Report: Iconic Glasgow Council Flats Occupied in Protest Against Demolition
by Simon Childs
Opposition is growing against a plan to demolish 600 social homes in Glasgow.
Tag: Gentrification
Novara FM: There Was No Theory, It Was All Action W/ Sarah Schulman
The NYC author and activist looks back on ACT UP, the Aids crisis and the erasure of alternative queer culture.
Feature: Couriers Stunt Dalston’s Gentrification. The Police and Council Want Them Gone
by Rivkah Brown
Saturday night’s immigration raid in Dalston, north London is part of a years-long effort to cleanse the area of its brown and Black couriers. Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: Traders In, Developers Out: The Fight for Ridley Road
by Charlotte England
An east London community has defeated plans to evict market traders and build luxury flats on their iconic site in Dalston’s Ridley Road market. Charlotte England reports.
Feature: A Labour Council Just Greenlit the Social Cleansing of Bangladeshi Brick Lane
by Maliha Reza
The Truman Brewery development, waved through by two Labour councillors earlier this month, will further erode the Bangladeshi and Bengali communities’ relationship with the party, writes Maliha Reza.
Report: How We Won: The Community That Saved Latin Village From Demolition
by Sophie K Rosa
After a 15-year fight, traders and residents have seized back London's last Latin market, straight from the jaws of property developers. The site, once slated for demolition, will now be managed by the community.
Opinion: My Community Helped Me Resist Eviction. Now the Council Wants to Move Me Away
by Nadia Zaman
When her landlord tried to evict her, Nadia Zaman fought back. But now the council has given her a choice: Stoke-on-Trent or the streets. Novara Media spoke to Zaman about her fight for secure local housing.
Report: Is a London Council Trying to Freeze Black and Brown Residents Out of Their Homes During a Pandemic?
by Sophie K Rosa
Residents of south London's Aylesbury estate believe the council is trying to drive them out by cutting off their water and heating - a 'cruel' move they say could compound the already elevated threat BAME people face from Covid-19. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Novara FM: Red Flag, South Bank
Owen Hatherley joins James Butler to argue that it's time to reclaim the Red Metropolis.
Report: How We Won: The Customers Who Saved Their Local Market
by Laith Saad
Loyal customers banded together to save their beloved local market from eviction in what became one of the most innovative fights against gentrification in recent memory. Laith Saad reports in the first instalment of How We Won, a new series which celebrates the victories of grassroots campaigns across the country.
Novara FM: Where Will We Live?
James Butler is joined by Anna Minton, author of Ground Control and Big Capital, to ask: could this be a housing election?
Novara FM: Now We Have Your Attention
James Butler is joined by Jack Shenker to explore the new politics: from grassroots trade unionism to migrant solidarity, and the gradual transformation of the Labour Party.
‘We are not nothing’: The Local Businesses Fighting Gentrification in South East London
by Thames Menteth-Wheelwright
A regeneration scheme is set to transform a major arterial road in south east London, turning large portions of industrial land along the Old Kent Road into high-rise tower blocks. While the council argues this will bring new homes and jobs to the area, local people say the scheme threatens hundreds of thriving businesses.
Ash Wednesday: Save Latin Village, It’s Delicious
Meet the market on the frontline of the fightback against gentrification – and the first Momentum council.
Long Read: Latin American Community ‘Betrayed’ by Council Plans to Let Private Developers Demolish Tottenham Market
by Camille Mijola
Pueblito Paisa Latin market has been fighting demolition for more than a decade. Now the community has just six weeks to push forward with a pioneering, community-orientated redevelopment plan, before Haringey Council acts on a compulsory purchase order.
Activists in East London Are Fighting to Stop Property Developers Destroying a Dalston Market
by Bethany Holmes
Hackney residents are fighting against the redevelopment of Ridley Road Market, demonstrating how a diverse community can reject neoliberalism’s deterioration of community space and offer grassroots, democratic solutions.
Latin Venues in Elephant and Castle Forced Out to Make Way for Redevelopment
by Ed Gillett
The long-running regeneration of Elephant and Castle has been a source of local acrimony for more than a decade. This week, the starkly differing fates of three of its best-loved cultural venues have raised new questions about Southwark council and developer Delancey’s approach to local residents and businesses, writes Ed Gillett.
The Battle for Deptford and Beyond
by Andy Worthington
As campaigners in south east London occupy a community garden to stop it from being demolished by Lewisham council, environmental and social concerns converge, writes Andy Worthington.