SURJ Vancouver
@surjvancouver.bsky.social
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Vancouver 🇨🇦 [xʷməθkʷəy̓əm,Sḵwx̱wúʔmesh,səlilwətaɬ,+other lands] is a political home for anti-racists intentionally organizing white folks into the work of collective liberation.
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“Many will ask: how did we get here? For those who believed the lies of the US cold war propaganda campaigns, this violence will appear new.“
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Mask Off: The Not So New American Fascism
Contemporary fascism is simply neoliberalism with its multicultural mask off. We have been heading in this direction since the latter half of the 20th century, at least.
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January 26, 2026 at 11:29 PM
“Many will ask: how did we get here? For those who believed the lies of the US cold war propaganda campaigns, this violence will appear new.“
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All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.
January 25, 2026 at 4:59 PM
All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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These fucking politicians need to STOP CONSTANTLY admonishing protestors to be "peaceful" while they are being brutalized regularly by the gatekeepers of the state. You should be up there telling ICE and Border Patrol to be fucking peaceful.
January 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
These fucking politicians need to STOP CONSTANTLY admonishing protestors to be "peaceful" while they are being brutalized regularly by the gatekeepers of the state. You should be up there telling ICE and Border Patrol to be fucking peaceful.
We invite you to join us at our upcoming monthly general meetings! Next one is this Saturday, Jan 10th, 1-3pm. Get in touch with us!
January 9, 2026 at 12:59 AM
We invite you to join us at our upcoming monthly general meetings! Next one is this Saturday, Jan 10th, 1-3pm. Get in touch with us!
In the midst of SO much more US manufactured chaos & atrocity in service of extraction 🇻🇪 😢, we invite you to come together in community today in so called Vancouver, where we can share space, snacks, and revolutionary discourse. #nootherlandfilm #SFU #surjvancouver #distrodisco #fuckimperialism
!Friends! @surjvancouver.bsky.social is plugging into a new organizing year w/ a film screening #fundraiser supporting local #mutualaid group @distro_disco. 🚚✨
$10 requested door fee. Collection bins provided.
🎥 Join us for acclaimed Palestinian doc #NoOtherLand at #SFUHarbourCentre 4/1/26, 3-6p.🍉🍿
$10 requested door fee. Collection bins provided.
🎥 Join us for acclaimed Palestinian doc #NoOtherLand at #SFUHarbourCentre 4/1/26, 3-6p.🍉🍿
January 4, 2026 at 6:55 PM
In the midst of SO much more US manufactured chaos & atrocity in service of extraction 🇻🇪 😢, we invite you to come together in community today in so called Vancouver, where we can share space, snacks, and revolutionary discourse. #nootherlandfilm #SFU #surjvancouver #distrodisco #fuckimperialism
!Friends! @surjvancouver.bsky.social is plugging into a new organizing year w/ a film screening #fundraiser supporting local #mutualaid group @distro_disco. 🚚✨
$10 requested door fee. Collection bins provided.
🎥 Join us for acclaimed Palestinian doc #NoOtherLand at #SFUHarbourCentre 4/1/26, 3-6p.🍉🍿
$10 requested door fee. Collection bins provided.
🎥 Join us for acclaimed Palestinian doc #NoOtherLand at #SFUHarbourCentre 4/1/26, 3-6p.🍉🍿
December 30, 2025 at 5:36 AM
!Friends! @surjvancouver.bsky.social is plugging into a new organizing year w/ a film screening #fundraiser supporting local #mutualaid group @distro_disco. 🚚✨
$10 requested door fee. Collection bins provided.
🎥 Join us for acclaimed Palestinian doc #NoOtherLand at #SFUHarbourCentre 4/1/26, 3-6p.🍉🍿
$10 requested door fee. Collection bins provided.
🎥 Join us for acclaimed Palestinian doc #NoOtherLand at #SFUHarbourCentre 4/1/26, 3-6p.🍉🍿
Sandy (sandela.bsky.social) and Nora (nolore.bsky.social) have a good discussion here about our current government being so tepid/non-existent in addressing Trump's most recent racism.
sandyandnora.com/episode-353-...
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Episode 353 – Media finally call Trump racist
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about what has finally pushed the press to call Trump racist (or, xenophobic in the case of the NYT), and what Trump’s latest mask-off moment means for racism with...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Sandy (sandela.bsky.social) and Nora (nolore.bsky.social) have a good discussion here about our current government being so tepid/non-existent in addressing Trump's most recent racism.
sandyandnora.com/episode-353-...
sandyandnora.com/episode-353-...
