housing

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.

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.

"When You Saw Us, You Didn't Want Us": Tenant Struggles in Pasadena

Submitted by R Totale on Aug 29 2019 20:39

As part of their ongoing coverage of the tenants struggle in Los Angeles, Erik Adams from working class paper Salvo caught up with organizers and residents of an apartment complex in Pasadena fighting to hold on to their home.

Greek State Begins Evictions of Anarchist and Refugee Squats in Exarcheia

Submitted by R Totale on Aug 27 2019 18:36

The first major repressive attack against Exarcheia by the far-right wing New Democracy Party began on the morning of August 26, as police arrested 143 people from four different anarchist and refugee squats.

tiny housing...BIG PROBLEM

Submitted by LAMA on Jun 15 2019 02:07

As rents become unaffordable and property ownership becomes a luxury, tiny houses are being advocated as a way of addressing the housing crisis both here in Aotearoa and elsewhere.

L.A.’s Class Struggle Looks Like This: The Tenants Movement

Submitted by R Totale on Apr 24 2019 18:34

An article from Salvo, a Los Angeles working class newspaper, on recent tenants' struggles in the area.

Citizen Participation vs Class Power: Thoughts on community organizing

Ray Valentine talks about the limitations of the community organizing model. This article was first published by Organizing Work.

The View From Here: An Assessment of the East Hamilton Rent Strike

Submitted by R Totale on Mar 16 2019 10:37

What follows is a brief and rather belated update on the East Hamilton Rent Strike, a seven-month campaign waged by tenants of the Stoney Creek Towers against their landlord, InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust and property manager, CLV Group.

Fighting On Home Turf: Community Politics & the IWCA

A Black Flag article on the working class community politics of the Independent Working Class Association (IWCA) from 2003.