Social Justice Fair tomorrow at Grandview Park.
We're sharing a booth with VANDU and BCAPOM. Music and free food. Come check it out.

yvrsocialjusticefair.ca

Amnesty Canada urges universities, government authorities and law enforcement to ensure the safe protection of people’s right to protest at student demonstrations and counter protests emerging on campuses across the country. amnesty.ca/human-rights-n…

With actions emerging across Canadian university campuses in solidarity with the Palestinian people, the BCCLA urges University Presidents to uphold academic freedom and safeguard the fundamental freedoms of all university students, faculty, and staff. bccla.org/policy-submiss…

I hate to go against the prevailing media narrative, but:

By many measures decriminalization of possession of small amounts of drugs was working.

My explainer today. thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/0…

Possession offences were down by 77% compared to before decrim. Hundreds didn't't go to jail or get a criminal record. That was the whole point of decrim. To get cops out of our lives. But politicians want MORE cops in our lives. Won't stop there. Soon, more cops in your life too

In the news: Canada recognizes housing as a human right. Few provinces have followed suit ➡️ ctvnews.ca/canada/canada-…

'As Israel announces it plans to attack Rafah regardless of a truce deal, we call on SFU students to support the active UBC encampment rather than start a second'

thebind.ca/p/statement-sf…

Have you sent a letter to Premier Eby yet, telling him you object to recriminalizing substance use? We made an easy form to use and send a letter. Takes 2 min.

Then, write to Ya'ara Saks יערה זקס and tell her to #rejecttherequest .

firstunited.ca/resources/dont…

Hope folks give this a read. Cops deployed 2 armoured vehicles, snipers, and robots.

They broke into a room and fired 40 shots in under 10 seconds, in low visibility. Without any conversation with the 2 people inside, who they killed.

This is how cops deal with people in crisis

Criminologist Jeff Shantz presents his analysis of the recent coroner's inquest into the police killing of Nona McEwan and Randy Crosson in Surrey, BC, in 2019.

mediacoop.ca/node/119220

No court in Canada can sentence death, no matter what crime or evidence.
“Yet the police today seem to believe that they can avoid the courts and trial and simply kill a First Nations person before that person is even arrested,” says Hugh Braker, KC lawyer (Tseshaht)

'When cops kill, it's probably the most secretive and hidden aspect of social violence,” said Shantz.'

RCMP again skirt charges in another Indigenous man’s death at their hands

#JusticeForJared
#ACAB

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May Day commemorates the historic struggles and gains made by the labour movement. All workers deserve protection, equal rights in the workplace – sex workers included. However, sex workers are subject to unnecessary additional barriers to accessing workplace rights.

#ICYMI : After learning that none of the RCMP officers who shot her son will be charged, the mother of Jared Lowndes is calling for an inquiry into why police have killed so many Indigenous people in Canada.
thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/2…

“This was a case that we all thought clearly met that standard from the outside and should have gone to a trial — this is one of those cases where we would have liked to see justice be done in the open.”

To honour #AsianHeritageMonth the Law Society and the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers BC will be screening 'But I Look Like a Lawyer' on May 22, 2024! Learn more or register here: faclbc.ca/event-5651556

Four people, including an infant and grandparents, died tragically when a police pursuit drove the wrong way on Ontario's busy Highway 401.

As criminologist Jeff Shantz details, several people a year in Canada are killed during police pursuits in cars. mediacoop.ca/story/deadly-p…

Friends, on May Day we fight for all Disabled Workers and for the liberation of everyone! Happy International Workers Day and solidarity from us here at DJNO.