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I hope those who took up valuable oxygen to agree with the right-wing about how cancel culture is destroying lives and how identity politics (I.e. racialized ppl, LGBTQ, disabilities, MeToo) is ruining politics and “gone too far” was the racism run-up and y’all fell for it
a woman wearing glasses and a hat is smiling in a kitchen .
Alt: a woman wearing glasses and a hat is smiling in a kitchen .
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December 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I hope those who took up valuable oxygen to agree with the right-wing about how cancel culture is destroying lives and how identity politics (I.e. racialized ppl, LGBTQ, disabilities, MeToo) is ruining politics and “gone too far” was the racism run-up and y’all fell for it
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CALLING all Burnaby Residents to urgently support supportive housing at 5389 Imperial Street!
All Burnaby residents take 5 minutes to email decision makers this week using this easy template and then directly encourage others to do the same! ✍️✍️✍️
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
All Burnaby residents take 5 minutes to email decision makers this week using this easy template and then directly encourage others to do the same! ✍️✍️✍️
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
CALLING all Burnaby Residents to urgently support supportive housing at 5389 Imperial Street!
All Burnaby residents take 5 minutes to email decision makers this week using this easy template and then directly encourage others to do the same! ✍️✍️✍️
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
All Burnaby residents take 5 minutes to email decision makers this week using this easy template and then directly encourage others to do the same! ✍️✍️✍️
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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All jokes aside, people from across the country are invested in Zohran Mamdani winning because the people need hope.
Folks are feeling run down. Things are bleak. We need proof that our neighbors still know how to make the right choice and that change is possible.
Folks are feeling run down. Things are bleak. We need proof that our neighbors still know how to make the right choice and that change is possible.
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
All jokes aside, people from across the country are invested in Zohran Mamdani winning because the people need hope.
Folks are feeling run down. Things are bleak. We need proof that our neighbors still know how to make the right choice and that change is possible.
Folks are feeling run down. Things are bleak. We need proof that our neighbors still know how to make the right choice and that change is possible.
SATURDAY! 🗣️🧠✊🏻
FREE ANTI-RACISM LEARNING & PRACTICING WORKSHOP, Nov 1st, 1-4p!
(Cozy space for deep work.)
Build capacity for challenging conversations w/ friends & family. Practice going beyond performative allyship; deepen anti-oppressive action(s) in solidarity.
More info at - surjvancouver.ca
FREE ANTI-RACISM LEARNING & PRACTICING WORKSHOP, Nov 1st, 1-4p!
(Cozy space for deep work.)
Build capacity for challenging conversations w/ friends & family. Practice going beyond performative allyship; deepen anti-oppressive action(s) in solidarity.
More info at - surjvancouver.ca
October 30, 2025 at 6:16 AM
SATURDAY! 🗣️🧠✊🏻
FREE ANTI-RACISM LEARNING & PRACTICING WORKSHOP, Nov 1st, 1-4p!
(Cozy space for deep work.)
Build capacity for challenging conversations w/ friends & family. Practice going beyond performative allyship; deepen anti-oppressive action(s) in solidarity.
More info at - surjvancouver.ca
FREE ANTI-RACISM LEARNING & PRACTICING WORKSHOP, Nov 1st, 1-4p!
(Cozy space for deep work.)
Build capacity for challenging conversations w/ friends & family. Practice going beyond performative allyship; deepen anti-oppressive action(s) in solidarity.
More info at - surjvancouver.ca
🚨Exciting #Burnaby news!! In addition to officially becoming Canada’s first #apartheidfreecity in AUG, the adoption of #APR 🍉 into its #antiracism framework just passed unanimously! SO proud & thankful to our councilors for setting a brave precedent. 👏🏻 #NOantipalestinianracism #solidarity #B4P
October 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🚨Exciting #Burnaby news!! In addition to officially becoming Canada’s first #apartheidfreecity in AUG, the adoption of #APR 🍉 into its #antiracism framework just passed unanimously! SO proud & thankful to our councilors for setting a brave precedent. 👏🏻 #NOantipalestinianracism #solidarity #B4P
Good 🧵 about whiteness for us Canadian white ppl to read:
A word on #5
It’s not that I don’t feel comfortable in Canada but I’m more relaxed here because it’s the Caribbean. But there’s another reason that it’s a lesser burden: I don’t have to perform whiteness and it’s glorious!
