Democratic Socialists of Vancouver

Your friendly local Democratic Socialists Working on: #MutualAid #WorkerSolidarity #WealthTax #PublicHousing #VancouverForAll & more IG: demsocsyvr

[Bruce Arthur @bruce_arthur]

Again I must say: when Canada got out of the public housing business it helped set the housing crisis in motion, and getting back to co-ops is a critically important move

[COPE: Coalition of Progressive Electors @COPEVancouver]

NEW: Ken Sim and ABC just voted to clock out early and hide until the election.

[stephanie allen @builtjustice]

Dehumanization is always used to justify violence, neglect, & exploitation. While powerful ppl get rich on money laundering the sale of poison to ill people & make housing so unaffordable that there is a mass pipeline to homelessness, media blames the victims.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

Socialism is the fire department showing up to save your house.

Capitalism is the insurance company finding a reason not to pay for the damage.

[COPE: Coalition of Progressive Electors @COPEVancouver]

"Overall, these data centers have so many negative impacts on so many things in Vancouver that I think it would be irresponsible to not take a stand," said COPE city council candidate Solomon Yi-Kieran.

https://t.co/csQO2wYk77

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

You reduce crime by eliminating poverty. Crime is reduced with universal healthcare, public housing, livable wages, and free college. Violence is reduced by creating happy, healthy communities that aren't constantly fighting over basic needs and material resources.

[SEAN ORR @seanorr]

I’m moving a motion that aims to resolve governance and stewardship in False Creek on July 15th. Please sign up to speak.

[Socialist News Media @Socialist_Wins]

Under a Socialist mayor, New York City has reported its fewest shootings and murders in its recorded history.

[stephanie allen @builtjustice]

We need to tax land values to fund outstanding retirement housing, family housing, & housing for ppl who cant make rent in the market. We have to end this ponzi scheme that threatens to destabilize our society for generations.

[The Serfs (youtube.com/theserftimes) @theserfstv]

The top is a French broadcaster in 2015 showing what temperatures could be by 2050 if we don't take climate change seriously and the bottom is what they are today.

Every politician pushing more oil instead of transitioning to renewable is a short term profit sociopath

[Walter Masterson @waltermasterson]

Socialism is the fire department putting out your fire.

Capitalism is the insurance company denying your claim.

[stephanie allen @builtjustice]

Our housing system is at a breaking point. Too many ppl need prices to keep increasing, & many other ppl need prices to significantly decrease. Instead of good governance addressing this massive issue at a systems level & centring those most in need, we get played by politics🧵

[COPE: Coalition of Progressive Electors @COPEVancouver]

Councillor @SeanOrr proposed to tax the empty condos last year but ABC defeated the motion.

Ken Sim and his billionaire-backed party do not care about affordability.

[COPE: Coalition of Progressive Electors @COPEVancouver]

This is an incredible resource, showing the huge untapped potential for building permanently affordable housing at scale in Vancouver and across BC.

https://t.co/R1ISrQTqRz @seanorr @builtjustice

[Amanda Burrows @BurrowsAmanda]

We remember the 619 lives lost in the heat dome. We honour them with our grief & our action. Climate change is here but it'll impact vulnerable communities more. We continue to call on BC to pass a 26 degree max temperature in residential buildings to ensure safety.

[Democratic Socialists of Vancouver @demsocsyvr]

We can do this in Vancouver too.

[NYC-DSA 🌹 @nycDSA]

The billionaire class says we can’t balance the budget without cutting services and raising costs. A socialist just proved them wrong.

Investing in housing, mental health, parks, and libraries is what budgets are for & what working people deserve. That’s your city on socialism.

[DSA @DemSocialists]

Another Democratic Socialist is going to Congress! Congratulations to DSA member @MelatKirosCO! Congresswoman Kiros will take the fight for a better world to D.C: to Abolish ICE, free Palestine, and win Universal Childcare and Medicare for All.

[Avi Lewis @avilewis]

They’re going to call you a socialist regardless.

So be a socialist.

[NYC-DSA 🌹 @nycDSA]

The billionaire class says we can’t balance the budget without cutting services and raising costs. A socialist just proved them wrong.

Investing in housing, mental health, parks, and libraries is what budgets are for & what working people deserve. That’s your city on socialism.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Darializa Avila Chevalier: “What we need is a mentality of people over profit. You can’t tell me there is no money for schools, there’s no money to address childhood poverty, there’s no money to address this housing crisis, while voting time and time again to send billions to a war machine to a country that’s currently enacting a genocide”