Dis/placing political illiteracy: the politics of intellectual equality in a South African shack-dwellers’ movement The production and abandonment of surplus people also depends on rendering them as…
Last remaining housing occupation in Bologna has been evicted The eviction of the last remaining housing occupation in Bologna - around 100 people, 34 of them…
Tenant power: Portland Solidarity Network takes demands to a landlord As Portland becomes more and more impossible for renters, the Portland Solidarity Network and…
Fight For The City: Part One- Social Cleansing, Social Warfare First part of a three part series on what is happening to cities under capitalism
Inside the growing tenants movement that is fighting mass displacement Gentrification, rent hikes, and no-cause evictions are creating mass displacement in urban areas…
Crisis of family and friends: Working class experiences from west London In warehouses, factories and other low-paid workplaces in west London we’ve had various…
Portland stands up against housing discrimination and retaliation Portland Tenants United leads a rally and march to confront rising retaliation and discrimination…
#EvictionFree2016: against retaliation, against discrimination As Portland slips into a declared "renter state of emergency," tenants are being pushed out of the…
Poor fetishes, poor critiques: gentrification as violence - Gloria Dawson Hating on hipsters is not the answer to gentrification. If we want to reclaim our cities, we should…
The decimation of the English working class 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 A short history of the mass squatting movement in the UK, primarily organised by soldiers returning from World War II.