DT EAST Newspaper

DT East
Issue 8, December 2012

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ARTICLES:
Letter from the Editors
BC Housing bails out Sequel 138 condos, Harold Lavender
Windmills of my mind?, Robert Bonner
City council approves “Woodward’s East”, Jean Swanson
Majority Support Increased Taxes on the Rich, Jean Swanson
In the DTES, Social Mix is Exclusion, Karen Ward
Social Impact Study: What We Need vs What We’re Getting, Jean Swanson
Save Social Housing, Dave Diewert
The War on Drugs/ME, the Addict, Therese Lulf
Save on Meats Gentrifier Pulled From BC Federation of Labour Convention, Harsha Walia
Power Hour – 6th Annual March for Women’s Housing and March Against Poverty, Shurli Chan
Stand for Social Housing Every Week With People Across BC
Chinatown: The Anti-Colonial perspective, Daisy Chen
Why I Heckled City Council, Herb Varley
From an SRO to Social Housing, Herb Varley
Santa Claus is a Capitalist Plot, Diane Wood

DT East
Issue 7, October 2012

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ARTICLES:
Editorial against condos at 955 E Hastings, DT East editorial collective
Private security guards out of the DTES, Louise Boilevin
Copwatch to march for justice, DT East
How the drug war impacts women, Susan Boyd
Sex workers win at supreme court, Darcie Bennett
Protecting Community Gardens in Strathcona Means Standing up for Poor People’s Food Security, Peter Driftmier
VPD shuns Cop Watch, Harold Lavender
Is the Vancouver Police Department targeting native men on the streets of the Downtown Eastside?, Rob Morgan with Ivan Drury
Tell me what a Police State looks like…, Aiyanas Ormond
Ottawa and Toronto low-income residents “Under Pressure”, activists share stories, Wendy Pedersen and Phoenix Winter
Power Hour: Kingdom of Hastings and Main, DTES Power of Women Group
She Speaks Against the Tar Sands, Phoenix Winter
Coalition Forms to Save Social Housing in BC, Ivan Drury
Raise the Rates Launches Welfare Food Challenge – Eat on the Welfare Rate for One Week – $26 for Food, Dave Diewert
Musqueam Block Condo Developers from Desecrating Cusnaum, Phoenix Winter
DTES Health Fair, Phoenix Winter
V6A Nominated for Book Award, Phoenix Winter

DT East
Issue 6, August 2012

PULLOUT POSTER: A healthy city for WHO?

ARTICLES:
We will always remember: Interview with Kelvin Bee about the residential school survivor claims process, Herb Varley
City-Developer Alliance No Solution To Housing Crisis, Harold Lavender
Harper government axes health care for refugees, Diane Wood and Byron Cruz
Robin Hood was right (Double standards in health care), Jean Swanson
Belonging here, Deanna
Mental health, Power of Women Group
Are you listening? Robert Bonner (poem)
Is foreclosure in the future of Pantages? Ivan Drury
Winning the impossible at the Pantages demolition site, Ivan Drury
Former UN official calls mayor’s pledge to end homelessness “ridiculous”, Wendy Pedersen
Feds shut down Red Fox program for kids, Diane Wood and Victoria Bull
Effective health care when homeless? Therese Lulf
Grandmother tells Minister Cadieux, “People on welfare need bus passes,” Victoria Bull
If you live in a hotel you have tenant rights, Ivan Drury
Library Fines, Phoenix Winter
Changes to welfare let you keep more money, Jean Swanson
Art is for the birds, Diane Wood
Remembering DNC members we have lost

DT East
Issue 5, July 2012
*This issue came out a bit late because the printing press broke down! Boo…
We’ll be back on schedule in August and then take September off

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No condos at Pantages!

ARTICLES
What We Fight for When We Fight for Social Housing, Ivan Drury
Tenting with the gentry, Greg Williams
An expensive gift: charity, Terese Lulf
End racism and sexism against low-income Chinese elder women in the DTES, Ivan Drury
Drug overdoses and the violence of prohibition, Richard Cunningham

Musqueam struggle for land and history emboldens us all, Ivan Drury
Hotels are homes not investments, Ivan Drury
Some residents love their social housing, Jean Swanson
Social housing for all! No human being is illegal, Richard Marquez
The police murder of Paul Boyd, Karen Ward
Indigenous fight against pipelines in BC, Tami Starlight
Social mix – the wolf in sheep’s clothing, Jean Swanson
Letter to the city re: Toilets in Pigeon Park, Dave Murray
Parents and grandparents tell Dix: “We’re not begging, just asking for justice”, Diane Wood
A Celebration for Aboriginal Day, Phoenix Winter
Letter to Marc Williams re: rubble on Hastings, Therese Lulf
Power Hour – My Story of Domestic Violence and Child Apprehension, DTES Power of Women group
Gentrification is everyone’s fight, Vancouver Renters’ Union
1907 riot in Chinatown

