Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim confrontation at Komagata Maru sign unveiling a reminder from the local anti-colonial Panjabi movement that colonial violence is not past tense
Category Archive: Racial Capitalism
Class Struggle in Chinatown: Ethnic Tourism, Planned Gentrification, and Organizing for Tenant Power
Gentrification is alive and well in Vancouver Chinatown. This article gives an update on the current situation in Chinatown, how city planners are pursuing an ethnic tourism gentrification strategy, and what we can learn from the recent tenant organizing victory at Solheim Place.