Tintin Yang
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Joined October 2011
ANALYSIS | Nowhere to seek safety as gender-based violence worsens under drug supply & displacement crises https://t.co/YmANDgI7iX
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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.
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Review: Perfect Victims (@haymarketbooks) by author @m7mdkurd "Perfect Victims Spars with the Politics of Respectability" https://t.co/YZDF7tbyJW
themainlander.com
Mohammed El-Kurd’s new book, centred on the dehumanization of Palestinian people across the West, is an important re-evaluation of appealing to “empire’s stenographers”
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𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘒𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘪𝘮’𝘴 𝘋𝘛𝘌𝘚 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯 | New op-ed with @tintinyng 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
https://t.co/CsQIDXTZtY
themainlander.com
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has announced a plan to freeze supportive housing development in the Downtown Eastside (DTES). The plan is part of a wider set of policy changes targeting the DTES and...
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When Abby wins we all win! Read my short dispatch on @MainlanderNews on the @YVRTenantsUnion campaign to keep Abby in her home
After serving Abby with a significant rent increase in 2023, her landlord attempted to evict her altogether. But the reason keeps changing. Defend Abby Against No-Fault Eviction! https://t.co/Xr4CaFwphb
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from the Mainlander Editorial Collective: Reversal of Bill 34 is a People’s Victory! https://t.co/xJcQyLtB65
#vanpoli #bcpoli
themainlander.com
The bill would have criminalized people that police “believe” consumed drugs outdoors.
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Ever wondered why developers never seem to pay for SRO conversions in Vancouver? @natecrompton delivers an op-ed with an answer
Make Holborn Pay for Loss of the Dunsmuir Hotel. New editorial from @natecrompton: https://t.co/BxWVWbulBU
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Read the latest in @MainlanderNews: "Workers have unionized at Massy Books" https://t.co/kEuCCf4pPi
#vanpoli
themainlander.com
On Sept. 11, a near-unanimous majority of workers at Massy Books and Massy Arts Society voted to join the Arts and Cultural Workers’ Union, IATSE Local B778. Twelve employees of Massy Books and Massy...
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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?
NEW: Involuntary Treatment is a Cruel Betrayal https://t.co/thhy5KQXBg
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🚨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. https://t.co/RMivGMXF0D
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“This is basically mass internment.” BC government's plan to increase involuntary treatment for PWUD flies against evidence as well as ethics, reports @dustbobgod. The first facilty is slated to be set up at a women's jail: https://t.co/rRWI0NuAY6
filtermag.org
The British Columbia government is moving towards a regime of involuntary treatment for people who use drugs who have both ...
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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 @natecrompton
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 https://t.co/au8TnrAJlN
#vanpoli #bcpoli
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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 https://t.co/au8TnrAJlN
#vanpoli #bcpoli
themainlander.com
For more than two decades, the number of people living without a home in Vancouver has continued to climb. No level of government has addressed the issue with meaningful policy reforms, the necessary...
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"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." https://t.co/PVr6MDSd80
#vanpoli #bcpoli
themainlander.com
A small controversy erupted last month when it was revealed that Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim transformed a City Hall meeting room into his own personal gym. Sim’s “Mojo Dojo Casa House,” or the “Ken...
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Join us for a free talk by @natecrompton, 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: https://t.co/RUYmI6Lxbg..
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Join us tonight for a Town Hall on 58 West Hastings, organized by our allies Our Homes Can't Wait | 6PM at the Carnegie
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‘Plan A, No Way!” Tenants Rally Against Unfair Evictions, Surveillance, and Harassment new @MainlanderNews dispatch from @tintinyng ⤵️ https://t.co/sb11MMcQMu
#vanpoli @YVRTenantsUnion
themainlander.com
The Park Beach Tenant Collective, members of the Vancouver Tenants Union, and supporters gathered outside Plan A Real Estate Services’ offices in downtown Vancouver to bring attention to alleged...
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“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, & @tyssingh (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy Link: https://t.co/uQ0AuES7eY
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HANDS OFF OUR HEALTHCARE: @KevinFalcon & Recovery Industry Flee Scrutiny from Grieving Families https://t.co/HN9RbrKXgv
#bcpoli @VANDUpeople @WESUPca
themainlander.com
Harm reduction advocates and concerned community members from across the Lower Mainland gathered at Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre to speak out against the PROSPER Conference, an event organized by...
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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.
Tuesday May 7th & Wednesday May 8th RESIDENTS OF CRAB PARK WILL BE IN SO CALLED VICTORIA!! ✊✊🏕️🏕️ May 8th on front lawn of #Leg. from 9:30am-4:30pm for MLAs to meet with them and hear their concerns. Press Conference at 11:00 am on May 8th. #solidarity between Vic & Van! ✊
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