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Chronicles of the Olympic Tent Village
by Harsha Walia for The Dominion Paper
Published on the 28th February 2010 on Vancouver Media Coop
[Written with the memories of Laurie P. in the minds and hearts of many of us at the Olympic Tent Village– Laurie was an active member of the DTES Power of Women Group [...]
TEAR DOWN THE WALLS! RAISE THE ROOFS!
HOUSING MARCH @ G20 MELTDOWN 1 APRIL … meet at Cannon Street at 11AM
On April the 2nd the world’s leaders are meeting in London for the G20 summit. In the wake of the banking crisis, they are meeting to try to salvage a tottering system, which is aimed at [...]
Copy below is the text for the callout from London about the G20 Meltdown on April 1st 2009.
The housing association THS sold about 600 former public rental housing units in the Ruhr area to a private investor called REIP P-second, registered in the tax haven Luxembourg. Already before legally finishing the transaction tenants received letters to pay rents to the new owner. The letters included forms to overwrite welfare income to the [...]