It’s not that I don’t feel comfortable in Canada but I’m more relaxed here because it’s the Caribbean. But there’s another reason that it’s a lesser burden: I don’t have to perform whiteness and it’s glorious!
Some more observations:
1. There are more men than women in this country
2. The Chinese food is the best!
3. Lawd it hot. This humidity is no joke
4. How do Guyanese ppl not wear sunglasses cause this sun is blinding!
5. Being in a Black country hits different. It’s so fucking relaxing 😎
1. There are more men than women in this country
2. The Chinese food is the best!
3. Lawd it hot. This humidity is no joke
4. How do Guyanese ppl not wear sunglasses cause this sun is blinding!
5. Being in a Black country hits different. It’s so fucking relaxing 😎
October 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Good 🧵 about whiteness for us Canadian white ppl to read:
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Yes Dallas, we are ALL ANTIFA. ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿 WE ARE LEGION. EXPECT US. 🤫
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October 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Yes Dallas, we are ALL ANTIFA. ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿 WE ARE LEGION. EXPECT US. 🤫
😂😂😂
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Check out what happens in the #bcleg when an #mla like #ndp @rohiniarora.bsky.social stands against #antichoice #anti2SLGBTQIA+ lobbying groups like @arpacanada. EVERY CONSERVATIVE bailed, to avoid voting 🗳️ on #motion38 to condemn their hate! Shame on you cowards!
#abortionishealthcare #loveislove
#abortionishealthcare #loveislove
October 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Check out what happens in the #bcleg when an #mla like #ndp @rohiniarora.bsky.social stands against #antichoice #anti2SLGBTQIA+ lobbying groups like @arpacanada. EVERY CONSERVATIVE bailed, to avoid voting 🗳️ on #motion38 to condemn their hate! Shame on you cowards!
#abortionishealthcare #loveislove
#abortionishealthcare #loveislove
THANK YOU attendees & amplifiers for a great first workshop! ✊🏻
Sharing the nuanced challenges in our white relationships sharpens our skills to move other white folks away from divisiveness, & toward solidarity & liberation.
TY #surjvancouver facilitators, and #VinesDen for the beautiful space! 🪶
Sharing the nuanced challenges in our white relationships sharpens our skills to move other white folks away from divisiveness, & toward solidarity & liberation.
TY #surjvancouver facilitators, and #VinesDen for the beautiful space! 🪶
September 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
THANK YOU attendees & amplifiers for a great first workshop! ✊🏻
Sharing the nuanced challenges in our white relationships sharpens our skills to move other white folks away from divisiveness, & toward solidarity & liberation.
TY #surjvancouver facilitators, and #VinesDen for the beautiful space! 🪶
Sharing the nuanced challenges in our white relationships sharpens our skills to move other white folks away from divisiveness, & toward solidarity & liberation.
TY #surjvancouver facilitators, and #VinesDen for the beautiful space! 🪶
✊🏻❤️🧠 SATURDAY!
FREE ANTI-RACISM LEARNING WORKSHOP:
Sat Sept 27th 1-4p #VinesArtsSociety (825 E Hastings)
Build skills to approach challenging conversations w/ friends & family. Support & practice going beyond performative allyship; deepen anti-oppressive practices.
More info at - surjvancouver.ca
FREE ANTI-RACISM LEARNING WORKSHOP:
Sat Sept 27th 1-4p #VinesArtsSociety (825 E Hastings)
Build skills to approach challenging conversations w/ friends & family. Support & practice going beyond performative allyship; deepen anti-oppressive practices.
More info at - surjvancouver.ca
September 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
✊🏻❤️🧠 SATURDAY!
FREE ANTI-RACISM LEARNING WORKSHOP:
Sat Sept 27th 1-4p #VinesArtsSociety (825 E Hastings)
Build skills to approach challenging conversations w/ friends & family. Support & practice going beyond performative allyship; deepen anti-oppressive practices.
More info at - surjvancouver.ca
FREE ANTI-RACISM LEARNING WORKSHOP:
Sat Sept 27th 1-4p #VinesArtsSociety (825 E Hastings)
Build skills to approach challenging conversations w/ friends & family. Support & practice going beyond performative allyship; deepen anti-oppressive practices.
More info at - surjvancouver.ca
✊🏻❤️🧠 SATURDAY!
FREE ANTI-RACISM LEARNING WORKSHOP:
Sat Sept 27th 1-4p #VinesArtsSociety (825 E Hastings)
Build skills to approach challenging conversations w/ friends & family. Support & practice going beyond performative allyship; deepen anti-oppressive practices.
