No to Gentrification, Yes to Rent Strikes: An Interview With Toronto’s Parkdale Organize
Working class renters in Toronto have been on strike since May. Here's all you need to know about their ongoing fight.
Tag: Gentrification
Britain’s Indignant Moment? Grenfell, Neoliberalism and the New Common Sense
The Grenfell Tower fire has been described as May's 'Katrina moment', but the grief and outrage following the disaster has also been accompanied by a tide of anti-neoliberal sentiment.
Homeless Families and Social Cleansing: How Local Councils Are Forcing Vulnerable Households Out of London
Exclusive: London Councils are ending their homeless duty to vulnerable families by forcing them to accept private rented tenancies hundreds of miles away, outside the capital, FOI's by Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth reveal.
Fuck ‘Em and Their Law: Repression and Resistance in Rave and Grime
From marches ending with street parties instead of speeches to illegal gigs under railway underpasses, political resistance in Britain has always had a banging soundtrack. As the sneering successor to the escapist rave culture of the 90s, does Grime have what it takes to finally fight the establishment head on?
Queers vs Bisexuals vs Lesbians
On this week's Killjoy FM Ray is joined by Jacq Applebee, Charlotte Cooper and Jacken Waters as they discuss queer lives, 'the scene' and gentrification, and how our understandings of identity have changed
Redeveloped into Fuel Poverty: The Story of Myatts Field North.
The 'redevelopment' of the Myatts Field North estate in Lambeth, South London has lead to the effective eviction of many residents - whilst those who remain face worsening conditions and fuel poverty. It stands in grim testimony to the failures of PFI schemes.
Take Back the City: The Disillusioned Londoners Calling for Radical Democracy.
Take Back the City proposes a radically different vision of political organising. In a city riven with social divisions and worsening living conditions, can it hope to achieve change for ordinary Londoners?
6 Reasons to Support Your Local Squats
Negative changes in attitudes and the law combined with the gentrification of inner-city areas mean squatting is becoming much harder - precisely at a time when immediate housing is so desperately needed.
Cameron’s Latest Assault on London’s Social Housing is Finishing Thatcher’s Dirty Work
In both economic and architectural terms, Cameron’s recent promise to eradicate poverty by tearing down people’s homes is the latest in a decades-long line of attacks on social housing.
Another Pride Is Possible?
On this weeks show James Butler is joined by Charlotte Gerada, Amy Roberts, Dan Glass and Dan Laverick as they discuss Saturday's #PrideinLondon. Is Pride becoming little more than a plaything for big business?
8 Key Findings into Council-Administered Social Cleansing in London
Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth has used freedom of information (FOI) requests in every London borough to research the effect of the 2011 Localism Act on the rehousing of homeless households. The findings reveal the social cleansing of central London by the hands of local authorities.
The struggle for decent homes cuts to the heart of post-crisis Britain
We're told that growth is back, yet all around working class people are being smothered with escalating rents - many being forcibly moved or made homeless. What is the 'housing crisis', what makes it so bad and what is the answer?
Gentrification, Displacement, Community
On this week's show Aaron Bastani is joined by Symeon Brown as they discuss gentrification and displacement in 21st Century Britain.
London’s Housing Crisis: 6 Problems We Face
Over ten percent of UK residents live in London, yet while housing waiting lists remain sky-high, the London 'property market' is a magnet to the global super-rich.
7 Ways the Localism Act is Shafting the Homeless and Precariously-Housed
Heard of the Localism Act 2011? Nor have most people, but this seemingly-subtle piece of legislation is having devastating effects on homeless and precariously-housed people as well as social housing more broadly. These effects are only set to be exacerbated, requiring action before we're fire-fighting nationwide social cleansing.
The Ineptitude of Chuka Umunna: 5 Signs Labour are Scraping the Barrel
"Cities are on the march," declares shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna. That's easy for Blue Labour's anti-squatter pin-up to say, but here's why he's failed on the basics of urban political economy and why his ineptitude means Labour are scraping the ideas barrel.
6 Things You Should Know About Glasgow’s Social Housing Crisis
Eyes the world over will be turning to Glasgow this summer for the 20th Commonwealth Games. However, the spectacle belies the grim reality of the state of the city's social housing situation. As privateers move in and working class people are forced out, resistance is mounting in the fight for housing.
Housing and Gentrification: Discussing the Heygate Estate
On this week's show James Butler is joined by Liliana Dmitrovic they discuss gentrification and the Heygate Estate.