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Namibia: Entire Community Faces Eviction

Published in Tuesday July 3rd, 2012 In In the media

July 3rd, 2012 At least 36 households of the /Khomanin community under the leadership of Chief Josephat Gawa-!Nab who live at Satansloch Farm near Daan Viljoen Game Park are about to be evicted. The farmers, who moved to Satansloch in 2010 after most of them were evicted from nearby farms where they worked, are mainly […]

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Massive march by 15,000 Narmada dam Affected people in Omkareshwar, India

Published in Monday July 2nd, 2012 In Social movement news

July 1st, 2012 More than 15,000 dam people affected by the Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, Indira Sagar, Upper Beda and Man dams marched in protest in Omkareshwar town today against the decision of the State Government to raise the water level in Omkareshwar Dam up to 193 metres. The march was held under the aegis of Narmada […]

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In the United States, more homeless evictions are expected

Published in Monday July 2nd, 2012 In In the media

July 1st, 2012 More cruel and heartless evictions of the homeless will take place in Fresno on July 16. The City of Fresno has budgeted $968,232 to demolish the Monterey Street Bridge which is the site of several homeless encampments. This bridge, which engineers say can no longer be used for automobile traffic, is currently […]

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Panama: village of the damned

Published in Monday July 2nd, 2012 In In the media

April 14th, 2012 One indigenous tribe is engaged in a life and death struggle against the big business interests flooding their land. Away from its busy capital city and famous canal, Panama is one of the world’s most ecologically diverse nations. Yet huge new hydroelectric dam projects now underway are seeing pristine rivers damned and […]

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A chance to reduce foreclosure abuse in the USA

Published in Monday July 2nd, 2012 In In the media

July 2nd, 2012 The state with the biggest home foreclosure problem is finally on the verge of adopting new rules to ease the crisis. The overdue changes fix lending abuses that threaten to kick thousands out of their homes. Since 2008, when the housing bubble began deflating, some half million homeowners have landed in foreclosure and […]

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Rehousing Romania’s Roma signals swing to extremes

Published in Monday July 2nd, 2012 In In the media

June 29, 2012 Building a wall that closes in a Roma neighborhood and rehousing families in a dilapidated communist-era office block have earned Catalin Chereches accusations of racism. But the actions have also helped the mayor of the northern Romanian town of Baia Mare to become the country’s most popular local politician and shown how […]

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A refuge for the Roma in Berlin, Germany

Published in Monday July 2nd, 2012 In In the media

June 30, 2012   It seems unlikely but Berlin, the very city where the genocide of the Roma (Gypsy) peoples was planned 70 years ago, has become the city where they now find refuge. In the suburb of Neukoelln, a large complex of run-down apartments is being done up to become comfortable homes for more […]

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In Nigeria, Abonnema Wharf Community Demolished By The Rivers State Government

Published in Friday June 29th, 2012 In News

The Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) strongly condemns the on-going demolition of Abonnema community by the Rivers state government. The invasion and destruction of the homes, properties and businesses of residents of the community without the due process of law is callous, unjust, illegal and a reckless affront to constitutional governance.

The Right to City for the Defense of Common Goods – Urban Social Forum

Published in Friday June 29th, 2012 In Mobilisation and agenda

Invitation to local, national, and international inhabitants’ organisations, networks, and citizens, who are involved in the livability of the city and are struggling for rights related to habitat, to participate in the second Urban Social Forum (USF) in Naples, Italy, September 3-7, 2012, which will be held as an alternative to UN-Habitat’s World Urban Forum (WUF) 6.

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Meeting of Moscow Dormitory Tenants: Housing is the right not privilege!

Published in Thursday June 28th, 2012 In News

On June, 17, in Krasnopresnenskaya square, near the monument to the 1905 Revolution Heroes, a meeting was held by the Movement of Dormitory Tenants, protesting the harassment of the tenants who have worked hard enough to own their housing. The protest action was organized with the support of the RRP, KPFR Alternative City Committee, Left Front, Trodovaya Rossia Movement, and other left wing parties and movements.