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Actions planned in London in the coming months on the unprecedented global climate emergency, by Extinction Rebellion and other environmental campaigners, will represent the first real test of new police powers to impose aggressive protest restrictions that came into effect in June.
At this time of resurgence within the British trade union movement, with union, wildcat and even consumer strikes breaking out across the country, the timing couldn’t be better for this sale of books on trade unionism, work and feminism, as donated to Housmans by Professor Judy Wajcman.
Inevitably, speculation has begun on who will take over from the outgoing Metropolitan Police Commissioner, following the recent announcement of Cressida Dick’s early departure from the most senior policing position in the country.
Tomorrow, Saturday 11th December, we’re staging an urgent protest against Boris Johnson’s plans for mandatory Covid passports on Parliament Squareat 12pm.
The time to stand up and be counted is now.
29 May 2021 — London Renters Union
What: LRU outreach training
When: 7th June 6-8pm
Via Zoom. Register here.
Over the past year, renters like you have taken action together and won crucial government protections from eviction during the pandemic and forced landlords to pay out thousands of pounds in repairs and compensation.
6 April 2021 — Origin: Generation Rent
| We need a London Mayor that will tackle the renting crisis and ensure renters have access to safe, secure and genuinely affordable homes.
Will you join us in our call for a London Mayor for Renters? Ask the candidates if they will adopt Generation Rent’s policies to fix London’s housing crisis here. |
2 April 2021 — London Renters Union
Saturday, 1 May 11am – 1:30pm – Renters Reform Bill: what is it and what should we be fighting for?
Online event open to all LRU members – register here
As we’ve seen during the pandemic, our housing system is rigged in the interests of landlords and investors. Our campaigning has won significant protections for renters such as eviction bans, but ultimately the government has chosen to prioritise the profits of landlords over our right to housing.
26 March 2021 — NetPol
Activists have occupied a former police station in South London, close to where Sarah Everard was last seen, to demand the withdrawal of Police, Crime and Sentencing Bill. The group have already been served eviction papers, and are calling for people to support them. You can find them on Instagram @not.a.cop.shop.
28 February 2021 — Housmans Books
And as ever our online shop is open and we always welcome your orders.
27 February 2021 — London Renters Union
Thank you. As part of our ‘End the Rent Debt Crisis’ campaign, your financial support gave us the resource we needed to publish research which estimated that half a million private renter households relying on benefits didn’t receive enough money to cover their rent each month.
This week, there was confirmation from the Government of the scale of the problem.
18 December 2020 — London Renters Union
To all London Renters Union members in Lambeth,
We are writing to you today to ask you to support a tightly knit community in Lambeth that is fighting against a planning application that threatens to destroy it.
Cressingham Gardens is a council owned estate – the building has been lauded by architects as a human and community centered building and what you’ll find at Cressingham Gardens is a testament to that. You can find a wonderful film made about the community at Cressingham Gardens here.
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As you enter Nour’s Cash and Carry, it very quickly becomes apparent why, for those who live in Brixton, it’s more than just a shop.
18 August 2020 — London Renters Union
31 July 2020 — London Renters Union
What: Rent debt and evictions solidarity meeting
When: Wednesday 12th August 2020 6pm-8pm
Location: Via Zoom. Register here
16 July 2020 — London Renters Union
Hello everyone–
What: Stop Evictions Training
When: Wednesday 29th July 2020 6pm-8pm
Location: Via Zoom. Instructions on how to join will be sent to everyone who registers.
Want to know how to prevent and resist evictions? This is the training for you!
11 July 2020 — WSWS
Phase Two of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry resumed Monday after being halted in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. More than three years on from the devastating fire that claimed 72 lives, the resumption of the inquiry confirms its character as a contemptible cover-up.
This week’s reopening met with widespread outrage from survivors and the bereaved over further proposed delays to proceedings and arrangements restricting their access to hearings. As of Friday, the inquiry had only met for 18 days of hearings since January.
25 June 2020 — London Renters Union
Join renters from across London this Saturday as we come together for our first day of action for our Can’t Pay Won’t Pay campaign. |
22 June 2020 — London Renters Union
We’ve just launched a new video for our Can’t Pay Won’t Pay campaign. Check it out and share it on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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19 June 2020 — London Renters Union
The government has announced a 2 month extension of the eviction ban – the first victory of the Can’t Pay Won’t Pay campaign.
Research by the Resolution Foundation showed that hundreds of thousands of renters across London are in debt to their landlord. Unless the government cancels rent debt and makes the eviction ban permanent, renters will remain in huge danger.
14 June 2020 — London Renters Union
Good news! The government has announced a 2 month extension of the eviction ban. Renters getting organised helped make this happen.
This extension is the first victory of the Can’t Pay Won’t Pay campaign, but we have so much more to win. We still need the government to cancel rent debt and make the evictions ban permanent, so that all renters are safe. The government should end the benefits ban on migrants, and the government must end the racist Right to Rent legislation that means people have to prove their migration status when starting a new tenancy.
The New Dark Age 