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Report: Nobody in Peckham Wants More Luxury Flats

Moya Lothian-McLean

The fight to stop property developers turning a south London shopping centre into yet more luxury flats has allied long-term residents with new generations of 'gentrifiers'. If they win, they could set a precedent that resonates far and wide. Moya Lothian-McLean reports.

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Feature: Private Companies Are Stealing Public Parks

Rivkah Brown

Across London, cash-strapped councils are signing away people’s gardens to entertainment mega-corporations – forcing small community groups to take action. Rivkah Brown reports.

Protesters unfurl a banner and let off a smoke bomb from one of the blocks. Photo: @SavetheWyndford on Twitter.

Report: Iconic Glasgow Council Flats Occupied in Protest Against Demolition

Simon Childs

Opposition is growing against a plan to demolish 600 social homes in Glasgow.

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.

A line of police officers block the entrance to Ashwin Street in Dalston, north London

Feature: Couriers Stunt Dalston’s Gentrification. The Police and Council Want Them Gone

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

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.

A parade of people processes through the streets of Brick Lane carrying banners and signs. One readable at the front says 'Save Banglatown'

Feature: A Labour Council Just Greenlit the Social Cleansing of Bangladeshi Brick Lane

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

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

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?

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

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.