by Ted Smith To the tune of “We Three Kings of Orient Are” We three buds of Texada are Growing plants we’ve hidden afar Field and flower, need no power Grown under sun and star Grown a bud on Texada’s plain, Pot I bring to smoke up again Green forever, go […]
The 1960s counterculture fostered movements for organic food, natural childbirth, civil rights, participatory democracy, and new concepts of community based on non-violence, non-commercialism and unfettered joy. Activists of this era created change by altering frames of reference, frames that determined how they and others understood the world. They invented consciousness-altering events: street theatre, […]
Libby Davies came to Vancouver in 1969 after immigrating to Canada with her family in 1968. She was involved in grassroots community organizations from that time on in Vancouver, with a focus on the Downtown Eastside—she dropped out of university in 1973 to help found the Downtown Eastside Residents Association (DERA) with Bruce Erik- sen, […]
