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Report: Manchester Uni ‘Brutally’ Evicts Student Rent Strikers, in Potential Breach of Protest Rights

by Rivkah Brown

On Wednesday, Manchester University sent bailiffs to boot out student occupiers in what legal experts say could be a major breach of their rights. Rivkah Brown reports.

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Report: Manchester Students Are Going on Rent Strike Again

by Rivkah Brown

Their first strike won them millions and inspired thousands of UK students to withhold their rent. Now, students at Manchester University are gearing up for round two. Rivkah Brown reports.

Image shows two students on rent strike at the University of York, holding a banner that reads 'Cut off rent, your money is better spent'

Report: York Students on Rent Strike Celebrate After Debt Collectors Called Off

by Ella Glover

Strike organisers at the Russell Group institution allege the university has threatened international students with 'deportation' and refused to negotiate. But on Monday, a new offer was put forward.

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Analysis: Right to Buy 2.0 is an Unmitigated Disaster

by Ell Folan

Boris Johnson’s bright idea for winning back young voters is only going to deepen their misery, writes Ell Folan.

Opinion: 9K for What: A Fresher’s Guide to Renting in Halls

by Zac Larkham

Having pulled off the biggest rent strike in 40 years, student organisers have compiled some helpful tips for those of you renting in halls - ones that your university definitely forgot to mention.

Opinion: Students’ Unions Are Demanding a Covid-19 Discount. They Should Be Demanding Much More

by Sarah Cundy

By complaining to the manager, SUs are buying into the logic of marketisation and stifling more radical students' demands, argues Manchester University student Sarah Cundy.

Student's occupying a tower in Manchester

Report: Is Coronavirus Incubating a New Student Movement?

by Sophie K Rosa

Universities duped students into returning to campus, only to lock them down in halls. Angry and abandoned, students have organised rent strikes, occupations and protests. Is the experience of Covid on campus radicalising a new generation? Sophie K Rosa reports.

Opinion: Students, Here’s How to Organise a Rent Strike

by Rosa Porter

Universities conned thousands of students into returning to campuses across the country, only to almost immediately lock them inside their dilapidated and overpriced halls, while all teaching takes place online. For students who feel they have been treated unfairly, now is the time to strike, writes housing activist Rosa Porter - and here's how to do it.

Report: The Tenants Taking on Their Billionaire Landlord

by Sophie K Rosa

A group of tenants in east London is locked in a battle with a billionaire landlord who wants to evict them for organising during the pandemic. Sophie K Rosa reports.

International: Locked Down But Not Out: 15,000 Sign Up to Rent Strike Campaign in Spain

by Coordinadora de Vivienda de Madrid

Despite the country having become a pandemic hotspot with over 18,000 deaths, Spanish landlords are continuing to force evictions upon people who are unable to make rental payments, or who are forced to squat by long waiting lists. But tenants' unions and mutual aid groups are fighting back.

‘We Want a Rent Strike Now’: the People Poised to Take on Their Landlords

by Sophie K Rosa

In the absence of government-backed rent relief or rent suspensions, people across the country are unable to pay their rent. Sophie K Rosa speaks to some of the people ready to go on rent strike.

Stopping Evictions Is Not Enough. We Need a Rent Freeze Now

by Charlotte England

Boris Johnson's new law lets landlords profit from the coronavirus crisis, but Britain's tenants' unions are organising to demand a rent freeze. Charlotte England reports.

3 Reasons We Need Tenants Unions

by London Renters Union

Almost a quarter of UK households will pay rent privately by the end of 2021, and currently there are 3m private renters in London alone. Precarious workers are beginning to rack up victories against their employers. Isn't it time for the precariously housed to take on the landlords?

Rent Strikes Work: An Interview With Toronto’s Parkdale Organize

by William Neumeister

In light of their recent victory, William Neumeister spoke again with Parkdale Organize, a group of working class tenants in Parkdale, Toronto who went on strike to fight back against rent hikes and poor living conditions.

No to Gentrification, Yes to Rent Strikes: An Interview With Toronto’s Parkdale Organize

by William Neumeister

Working class renters in Toronto have been on strike since May. Here's all you need to know about their ongoing fight.

Debt, Markets and Pepe: The Reactionary Face of LSE’s Student Body

by Joe Hayns

Universities were once a hotbed of radical politics, with on campus strikes enjoying broad support from students. But the markestisation of higher education, and the coercive power of debt, is quickly eroding this legacy, at LSE and beyond.

Rent Strike Weekender: Why Students Must Fight Unaffordable Housing Collectively

by Anabel Bennett

In the face of extortionate rent prices for student accommodation, students from across the country came together last month at a rent strike weekender to share experiences and build solidarity networks.

How Rising London Rents are Funding Elite Private Schools

by Sol Gamsu

While you're shelling out to put a roof over your head, it's easy to forget who owns the ground beneath your feet. For many cash-strapped London students, rent money is helping to feather the nests of the elite - and the situation isn't uncommon.