Now that it’s undeniable: Gentrification in Hamilton
A text from Hamilton, Ontario, discussing the state of play with gentrification in 2015, as well as the role of art and progressive urban planning in contributing to "regeneration". The tensions discussed in this text would later lead to the Locke Street affair of 2018.
Kingston: Community Picket at Canada Post Facility
Submitted by R Totale on Dec 11 2018 19:01
A report on a community picket at a Canada Post facility in Kingston, defying the recent back-to-work legislation brought in to break a postal workers' strike. This report first appeared on North Shore Counter Info.
Still Not Sorry: On the Plea Deal in the Locke St. Case in Hamilton
Submitted by R Totale on Dec 2 2018 21:07
Originally posted to North Shore Counter Info, the following text looks at the recent sentencing of several comrades in the aftermath of an anti-gentrification riot in Hamilton, Ontario.
Canada Post strike: reports from the picket lines as government orders workers back to work
Submitted by R Totale on Dec 1 2018 15:12
A collection of reports and interviews from the Organizing Work blog, with Canadian postal workers speaking out on a struggle that's seen legislation brought in ordering them back to work.
Are Broken Windows Worth Our Tears?
Submitted by O Berkman on Nov 1 2018 19:08
When will Ontario Labour confront the violence of the State? How weak responses from social democratic Ontario Federation of Labour demobilize militancy
Are Broken Windows Worth Our Tears?
Submitted by O Berkman on Nov 1 2018 19:00
When will Ontario Labour confront the violence of the State? How weak responses from social democratic Ontario Federation of Labour demobilize militancy
Hamilton, Ontario: Big Landlord Issues Mass Eviction Notices to Threaten Organized Tenants
Submitted by R Totale on Oct 13 2018 15:46
As the Stoney Creek Towers rent strike enters its sixth month, corporate landlord CLV is starting to lose it. This story previously appeared on It's Going Down and North Shore Counter-Info.
Hamilton Tenant
A newsletter by and for tenants in Hamilton. The goal of this newsletter is to share the stories of working-class tenants in Hamilton and inspire each other in our collective struggle for better conditions in our homes and our lives.
Statement from protesting inmates at Burnside Jail, Nova Scotia
Submitted by R Totale on Aug 19 2018 15:24
Inmates held at the Burnside Jail in Nova Scotia, Canada, have launched a protest in solidarity with the international prisoners' movement and articulating their own specific demands. Here is a statement they released to the press.
Hamilton Rent Strikers Bring Demands to Landlord’s Doorstep in Ottawa
Submitted by R Totale on Aug 16 2018 18:44
Last weekend, striking tenants from the Stoney Creek Towers in Hamilton trekked to Ottawa with their supporters to confront the executives from InterRent, a Real Estate Investment Trust with an investment strategy based around displacing working-class tenants from their neighbourhoods.
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