Berlin State stops rent hikes for five years
Berlin has been facing a housing crisis and soaring rents. As per reports, rents in the city have increased by 60% since 2011
Winter evictions lead to protests by tenants in Glasgow
The demand to stop winter evictions is gaining traction across Scotland, with reportedly 45 homeless people having died last year on the streets of Glasgow alone
Left demands legislation to address housing crisis in Luxembourg
The Left party in Luxembourg has called for a law to protect tenants from the rampant speculation in the real estate market, following several reports indicating an alarming increase in housing rents by 10-12% in 2018 alone
Housing activists continue protests against eviction of asylum seekers in Glasgow
Activists boarded a train and pasted posters condemning housing provider Serco, which is planning to evict over 300 asylum seekers after it lost a contract to provide housing
Activist groups in Glasgow are up in arms against the eviction of asylum seekers
Private housing provider Serco has sent eviction notices to 300 asylum seekers after the contract for providing shelter for them was given to another company. Activists say the privatization of these services has led to the exploitation of asylum seekers by housing providers
Serbian housing rights groups express outrage over forceful evictions, attacks on activists
Increased participation of university students in anti-eviction protests has irked the pro-government right-wing factions. This is believed to have led to the attack on housing activists inside the Novi Sad university campus.
“A divided working class in Ireland can never achieve Socialism”
Alexander Homits of the Connolly Youth Movement in Ireland discusses the housing crisis in Ireland and the issues facing Irish youth
Thousands march in Dublin’s ‘Raise the Roof’ rally, demanding government action on housing crisis
Latest figures from Ireland’s Department of Housing show that 10,305 people were registered as homeless in March, including 3,821 children. This number has spiked from nearly 3,000 in 2014.
Communist youth in Ireland seek structural solution to homelessness
The Connolly Youth Movement interrupted an event attended by the prime minister, claiming that the policies of Fine Gael government, especially in the housing sector, have been destroying the country.
Demanding affordable housing, thousands march in Berlin against soaring rents
Rents in Germany have risen dramatically in the past five years, with Berlin witnessing an increase of a staggering 51%
‘Our allegiance is to Irish Republic, declared in 1916, which include everything from the plough to the stars’
In the first part of our interview with the national executive member of the Communist Party of Ireland, Jimmy Doran, we speak about a varied set of issues, ranging from reproductive rights, austerity policies of the government, to the question of Northern Ireland.
Abahlali baseMjondolo continues its struggle in the face of brutal repression
5,000 members of the movement marched in Durban on Monday to denounce state repression. Many activists of the movement have been assassinated over the past few years
- NUMSA embarks on strike at Macsteel against 20% cut in salaries
- US announces end of sanction waivers under nuclear deal to Iran
- Costa Rica becomes a first Central American country to legalize same-sex marriages
- Widespread outrage across the US, over the murder of George Lloyd by police
- UK tenants union calls for no homelessness and rent debt
