Category Archives: Race and Racism
The Far-Right Grift: Ex-Muslim Edition
For Islamophobes, there are few people more useful than Yasmine Mohammed. And it is a somewhat mutually beneficial relationship—at least for now. For ex-Muslims willing to ignore or even defend bigotry, the temptation to accept a lucrative home among a growing community of far-right grifters appears to be almost irresistible. Yasmine’s story is compelling. A […]
I accuse UBC of complicity with fascists
I was shocked to learn last month that UBC’s Chan Centre was planning on hosting an event with white supremacists Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern, organized by the so-called ‘Free Speech Club’.
It’s Time to Queer the Digital Humanities
Though, despite this work being done, the Digital Humanities still rely heavily on cisgender, heterosexual, white men. BIPOC queers, Two-Spirit’s and women are tired of being the anomaly. Or, at least, I am; and I’m sure I’m not the only one.
Worse Than Prison: How Vancouver Detains Non-Citizens (Excerpts from post 9/11 Canada)
In post 9/11 Canada, it is legal to detain non-citizens—including children—without formal trial or criminal charges. Immigrants, International Students, Permanent Residents, Refugees, & Undocumented peoples can be subject to indefinite immigration detention (think incarceration but without a stated length of detention, no criminal trial, no judges or jury weighing in).
Space Campaign Update | Eviction Delayed | SFSS Rejects meeting with the Rotunda Community
December 13, 2018 Hello SOCA Followers and Supporters, We have some great news regarding our current space campaign. After multiple months of advocacy and campaigning against SFSS’ harmful decision to evict us on December 14, 2018, we have successfully got the eviction delayed to coincide with when the head lease of the current space ends. […]
“Police don’t make us safe”: Surrey residents rally against skyrocketing police budgets
When: Saturday, Nov. 24 at 2:00pm Where: Surrey City Hall, 13450 104 Avenue Longtime Surrey resident and APPS member, Lenée Son, explains, “We’re told the police make us safe, but in our experience, they are a threat to our safety. They surveill and harass homeless people, enforce the catastrophic war on drugs, and terrorize racialized and […]
Collectively Speaking: A Teach-In On Free Speech
Title: Collectively Speaking: A Teach-In on Free Speech Date: October 31, 2018 Location: Outside the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Description: A gathering outside the Chan Centre, where the Free Speech Club hosted American conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro. While our event is not a direct protest against Shapiro, it is a logical civic […]
Social Trustice, The Struggles of Detangling
Anonymous wants to highlight their positionality as an economically privileged and financially dependent disabled settler of colour with other significant intersections; Anonymous uses all the pronouns, but prefers “he/they”. I’ll stand up to the white men the rich men the Old Boys and the new start a magazine and stop eating so many bloody […]
“Pictures in Protest” by Zoe Hertz at the Hatch Art Gallery
“Pictures in Protest” put on in collaboration with the Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights Group by Zoe Hertz, will be showcasing a series of photographs depicting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The exhibition will seek to explore the often-marginalized Palestinian perspective as a result of biased Western media sources and the implications that this has caused. The […]
Storm the Wall: A Symbol of Hope from UBC and Beyond
The Wall in Palestine. The mythologized/as-yet-unrealized wall at the U.S. – Mexico Border.
The Walls and structures that continue to oppress, dominate, and exploit.
#StormTheseWalls
At a time when new borders are created and existing borders are reified to enable violence and dehumanization, it is imperative that we take a stand.
We call on UBC students to stand in solidarity with ‘Storm the Wall’ & with global victims of colonial border walls, unjust militarization, detention, and other violences of border imperialism.
