1988: The Tompkins Square Riot
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jul 10 2017 14:31
A brief account of the riot of 1988 when Police started evicting homeless people from Tompkins Square park. The event led to the exposure of widespread brutality by the precinct police.
Manchester’s self-organised homeless challenge Andy Burnham over housing pledge
Submitted by Rob Ray on May 18 2017 11:35
Organisers at squatted former arts space Cornerhouse have called on new Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to go a step further than simple charity donations and engage directly with homeless people in finding solutions to the city’s rough sleeping crisis. Cornerhouse, owned by Network Rail, has been occupied by homeless people and Manchester Activist Network (MAN) since January and successfully saw off an eviction attempt late last month.
Activists squat £100m development after eviction of homeless protest camp
Submitted by Rob Ray on Apr 23 2017 13:00
A homeless camp set up in Brighton on April 5th to protest against a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) which has been imposed on the city’s parks and seafront was evicted on Wednesday — and activists have responded by taking over a building linked to a £100m development project.
1996-7: Philadelphians campaign against welfare cuts
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 26 2017 19:38
In 1996 state and federal welfare reforms threatened to leave hundreds of thousands of poor and unemployed under threat. A coalition of Philadelphian activists and homeless attempted to fight both state and federal welfare reform programs.
Resistance Issue 161, Autumn 2016
Autumn 2016 edition of the Anarchist Federation's publication Resistance.
Who really owns the city?
The Edinburgh council politics of Disneyfication of the city centre is in front of us. We see it in the never ending festival nightmare that haunts the whole city, and invades the city centre. Some people might even like it, performers take over the city centre, every street and location is filled with comedy, music and art, but often behind a curtain of light entertainment there is a different picture.
Resistance Between Neighbors: Reflections and Ideas from the 2014 Howard Zinn Bookfair
Submitted by Eviction Free Zone on Jan 7 2015 23:41
Report back from the 2014 Howard Zinn Bookfair, with a special look at the housing movements present and release of Housing Not Handcuffs.
Interview: inside the Carpenters Estate
In the run up to the London 2012 Olympics Newham council gradually emptied the nearby Carpenters Estate of tenants. In March 2010 a small anarchist newsheet, the East End Howler, interviewed one of the remaining tenants. In light of the recent occupation of the estate by Focus E15 Mothers we're republishing the interview here to provide a bit of background.
Focus E15 Mothers: fighting London's 'regeneration'
Submitted by Ed on Sep 24 2014 20:46
Focus E15 Mothers, a group of young women who met each other at the Focus E15 shelter in Newham, have occupied a group of flats on the Carpenters Estate in East London to protest their situation and solve the problems which Newham Council won't.
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