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An Urban Rights Praxis of Remaining In Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

From: White Riot

This chapter provides historical background of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) and discusses its importance as an affordable neighborhood amidst gentrification and a rampant housing crisis. 12 $1.20 Add
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The Fix

From: Vancouver Vice

In this chapter, Chapman explores an apparent suicide that may have been linked to Wayne Harris. 12 $1.20 Add
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We Stole it Fair and Square

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel analyzes how Europeans settlers and their governments asserted ownership of the land in Canada — characterizing it as straighforward theft. He uses the … 6 $0.60 Add
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A Bad Collar

From: Vancouver Vice

This chapter examines the West End at the beginning of the 1980s, a situation Maclean’s magazine called "a curbside brothel open from noon to 4 a.m., seven days a week." It also … 13 $1.30 Add
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New Era, Old Reality: The BC Legislature and Accountable Government

From: British Columbia Politics and Government

Review of representative and responsible government in BC and assessments of parliamentary reforms. 13 $1.30 Add
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Comprimised

From: Vancouver Vice

In this chapter, Chapman described the end of the West End sex trade, and the consequences of this for Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. 8 $0.80 Add
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Epilogue

From: Vancouver Vice

The epilogue considers the subsequent history of the West End, from the AIDS epidemic to the dramatic transformation of the built neighborhood. 5 $0.50 Add