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Derrick O'Keefe

Derrick O'Keefe is a co-founder and Editor with Ricochet. He is the author of The Lesser Evil? and A Woman Among Warlords, co-authored with Afghanistan's Malalai Joya. Derrick is also a long-time political organizer in Vancouver. He is also a former NDP member and current member of the BC Greens and the Democratic Socialists of Vancouver.

How the far-right nearly took over B.C. 
How the far-right nearly took over B.C. 
Politics Analysis
October 28 2024
B.C.’s dirty little secret: it is ramping up thermal coal exports
B.C.’s dirty little secret: it is ramping up thermal coal exports
Environment News feature
August 14 2023
Climate deaths and class divides: What we can learn from B.C.’s heat wave disaster
Climate deaths and class divides: What we can learn from B.C.’s heat wave disaster
Climate Justice
July 6 2021
Fight over old-growth logging in Caycuse Valley heats up
Fight over old-growth logging in Caycuse Valley heats up
Climate Justice
May 21 2021
78 billion reasons for Canada to implement a wealth tax
78 billion reasons for Canada to implement a wealth tax
Billionaire Watch
April 14 2021
Wealth taxes would generate far more revenue than previously estimated: CCPA report
Wealth taxes would generate far more revenue than previously estimated: CCPA report
Justice
March 11 2021
Hamilton activists block trucks linked to Saudi arms shipments
Hamilton activists block trucks linked to Saudi arms shipments
International
January 25 2021
Kim Stanley Robinson dares to imagine winning the climate fight
Kim Stanley Robinson dares to imagine winning the climate fight
Climate Justice
December 8 2020
COVID sucks, unless you’re a billionaire. Canada’s richest have raked in $37 billion since March.
COVID sucks, unless you’re a billionaire. Canada’s richest have raked in $37 billion since March.
Billionaire Watch
September 17 2020
RCMP detain Black health care employee outside workplace in Burnaby, B.C.
RCMP detain Black health care employee outside workplace in Burnaby, B.C.
Policing
June 30 2020
You can’t be neutral about the racist coup d’état in Bolivia
You can’t be neutral about the racist coup d’état in Bolivia
International
November 18 2019
Fake victory: Election 2019 analysis from coast to coast
Fake victory: Election 2019 analysis from coast to coast
Media
October 22 2019
Big youth voter turnout could overturn political status quo
Big youth voter turnout could overturn political status quo
Canada
October 15 2019
Justin Trudeau should keep Greta Thunberg’s name out of his mouth
Justin Trudeau should keep Greta Thunberg’s name out of his mouth
Climate Justice
September 24 2019
Jagmeet Singh stakes out clear opposition to Canada-Saudi arms deal
Jagmeet Singh stakes out clear opposition to Canada-Saudi arms deal
Canada
September 11 2019
Forget the horse race, cover the poll numbers on important issues instead
Forget the horse race, cover the poll numbers on important issues instead
Media
September 7 2019