As DULF Prepares for Trial, Eris Nyx Calls for Direct Action Over “Policy Wish-Testing”

As DULF Prepares for Trial, Eris Nyx Calls for Direct Action Over “Policy Wish-Testing”

In a packed auditorium at McGill University in Montreal on June 26, Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) cofounder Eris Nyx spoke of the lives lost while waiting for the government to effectively respond to the overdose crisis. DULF’s punk ethos is about direct action—as a human rights emergency unfolds amid an escalating housing crisis and a collapsing health care system, there’s no time for slow bureaucracy. “DULF emphasized material action over …