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Dying in defense of land in Mexico

Published in Monday April 9th, 2012 In In the media

April 6th, 2012 by Maria Sanchez Tucked between sand dunes and the Pacific Ocean, perched on a small hill, is Xayakalan, home to members of the indigenous community, Santa Maria Ostula. Here, the sound of waves hitting the shore mixes with the cries of children playing among the wooden huts. Against this beautiful backdrop, a […]

Will California act to create more affordable housing?

Published in Monday April 9th, 2012 In In the media

April 8th, 2012 by Joel John Roberts California’s state leaders are debating whether they should tax homebuyers in order to fund more affordable housing for those who struggle with renting a house, let a lone buying one. It used to be the “American Dream” was to purchase a detached single family home down the street […]

Group plans to intensify protests against evictions ahead of 2014 World Cup

Published in Monday April 9th, 2012 In News

The Homeless Workers Movement, together with other groups, organized on Wednesday (April 4th) a series of protests across the country in order to draw attention to the problems caused by the 2014 World Cup projects, specially regarding the evictions of “thousands of working families”. The goal is to denounce the removal of families and the creation of laws for the mega events on 2014 and 2016.

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A Missed Opportunity in Rio

Published in Wednesday April 4th, 2012 In In the media

(Português) Rio de Janeiro is preparing to host the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, and these mega-events give the nation’s elite a chance to speed up whatever strategies were already on their wish lists. In Rio, where real estate interests control the city’s politicians and media, decisions are made on their […]

Violence as squatters evicted from £3m home

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

April 1st, 2012 Around 20 officers from Avon and Somerset Police entered the Clifton Wood House in Bristol following reports of a late night party. They left the property at 5am but returned around two hours later with six riot vans as they stormed the 18th century mansion. Officers in full riot gear then carried […]

Eviction numbers reach new high in Spain

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

March 31st, 2012 The number of people being evicted from their homes in Spain has jumped to a new record, with the judges granting embargos against 58,200 families last year, 22% more than in 2010. The numbers have put the matter at the centre of the political debate, and the Government has brought out ‘a […]

Tribal members evicted for oil field development

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

March 31st, 2012 NEW TOWN — Residents of a 45-lot mobile home park in New Town, many among the poorest members of the Three Affiliated Tribes, are being evicted and will be replaced by oil workers. Tribal leaders, who were offered a chance to buy the mobile home park, are working on a solution, but […]

LA homeless housing: Apartment building opens to low-income and homeless individuals

Published in Friday March 30th, 2012 In In the media

March 30th, 2012 Jamie Hill slept on the street for the first time when she was 12 years old. Over the years, she went from sleeping in motels with her mother to foster care, group homes and juvenile hall, Hill told The Huffington Post. Two years ago, at age 24, she moved from Sacramento to […]

Sochi 2014: Building boom for Winter Olympics leaves some behind

Published in Tuesday March 27th, 2012 In In the media

Katya Davidenko sits with a group of students who study English at a college in the Russian resort city of Sochi. She said she’s excited for the day when thousands of athletes and spectators from around the world will descend on her hometown for the 2014 Winter Games.

Campesinos refusing to disappear: Guatemala’s Polochic Valley one year after the evictions

Published in Monday March 26th, 2012 In In the media

March 26th, 2012 Written by Tristan Call, Guatemala Solidarity Project Juan lived in the village of Paraná until August, when for the second time in six months the private security forces of an international sugar company reduced his home to ashes and tilled his crops under to plant sugarcane. Now he lives across the road […]