Rent strike: St Pancras 1960
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 6 2017 11:04
A detailed history and analysis of the militant St Pancras rent strike of 1960 against council rent increases written in 1972.
Fight for the City Part 3: The City is Ours!
Part three of an analysis of what is happening to cities
Fight for the City :Part Two- No Place to Run: Control of Space by Capital and State
Second part of analysis of what is happening in the cities
Fight For The City: Part One- Social Cleansing, Social Warfare
First part of a three part series on what is happening to cuities under capitalism
The decimation of the English working class
Submitted by Whatever-ism on Dec 21 2015 15:00
A history of working class housing and some bleak speculations about a future that is coming unless we can change its course.
The squatters of 1946 - Paul Burnham
Submitted by Steven. on Dec 5 2015 14:39
A short history of the mass squatting movement in the UK, primarily organised by soldiers returning from World War II.
Rebel City
Anarchist Federation London on the back of major housing struggles within the capital launched a London wide bulletin offering analysis of what was happening and coverage of various housing disputes that were ongoing.
Red Vienna: experiment in working class culture, 1919-1934. - Helmut Gruber
From 1919 to 1934, the Socialist government in Vienna sought to create a comprehensive working-class culture, striving to provide a foretaste of the socialist utopia in the present. In Red Vienna, Gruber critically examines the impact of this experiment in all areas of life, from massive public housing projects and health and education programs to socialist parades, festivals, and sporting events designed to create a "new" working class.
Staying Put: An Anti-Gentrification Handbook for Council Estates in London
This handbook explains why the regeneration of council estates often results in established communities being broken up and moved away, and housing becoming more expensive. It is designed to help local communities learn about gentrification and the alternatives they can fight for. Through the experiences of council tenants, leaseholders and the wider community in London, it contains ideas, stories, tools and resources.
Social cleansing in Tower Hamlets: interview with Balfron Tower evictee - James Butler
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 20 2013 16:22
James Butler interviews Sara, a single-parent in Tower Hamlets, East London, which illustrates the impossible situation especially social housing tenants are being put in, squeezed on both sides by government cuts and gentrification.
