The 2024 Vancouver May Day Social Justice Fair will take play May 4, 2:00 - 4:00 at Grandview Park. DSOV will be helping to host. Volunteers are needed.

On the eve before May Day, join us online for the BC May Day Solidarity Summit 2024 ! This summit brings class conscious organizers in B.C. together to build solidarity, strategize, and create a grassroots alternative power network.

It was a beautiful and sunny Sunday afternoon and we really enjoyed spending it with people jazzed about food security and socialism. 

The 2024 Vancouver May Day Social Justice Fair will take play ** May 4, 2:00 - 4:00 ** at Grandview Park. DSOV will be helping to host. Volunteers are needed.

Yesterday, as many eyes were fixated on the the American Superbowl, the Israeli state began its offensive in Rafah. The small city in the far south of the Gaza Strip is already the site of a humanitarian catastrophe as more than 1.3 million displaced civilians seek shelter in a supposed ‘safe zone' (although heavy bombardment of the city has been ongoing since November 2023). Netanyahu’s plans for the “evacuation of the civilian population” is only the latest stage in Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign of the Gaza Strip.

The Democratic Socialists of Vancouver add our voice to all those across the country and around the world urgently calling for a ceasefire and an end to the genocidal war crimes Israel is committing against the Palestinian people.

Dispatch Feb 6

The Mutual Aid Working Group needs your help! Every month we distribute fresh produce, staples, and hygeine products to community pantries. By pooling our money and efforts together, we can stretch money a long way. We're able to supply 9 community pantries with a budget of $250. But to do this each month, we need support.

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Join hotel workers on the picket line to mark the 1-year strike anniversary on Thursday May 12. We’re calling on Pacific Gateway Hotel to do what’s right and return long-term staff to their pre-pandemic jobs!

A new DSOV Working Group ( BDS Solidarity ) includes consultations with members of DSOV and the Palestinian Youth Movement. 

This year’s May Day festivities in Vancouver will include the public launch of a new party running in this year’s municipal election: VOTE Socialist.

The Democratic Socialists of Vancouver (DSoV) conduct fridge stocks on the last Saturday of every month!

The DSoV stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.

The People’s Budget survey ran from May 1 to September 30, and received 761 responses. By a large majority, 86% of participants supported defunding the Vancouver Police by 50%!

BC ACRN having a rally for Real Rent Control on Thursday, November 18th at 12pm at the BC Residential Tenancies Board in Burnaby! 

On November 16, 2021, Vancouver city council is set to vote on one of the most important issues in the Downtown Eastside (DTES): protecting tenants of Single Room Occupancy hotels (SROs) from homelessness by implementing vacancy control. Now is the time to turn up the pressure and make your voice heard. Support tenants in the DTES by sending an email to the Mayor, Council and key government officials using the template below!

This is both a press conference and a rally. We are in a federal election where housing affordability is on everyone’s minds.

Democratic Socialists of Vancouver encourages its members to volunteer for the Kshama Solidarity Campaign and help out in any way that would be practicable, since the recall is an attack on all working people.

We stand in solidarity with the activists trying to stop old-growth logging at Fairy Creek, with those who have been arrested, and with the journalists who have been denied access to cover the arrests. Here’s how you can help -