Keep Your Rent Hamilton – Reflections on May Day and Organizing in a Pandemic
Submitted by R Totale on May 11 2020 18:36
An organizer with Keep Your Rent Hamilton reflects on their rent strike campaign and May Day outreach efforts. This article was previously published on North Shore Counter-Info and It's Going Down.
Capitalism and Covid: Paycheques and Rents
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 7 2020 23:27
For the working class the cost of a roof over our heads is a major expenditure, one that can push households further into debt and ultimately onto the streets. This report from our ICT affiliate in Canada shows how the coronavirus lockdown is exacerbating the housing problem for the working class.
The STRIKE AGAINST GENOCIDE Manifesto
With the decline of the economy and the rise of mass strikes we have the ability to glitch the system and push substantive demands. As the working class we must be bold and creative in our challenges to power. The world belongs to the people, we built it and we refuse to sacrifice anyone else to the market to appease the desires of profit. By seizing control of the economy through a general strike we can improve immediate and long term labor conditions, reduce the harms of the pandemic and stop a genocide in progress. Through the collective strength of the masses we can defeat fascism.
To Pay is to Die: The Threat of Student Debt and Homelessness
Submitted by bandilangitimph on Apr 22 2020 03:25
A statement from the Bandilang Itim Collective on the continuation of school semesters and rent and debt obligations under the current state of pandemic.
Can't Pay, Won't Pay: Rent Striking During the Covid-19 Crisis, a handbook
This handbook was produced by the RENT STRIKE collective in April 2020 in response to the Covid-19 crisis. It is designed specifically to assist students to go on rent strike as a means to win rent suspensions or cuts in response to the financial difficulties the Covid-19 crisis has caused for tenants.
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.
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