A Response to Police Repression Following Hamilton, ON, Pride
Submitted by R Totale on Jun 24 2019 18:50
The following statement from the anarchist community center The Tower responds to the recent repression against those targeted by police after clashes erupted between those defending Hamilton Pride and the far-Right.
The View From Here: An Assessment of the East Hamilton Rent Strike
Submitted by R Totale on Mar 16 2019 10:37
Now that it’s undeniable: Gentrification in Hamilton
A text from Hamilton, Ontario, discussing the state of play with gentrification in 2015, as well as the role of art and progressive urban planning in contributing to "regeneration". The tensions discussed in this text would later lead to the Locke Street affair of 2018.
Still Not Sorry: On the Plea Deal in the Locke St. Case in Hamilton
Submitted by R Totale on Dec 2 2018 21:07
Originally posted to North Shore Counter Info, the following text looks at the recent sentencing of several comrades in the aftermath of an anti-gentrification riot in Hamilton, Ontario.
Hamilton, Ontario: Big Landlord Issues Mass Eviction Notices to Threaten Organized Tenants
Submitted by R Totale on Oct 13 2018 15:46
As the Stoney Creek Towers rent strike enters its sixth month, corporate landlord CLV is starting to lose it. This story previously appeared on It's Going Down and North Shore Counter-Info.
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Hamilton Rent Strikers Bring Demands to Landlord’s Doorstep in Ottawa
Submitted by R Totale on Aug 16 2018 18:44
Last weekend, striking tenants from the Stoney Creek Towers in Hamilton trekked to Ottawa with their supporters to confront the executives from InterRent, a Real Estate Investment Trust with an investment strategy based around displacing working-class tenants from their neighbourhoods.
East Hamilton Rent Strike Enters Second Month with Twice as Many Tenants Withholding Rent
Submitted by R Totale on Jun 5 2018 21:04
On May 1st, the East Hamilton rent strike began with tenants from more than 70 units withholding rent. On June 1st, that number doubled!
Hamilton: Corporate Suits Fail to Intimidate Rent Strikers
Submitted by R Totale on May 16 2018 20:55
Rent strikers in Hamilton, Ontario were not intimidated when corporate suits showed up at their door demanding rent.
Defending Hamilton: Reflections on the East Hamilton Rent Strike
Submitted by R Totale on May 8 2018 20:55
An organiser reflects on the conditions that led to tenants in East Hamilton declaring a rent strike. This post previously appeared on North Shore Counter Info and It's Going Down.
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