About this episode

This episode explores the history of the harm reduction movement in Vancouver, highlighting the contributions of punks, hippies, and poets.

In part four of this series, Margaret tells you more about the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement Sources: Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy) https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/ https://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/ https://globalnews.ca/news/370804/income-by-postal-code/ https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-mid-2025/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-evictions-remembered-1.3566844 https://riseupfeministarchive.ca/poster/la-quena-presents-inti-illimani-and-holly-near personal correspondence https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/christopher-b-r-smith-harm-reduction-as-anarchist-practice https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-taking-risks-is-a-path-to-survival https://inpud.net/who-we-are/ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-the-revolution-will-not-be-sober…

People in this episode

Host: Margaret

Topics covered

• harm reduction
• addiction
• direct action movement
• Vancouver history
• punks and poets
• social change

Keywords

• harm reduction
• addiction
• Vancouver
• punks
• hippies
• poets
• social movements

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cool Zone Media, iHeartPodcasts

Books & works: Fighting for Space

Places: Vancouver, Canada

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