housing

Rent Strike Spreads Across US & Canada in the Face of Growing COVID-19 Crisis

Submitted by R Totale on Apr 3 2020 15:51

An overview of the rent strike movement in the US and Canada. This article was first posted at It's Going Down.

Is This the Time for a Rent Strike? A Strategic Appraisal of Rent Strikes throughout History—and Today

Around the world, calls are circulating for rent strikes in response to the economic hardships inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This text, which was originally produced in Spanish and adapted for an English-language audience by Crimethinc, reviews over a century of rent strikes around the world in hopes of identifying what makes them succeed or fail, in order to evaluate whether this is an opportune moment for a global rent strike.

Why and How to Go on a Rent Strike

A brief guide to rent strikes, first published by the Quebec site grevedesloyers.info, and republished by Montreal Counter-Info and It's Going Down. This guide was created for people in Quebec, but much of the information will be applicable elsewhere.

On Rent Strike against Gentrification and the Pandemic: An Interview with Residents of Station 40 in San Francisco

Submitted by R Totale on Mar 21 2020 16:36

An interview with the residents of Station 40 in San Francisco, who were among the first in the US to state their intention to go on a rent strike in response to the pandemic. This interview was first published by Crimethinc.

‘Te lo tienes que currar’: Enacting an ethics of care in times of austerity

An academic article by Ana P. Gutiérrez Garza on the work of PAH in Spain against evictions.

Organising in our Communities: Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth

An article by Housing Action Southwark & Lambeth setting out their approach to organising. First published by Base Publication in 2015.

Workers are Paying for the Bosses' Crisis

Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 15 2019 13:56

For years now the whole Brexit issue has diverted attention from the declining quality of life experienced by the working class in the aftermath of the financial crash. Now we have an election campaign where Labour and the Conservatives are vying to outdo each other as to how much they will increase state spending in order to end austerity. Labour's plans for a kind of soft nationalisation (a sort of John Lewis employee share scheme, “when the market will allow it”) and Boris' gob shite about the NHS (as the break-up continues) are not going to alter the fact that the working class is paying for capitalism's crisis.

Wildcat Strike Launched by UC Santa Cruz Grad Student Workers

Submitted by R Totale on Dec 9 2019 21:48

Could the #Red4Ed strike wave spill over to higher education and graduate student organizing? Participant C.A. writes on the announced strike hours after the vote was taken. This article was first published by the Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation.