rent strikes

Houston, Texas: VICTORY! Villas del Paseo Tenants Win After Two Months of Rent Strike

Submitted by R Totale on May 14 2021 15:11

Houston Tenants Union report on the outcome of a successful rent strike.

Rent Strikes: Organisation and Action

Submitted by Solidarity Fede... on May 2 2021 21:41

Article about the Bristol University Rent Strike from a participant and member of Leeds SolFed.

The Spectre Of Expropriation

Submitted by Johanna Schellhagen on Mar 18 2021 07:13

The initiative "Deutsche Wohnen & Co enteignen" (Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen & Co) aims at expropriating big housing companys in Berlin by referendum.
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A Sign of Things to Come

Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 5 2021 20:55

The working class currently faces the challenge of the combined consequences of the pandemic and the underlying crisis of capitalism. Even though the health emergency is far from over, the wave of redundancies and restructuring has already started. The degree to which workers are able to not only resist attacks on their conditions but to impose their own interests on the ruling class in the next few months will shape the balance of class forces.

5,000 students are going on rent strike: on the past and future of our movement

Submitted by R Totale on Jan 18 2021 21:34

Originally published by the 68 Collective and then by Notes from Below, this essay by student rent strike organiser Matthew Lee gives an overview of the escalating confrontation between students and university management.

Liverpool Anarchist #10

Latest issue of the Liverpool Anarchist with articles on the Manchester and Kirkby rent strikes, Birkenhead Teaching Assistants and a revolutionary vision for housing.

Manchester Students’ Rent Strike Victory

Submitted by Mair Waring on Dec 6 2020 18:36

Protest against fencing, which was quickly torn down. Sign reads: HMP UoM

Article from the Liverpool Anarchist on the ongoing University of Manchester Rent Strike. Their recent victory seems to have breathed life into the movement with over 20 strikes being organised for January.