Decriminalization or police mission creep? Critical appraisal of law enforcement involvement in BC's decriminalization framework
Going to the root: Harm reduction v. racial capitalism and imperialism
Going to the root: Harm reduction v. racial capitalism and imperialism
Emails reveal housing sat empty as people were displaced to nowhere
Emails reveal housing sat empty as people were displaced to nowhere
On the evening of April 5, 2023, as the first day of the Hastings decampment operation came to a close, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim sent out a carefully worded press release. “8 people living in…
BC NDP are weaponizing drug law to cover their healthcare and housing failures: Nurses & healthcare staff
BC NDP are weaponizing drug law to cover their healthcare and housing failures: Nurses & healthcare staff
Eleven staff in BC’s healthcare system outline the realities of frontline care work, the toxic drug crisis and their concerns.
17 orgs condemn forced detention plans: P.O.W.E.R.
17 orgs condemn forced detention plans: P.O.W.E.R.
Moms Stop the Harm, Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society, Spring Mag, VANDU, HRNA, Care Not Cops, Stop the Sweeps, BCAPOM, EACH+EVERY,CSSDP Vancouver, Crackdown, and COPA join the call.
P.O.W.E.R. Newsletter
P.O.W.E.R. Newsletter
Vancouver - never ceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, sḵwx̱wú7mesh, səlilwətaɬ and other Coast Salish people. Click to read Community Newsletter, by P.O.W.E.R, a Substack publication.
Involuntary Treatment: Criminalization by another name
Involuntary Treatment: Criminalization by another name
Say NO to involuntary treatment! Check out Pivot's position paper and send a message endorsing the 7 recommendations for life-affirming solutions: https://act.newmode.net/action/pivot-legal-society/say-no-involuntary-treatment
Involuntary treatment is not care. BC is spearheading its violent rise | Spring Mag
Involuntary treatment is not care. BC is spearheading its violent rise | Spring Mag
Last month, BC NDP Premier David Eby announced his party would expand prisons and hospital psychiatric wards under the facade of “compassionate, secure care” and “public safety” to involuntarily incarcerate those with various types of brain injuries, adverse mental health experiences, and/or people who use drugs (PWUD). This policy, like other displacement tools, will target
Legal review of Health Canada decision could sever the anatomy of the overdose crisis
Legal review of Health Canada decision could sever the anatomy of the overdose crisis
A lesser-known legal case involving the Drug User Liberation Front could finally permit meaningful intervention in the toxic drug supply. On March 7 and 8, the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) and co-plaintiffs Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) will hear a judicial review of Health Canada’s 2022
Care Not Cops: Health Authority & Nonprofit Silence on Palestine is Complicity
Care Not Cops: Health Authority & Nonprofit Silence on Palestine is Complicity
Today, Nov. 16, marks the 40th straight day of genocidal violence inflicted on Palestinians by the Israeli state. As healthcare workers, we are calling on the BC government to urgently demand a cea…
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on language | Fatal Naming Rituals | Hazlitt
on language | Fatal Naming Rituals | Hazlitt
In narratives that hinge on proving our humanness, Indigenous people sit stilled in the role of the described. As the described, our words are pit against us.
Tara Alami: Felling the corporate media beast
Tara Alami: Felling the corporate media beast
Mohammed El-Kurd: The Right to Speak for Ourselves
Mohammed El-Kurd: The Right to Speak for Ourselves
For far too long, Palestinians have been denied the freedom to tell our own story.
What Did Cedric Robinson Mean by Racial Capitalism? | Boston Review
What Did Cedric Robinson Mean by Racial Capitalism? | Boston Review
A critique that anticipated the political currents of contemporary America.
“They talk about it like it's an overdose crisis when in fact it's basically genocide”
“They talk about it like it's an overdose crisis when in fact it's basically genocide”
Indigenous Peoples who use illicit drugs (IPWUID) are disproportionately represented among toxic drug poisoning deaths in Canada. These drug-related h…
Cut Off | Crackdown Podcast
Cut Off | Crackdown Podcast
In 2015, Crackdown editorial board member, Jeff Louden, was on morphine pills for his chronic pain. When Jeff's doctor unexpectedly cut down his medication, he turned to the street to outrun dopesickness.
Nicole Chan Deserved Safety Within Her VPD Workplace
Nicole Chan Deserved Safety Within Her VPD Workplace
Exploring The Tattoos of Partition
Exploring The Tattoos of Partition
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Depoliticization of Violence: Critical Limits of Risk Environment Frameworks in Drug Use Research
Depoliticization of Violence: Critical Limits of Risk Environment Frameworks in Drug Use Research
The risk environment framework (REF) is a widely-accepted tool in policy research related to drug use. Its prevalence warrants a critical exploration of its strengths and weaknesses. This critical appraisal is a comprehensive analysis of the REF by ...
Frontline workers fight for safety in ‘Wild West’ recovery sector
Frontline workers fight for safety in ‘Wild West’ recovery sector
Death, fraud, degradation: Inside a revered B.C. drug-treatment centre | The Breach
Death, fraud, degradation: Inside a revered B.C. drug-treatment centre | The Breach
B.C. can’t police its way out of a housing crisis | The Breach
B.C. can’t police its way out of a housing crisis | The Breach
Carceral Tenancies
Carceral Tenancies
Minor Drug Seizures By Vancouver Police Increased After "Decriminalization"
Minor Drug Seizures By Vancouver Police Increased After "Decriminalization"
7 people died at B.C. recovery home hailed as groundbreaking ⋆ The Breach
7 people died at B.C. recovery home hailed as groundbreaking ⋆ The Breach
truth-telling: early days of a police oversight project through a media fog
truth-telling: early days of a police oversight project through a media fog
Commentary on the Nonprofit Industrial Complex in Vancouver
Commentary on the Nonprofit Industrial Complex in Vancouver
Forced substance use treatment is a violent and often fatal intervention
Forced substance use treatment is a violent and often fatal intervention
Care is Not Forced in Prince George
Care is Not Forced in Prince George
A look at the cop training for decrim
A look at the cop training for decrim
Policy Options: Bill 34
Policy Options: Bill 34
Criminalizing public space through a decriminalization framework: The paradox of British Columbia
Criminalizing public space through a decriminalization framework: The paradox of British Columbia
BC's illicit drug exemption is not decriminalization
BC's illicit drug exemption is not decriminalization
Police seizure of drugs without arrest in Vancouver - Harm Reduction Journal
Police seizure of drugs without arrest in Vancouver - Harm Reduction Journal
Prohibition fuels drug war violence: Regulation can undercut it if done right
Prohibition fuels drug war violence: Regulation can undercut it if done right
Violence and coercion in the name of safety: Nanaimo report on police and bylaw
Violence and coercion in the name of safety: Nanaimo report on police and bylaw
Symbols Are Beautiful–Not Exoneration For Injustice (EN/Gurmukhi)
Symbols Are Beautiful–Not Exoneration For Injustice (EN/Gurmukhi)
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