Protest - Revolt

11/11/21
Author: 
Cloe Logan
Kanahus Manuel, birth keeper and member of the Tiny House Warriors. The tiny homes provide housing for Secwe̓pemc families, while acting as a barrier to the TMX expansion. Photo supplied by Kanahus Manuel

November 10th 2021

For almost four years, the Tiny House Warriors have been working to stop the TMX pipeline from encroaching on their territory, and as of Tuesday, the Secwe̓pemc land defenders have a human rights award to go along with their efforts.

10/11/21
Author: 
Adrienne Tanner
Rev. David Haslam, a Methodist anti-poverty and tax justice crusader at a side event to the UN climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 8. Photo by Adrienne Tanner / Canada's National Observer

November 9th 2021

Rev. David Haslam, a well-known British human rights and tax justice firebrand, has this little joke he tells. “I am really worried about the souls of the wealthy.”

“If we are going to save their souls, we’re going to have to take some money off them.”

09/11/21
Author: 
Charlie Smith
Extinction Rebellion Vancouver demonstrators blocked access to the airport on October 25 by lying down on Grant McConachie Way. EXTINCTION REBELLION VANCOUVER

Oct. 26, 2021

The tactic worked, but will it lead to substantive changes in the way the climate breakdown is being covered?

A group of climate activists tied up traffic last night (October 25) on the main road to Vancouver International Airport.

According to Extinction Rebellion, 18 were arrested; that differed from a tweet from Richmond RCMP, which said that 20 were arrested.

09/11/21
Author: 
Hummingbird Land Defenders
MEDIA ADVISORY, Mon. Nov. 8, 2021

Unceeded Kwantlen, Katzie, and Coast Salish territory (Fraser Heights, Surrey, BC). From 10am today, Hummingbird Land Defenders will use their bodies to block tree cutting for the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) pipeline. The women wish to protect the mature forest and seven grand cedars, in the North Slope Buffer Park.

04/11/21
Author: 
Vanessa Nakate
Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate at the Youth4Climate summit in Milan in September. Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty

Oct. 29, 2021

My country, Uganda, and much of Africa has been battered by climate-related disasters. Cop26 is a chance for the biggest polluters to set up a compensation fund

While walking with a friend through central Kampala last month, we saw a police truck go by, a body in the back.

02/11/21
Author: 
Charlie Smith
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault are putting on a good show at the COP26 meetings, but can the world really believe what they're saying about cutting greenhouse-gas emissions? ADAM SCOTTI/PMO

November 2nd, 2021

I didn't want to have to write this column.

That's because I have a multitude of other tasks on my to-do list before getting this week's issue of the Georgia Straight to the printer tonight.

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