In London gentrification news, Dalston’s Ridley Road Market Shopping Village is due for eviction tomorrow. Shopping Village is an indoor part of the historic, funded in 1880s, market.
Continue reading #London #UK: #Ridley Road Market Shopping Village traders face eviction
Exarcheia, Summer 2018. The touristization of the neighborhood is a reality. While thousands of locals and immigrants live in miserable conditions on the street, the empty houses of the area are filled with tourists via airbnb.
Continue reading #Athens, Greece: Against the Touristization of #Exarcheia
Rent strikers in Hamilton, Ontario were not intimidated when corporate suits showed up at their door demanding rent.
Continue reading #Hamilton #Ontario: Corporate Suits Fail to Intimidate Rent Strikers
New Zealand/ Aotearoa: With much fanfare the Labour-led government announced in its first budget major changes to supposedly assist beneficiaries who are struggling with housing costs. On April 1st, 2018, the changes, especially to the Accommodation Supplement, took effect but it quickly became apparent the government had given with one hand and taken away with the other.
Continue reading Housing in New Zealand/Aotearoa: Rhetoric .v. Action
A piece about the events and aftermath in Hamilton.
Continue reading #Hamilton: Staying Solid through the Flurry: An Anarchist Perspective on the Kirkendall Riot
Every day — whether it’s the landlords charging ever more rent for ever shittier apartments, the boss pushing you to work harder, the business association lobbying for more cops, or just the Audi that cuts you off in rush hour — the rich make our lives worse. Every day we have to deal with their attacks on us, but every once in a while we can find a way to strike back.
Continue reading Ungovernables and Yuppie Tears: A Saturday night on Locke St in #Hamilton #Ontario
Video and a short report about actions against gentrification in Berlin and Wuppertal, Germany.
Continue reading #Germany: Actions Against Gentrification in #Berlin and #Wuppertal
Dozens of students, faculty and community members protested the attempted land grab of Laney College land by A’s billionaire owner John Fisher. Students, community members, faculty members and community members rallied at the Peralta Community College board meeting and spoke out against privatization of the Laney land.
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