Coming up: on Saturday 31 January a big protest “March for Homes” has been called to City Hall. There will be two feeder marches for South and East London, starting at Elephant & Castle and Shoreditch respectively. Recent high profile campaigns like E15, New Era, and Poor Doors have just … Continue reading
The saga of the New Era estate in Hoxton (central East London) has just taken a bizarre twist. The estate’s residents have been fighting to keep their homes after the estate was sold by its landlords, the Lever family, to a US private equity outfit called Westbrook Partners. The fund … Continue reading
Just as the number of evictions in England and Wales soar to the highest levels since records began 14 years ago - up to 11,000 repossessions from July-September (that’s well over 100 per day) - it seems that housing struggles are also on the up again. A show of solidarity … Continue reading
From Ian Bone After 20 weeks of protest Class War force Poor Doors owners to negotiate “In a move that could herald the end of the seemingly remorseless march of POOR DOORS SEGREGATED HOUSING round the UK the new owners of No.1 Commercial Street today sat down to talks with … Continue reading
REPOST from Johnnyvoid. Two people were arrested on bonfire night after an unprovoked attack by police on a lively and good-natured protest against the notorious ‘poor doors’ in London. Around a hundred people gathered outside the swanky entrance of 1 Commercial Street – a luxury block of flats with a … Continue reading
Protestors have been blockading the MIPIM UK property developer conference in Olympia, West London since 9am this morning. In response to big crowds surrounding the conference centre, the cops pulled down the security shutters, locking the main entrance to the conference centre. However lots of conference-goers seem to have got … Continue reading
Last Thursday (2 October) the E15 Focus group of single mums, who are occupying part of the abandoned Carpenters Estate (near Stratford, East London), were in court against the council’s order to evict them. The judge ruled against the owners Newham council and agreed that the squat could stay. The … Continue reading
For 9 weeks in a row now, Class War and other assorted riff-raff have been holding a picket outside No 1 Commercial Street, a shiny new block of flats by Aldgate East tube station. The building has two entrance doors: one for the rich, on Whitechapel high street, and another … Continue reading