An Ideological And Planned Attack On Housing
The importance of the coming year for housing cannot be overstated or exaggerated: So much now hangs in the balance with untold and dire consequences for many tens of thousands and generations to come  as parliament and the Tory government rearrange in the ...

Demonstrate On January 5th, Against The Housing and Planning Bill
On January 5th, Architects for Social Housing (ASH) and many others will demonstrate against the  Housing and Planning Bill which will pave the way for further mass demolition of social housing. Pushed by Greg Clark – Secretary of State for the Department o...

No More Deaths On Our Streets - Homelessness Kills
I have taken the liberty to cut and paste the following article from a report about a rough sleeper, in Glasgow, a single homeless man for whom 'tragedy' and very much like a thief who came in the middle of the night and stole without reservation his whole ...

Housing - Turned It Into A Money Making Crisis
Shelter, housing is a basic human need, one that capitalism has turned into a money making crisis of unparalleled proportions and nowhere so than in London. Housing and Planning Minister, Brandon Lewis wants the demolition of London’s housing estates and t...

People don't risk death unless...
We are facing the largest movement of refugees since the World War II. The number of people forced to leave their homes rose to a record 60 million last year - with most of those people fleeing Syria's horrific war or coming from countries such as Afghanist...

A New Society Is Not Created By Steps Toward Socialism
Everywhere people are waking up and fighting against the oppression and exploitation which is a daily fact of their lives. The lies of the ruling class about “prosperity” are being further exposed every-day. There is prosperity alright – but it is for a han...

A Pivotal Moment In Housing - When The Tories Take Our Homes
  Aylesbury Estate, Occupation 2015 A place to live is one of the most basic of human needs, next to taking food that is. Unfortunately, housing has now become a source of income for those who can afford to ‘buy to let’ or ‘buy to sit’ (buy and then leave e...

Then the question arises – where will we live?
If the Housing and Planning Bill is designed – as we know it is – not to provide affordable housing but to remove the obligation to build it; If the Bill is designed not to build homes for the people who need them but to subsidise private investment in hous...

Squat Update: Squatters Homeless Autonomy
As we revealed in our last posting, we were in court last Friday to defend and maintain our continued occupation of the old Hope & Anchor public house Mornington Crescent, Camden As expected we lost legal and lawful possession and were ordered to leave the ...

From Brixton To Holloway, Hackney to Elephant and Castle, Property Developers Are Closing Down Our Shops And Pub
This is a post from the Rabble blog about my squatting crew “Squatters and Homeless Autonomy” (SHA) and an eviction that we endured and survived last week. Yesterday (Monday 5 October) TSG riot cops alongside bailiffs came in force to evict the Mamelon Towe...

Get To Know The Enemy And Their Agents
Get To Know The Enemy And Their Agents ` Has always been my own golden rule during the last 40 years of activism whether as a shop steward or just by vigorous campaigning to bring about and be a part of political and social change. During the last 10 months...

Poverty gap widening
Last week we were contacted by Press TV and did the following interview: A new study has found that the number of millionaires in the UK has increased significantly within the past five years. Figures released by Barclays, a British multinational banking an...