DT East
Issue 4, June 2012

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Community historic plaques

ARTICLES
Protect Musqueam’s heritage site, Phoenix Winter
Protect Musqueam rights now property rights, DNC statement
Coming soon to a pole near you, Jean Swanson
Letter from the editors (Pantages struggle continues)
Social Impact Quiz, Diane Wood
Tokenism, Robert Bonner
Blighted, Abominable and Plagued, Diane Wood and Harold Lavender
The shelter rights and dignity we deserve, Roland Clarke
Psyche out! (Mental health rights), Karen Ward
Child Theft: One woman’s story, Jean Swanson
The real scandal (reply to Mark Hasiuk), Ann Livingston
Rats swarming at Sequel site, Jean Swanson
Women fight domestic violence everywhere in the DTES, Cecily Nicholson
Power Hour, DTES Power of Women group
The right to food, Phoenix Winter
The right to water, Phoenix Winter
Days of future past – a trans healthcare story, Tami Starlight
Low-income residents fear being expelled from the community, Eric Chan (Translated by James Pao)
Volunteering, the gift that keeps on giving, Richard Cunningham

DT East
Issue 3, May 2012

PULL OUT POSTER: Good places in the Downtown Eastside

ARTICLES:
City Hall approves Pantages condos, Ivan Drury
Editorial: Roots of violence in the DTES, Editors
Letter to the editors, Ira Zbarsky
Cost of poverty doesn’t make cents, Bill Hopwood
Sham inquiry continues despite a complete absence of credibility, Cecily Nicholson
One woman’s story, Phoenix Winter
What a waste, Robert Bonner
Beware of “The new community of cool”, Dave Diewert
How Drug Prohibition Made a Nightmare of My Life, Bud Osborn
DTES Businesses Helped by Reducing Poverty Not Importing Richer People, Jean Swanson
New DTES Books, Phoenix Winter
The DTES Gets smARTs, Rika Uto
We like it here, Therese Lulf
Cowboy Cops Performing for the Camera, Harold Lavender
The way colonialism works, Tami Starlight
Harper Government attacks refugees, Sozan Savehilaghi
Violence of words, Dave Diewert
Answering our critics, DT East editorial collective
Cleaning up the Downtown Eastside? Therese Lulf
VANDU asks city council to stand up against hate speech, Aiyanis Ormond
(We planned to publish this in the May issue but ran out of space. The link goes to the DTES Not for Developers website where it was originally published)

DT East
Issue 2, April 2012

PULL-OUT POSTER: Stop the DTES Condo Invasion!

ARTICLES:
Sequel 138: A line in the sand
Downtown Eastsiders win a small victory
Letters to the editors
DTES Women’s Organizations Call for  UN Investigation on Missing Women
BC Housing to renovate 13 SRO hotels
DNC fights for homeless shelter rights
Community pillar
We seniors
Art cart comes to DTES
Making art where we are
Were you asked?
Patriarchy: Worse than just a big word
Lotus Hotel is bleeding low-income rooms
DNC Street Market: Alive and well!
DTES Parents in Poverty take action
Charlie Quan was a Canadian hero, not a “chink”
Crime and Punishment in Canada
Hold the fort for we are coming!
Calling all Downtown Eastside Queers!
Hero Among us: Tami Starlight

DT East
Issue 1, March 2012
Gentrification Storm Warning!

PULL-OUT POSTER: Gentrification storm warning map of proposed condo projects in the DTES

ARTICLES:

- Gentrification Storm Warning!
- Letter from the editors
- The old Downtown East
- About the DNC
ABORIGINAL STRUGGLES IN THE DTES
- Two house poles carved and erected at the eastern entrance to Oppenheimer
- For the record: Robert Bonner’s statement at CCAP’s hotel report press conference
BREAKING NEWS
- The Nightmare is back: Sequel 138
DTES WOMEN’S STRUGGLES
- In pictures: 21st Annual Missing & Murdered Women’s March
- Women taking action on violence against women
ORGANIZING UPDATES
- DNC Homeless shelter committee resolution
- Report on the “Beyond Prohibition” forum
- Local Area Planning Committee meets for the first time
- Stormy weather on $610
- Building a DTES Coalition of artists and allies
- Carnegie newsletter in trouble!
CHINESE COMMUNITY NEWS
- On Kwan Kung: Struggle and Spirituality
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 WORDS
- The housing squats of the Egyptian revolution

DOWNTOWN EAST MASTHEAD

Downtown East Editorial Collective
Editorial coordinator: Dave Diewert
Working editors: Jean Swanson & Harold Lavender
Production editor: Ivan Drury
Design editor: Shannon Bundock
Distribution coordinator: Tami Starlight
Copy Editor: Phoenix Winter
Indigenous news editor: Robert Bonner and Herb Varley
Women’s news editor: Cecily Nicholson
Arts & Culture editor: Diane Wood
Senior’s editor: Therese Lulf
“How to” editor: Richard Cunningham

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