De BPW is ook lid van The European Action Coalition. De coalitie lanceert een internationale campagne tegen het op grote schaal tot koopwaar maken van wonen. Het is het resultaat van de uitgebreide neo-liberaal kapitalistische koers die in elk Europees land, het leven op alle mogelijke vlakken tot koopwaar maakt. Of het nu pleinen zijn, …
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Housing organisers from across Europe are coming together this weekend to protest against the adoption of the EU Urban Agenda by the 23 Housing Ministers of Europe in Amsterdam. Three protests and an alternative conference are planned by the European Action Coalition for the Right to Housing and to the City, a network of groups …
Housing campaigners protest against EU urban policies in Amsterdam Lees verder »
Join the international Action and confront the meeting of the 23 EU housing ministers. Don”e;t let them talk behind closed doors about the future of our cities! On the last weekend of May, the housing ministers of all EU countries are meeting in Amsterdam to start work on the first EU Urban Agenda, linked to …
While the use of property guardians as a development tool is problematic, several (contradictory) lessons can be drawn from their sporadic freedom to transform the dwellings assigned to them. Living in a Guardian Property is not a noble act. Property guardians are tools. Their primary purpose is to maintain the value of an empty property and the …
Guardian Property: Freedom at Another’s Expense Lees verder »
By undersigning groups and persons, on April 17th, 2015 Housing Action Groups in Europe, Friday, 17th April 2015 The undersigning organisations, united in the struggle for the right to housing and to the city, strongly support the protests against the planned free trade agreement TTIP (“Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership” between EU and USA) …
TTIP: a threat to social housing, land rights and democratic cities Lees verder »
Hating on hipsters is not the answer to gentrification. If we want to reclaim our cities, we should organize for genuinely affordable housing in common. Recently, ROAR published an article entitled The Poor Fetish. The piece argues that in cities like London, bored and alienated middle-class people working in ‘bullshit jobs’ are driving gentrification because …
Poor fetishes, poor critiques: gentrification as violence Lees verder »
Ben je BPW lid en wil jij deelnemen aan deze actieweek in London? Neem dan op korte termijn contact op met de BPW. Er zijn nog reistickets beschikbaar voor mensen die willen deelnemen aan dit internationale protest! Lees voor meer informatie onderstaande oproep COME TO LONDON on the 15th to 20th OCTOBER! This is a …
Dit jaar zijn de zakenmannen op het jaarlijkse vastgoedfestijn Mipim in Cannes (11 tot 14 maart) niet alleen. Voor het eerst in 25 jaar van ongestoord vastgoeddeals sluiten in het lentezonnetje aan de Côte d’Azur, zullen ze een aantal van hun ‘eindgebruikers’ ontmoeten: De slachtoffers van megalomane projectontwikkelingen, ontheemden en uit huis geplaatsten die hun …
Camelot Europe en Metropoolregio Amsterdam aan de schandpaal in Cannes Lees verder »
Amsterdam, Athens, Berlin, Budapest, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Geneva, Lisbon, Lorient, Malaga, Milan, Paris, Poznan, Rotterdam, Rouen, Rome, Toulouse, Warsaw mobilized!!! The European coordination of actions for the right to housing and to the city and against speculation calls for a day of action in Europe to fight for the right to housing and to the city, …