More info at - surjvancouver.ca
FREE ANTI-RACISM LEARNING WORKSHOP:
Sat Sept 27th 1-4p #VinesArtsSociety (825 E Hastings)
Build skills to approach challenging conversations w/ friends & family. Support & practice going beyond performative allyship; deepen anti-oppressive practices.
More info at - surjvancouver.ca
September 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
✊🏻❤️🧠 SATURDAY!
FREE ANTI-RACISM LEARNING WORKSHOP:
Sat Sept 27th 1-4p #VinesArtsSociety (825 E Hastings)
Build skills to approach challenging conversations w/ friends & family. Support & practice going beyond performative allyship; deepen anti-oppressive practices.
More info at - surjvancouver.ca
FREE ANTI-RACISM LEARNING WORKSHOP:
Sat Sept 27th 1-4p #VinesArtsSociety (825 E Hastings)
Build skills to approach challenging conversations w/ friends & family. Support & practice going beyond performative allyship; deepen anti-oppressive practices.
More info at - surjvancouver.ca
When the BC conservative party is "too woke" for you, you've got another option now 😬. Just a PPC party equivalent on the provincial level. 🤷🏻♂️
New BC political party just dropped 🚨
OneBC, launched by former BC Conservative MLA Dallas Brodie along with Tara Armstrong
Jordan Kealy, the 3rd ex-BC Con MLA, is not named in the press release
Among the new party's policy pitches, privatizing health care and banning teachers' strikes #bcpoli
OneBC, launched by former BC Conservative MLA Dallas Brodie along with Tara Armstrong
Jordan Kealy, the 3rd ex-BC Con MLA, is not named in the press release
Among the new party's policy pitches, privatizing health care and banning teachers' strikes #bcpoli
Dallas Brodie is the MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena and the Interim Leader of OneBC. She is a former defence lawyer and television broadcaster. Since her election in 2024, she has quickly become one of Canada’s leading voices on the “reconciliation industry”. Dallas has the courage, honesty, and the audacity of a true leader. She also has a clear vision for the structural changes needed to bring back the opportunity for every British Columbian to prosper.
1bc.ca
June 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
When the BC conservative party is "too woke" for you, you've got another option now 😬. Just a PPC party equivalent on the provincial level. 🤷🏻♂️
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Hundreds attend vigil for George Floyd on anniversary | REUTERS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Jj...
#georgefloyd #blacklivesmatter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Jj...
#georgefloyd #blacklivesmatter
Hundreds attend vigil for George Floyd on anniversary | REUTERS
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May 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Hundreds attend vigil for George Floyd on anniversary | REUTERS
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#georgefloyd #blacklivesmatter
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#georgefloyd #blacklivesmatter
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The far right has successfully moved racist conspiracy theories like "white genocide" or the "Great Replacement Theory" from fringe ideas to the mouth of the president on live TV. By drumming up a fake crisis for white people, they create cover to pass bills that will harm all of us.
May 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The far right has successfully moved racist conspiracy theories like "white genocide" or the "Great Replacement Theory" from fringe ideas to the mouth of the president on live TV. By drumming up a fake crisis for white people, they create cover to pass bills that will harm all of us.
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💯! #rohiniarora statement shows strong understanding & appreciation for our responsibility to historical awareness and to concrete good faith “truth & reconciliation” w/ Indigenous peoples, in so called Canada. The deplorable white supremacist reaction(s) to these words say it all. #settlerfragility
This is a powerful, fact-based statement. It’s unacceptable for elected officials to deny colonialism, the reality of unceded Indigenous lands — and the lasting trauma it causes. Learn the history.
@rohiniarora.bsky.social spoke the truth — and many of us stand with her.
#bced #cdnpoli
@rohiniarora.bsky.social spoke the truth — and many of us stand with her.
#bced #cdnpoli
May 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
💯! #rohiniarora statement shows strong understanding & appreciation for our responsibility to historical awareness and to concrete good faith “truth & reconciliation” w/ Indigenous peoples, in so called Canada. The deplorable white supremacist reaction(s) to these words say it all. #settlerfragility
The kind of movement we want to create (article written by members of @surjto.bsky.social):
convergencemag.com/articles/a-c...
convergencemag.com/articles/a-c...
A Culture of Care: The Secret to Building Organizations People Want to Stay In
What we learned about organizing white folks away from the racist right.
convergencemag.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The kind of movement we want to create (article written by members of @surjto.bsky.social):
convergencemag.com/articles/a-c...
convergencemag.com/articles/a-c...