Parkdale vs Timbercreek
On March 13th, tenants from Parkdale paid a visit to their new landlord, Timbercreek Asset Management
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East Hamilton Rent Strike Crashes Bay Street
On Friday June 15th, striking tenants from the Stoney Creek Towers traveled to Bay Street, Toronto’s financial district to pay a visit to the head offices of their landlord’s largest investor.
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Trouble #13: Defend the Block [Trailer]
Gentrification, like all facets of capitalism, is often presented to its victims as a natural process. Shrouded in the logic of progress and polished up with euphemisms like “neighbourhood revitalization” or “urban renewal”, the violent displacement that it brings in its wake is carefully hidden behind a cover of market forces, zoning changes, public consultations
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Trouble #13 – Defend the Block: Fighting Back Against Gentrification
In this month’s Trouble, sub.Media talks to comrades in Montreal, the Bay Area and Berlin to see how people in these cities are fighting back on attacks on their communities by developers, real estate speculators and the tech industry.
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Hamilton Tenants Launch Rent Strike
Tenants in four high-rise buildings in Hamilton, Ontario, kicked off a rent strike May 1st.
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Trouble #12 – There Goes the Neighbourhood: Gentrification as Class Warfare
This episode examines gentrification as a process of capitalist urban development, by taking a closer look at how it’s playing out in three mega-cities: Toronto, New Orleans and Istanbul.
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Trouble #12: There Goes the Neighbourhood Trailer
In this month’s episode of Trouble, the first in a two-part series, sub.Media examines gentrification as a process of capitalist urban development, by taking a closer look at how it is playing out in three mega-cities: Toronto, New Orleans and Istanbul.
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Parkdale Rent Strike – Round 2
Tenants in Parkdale have launched another rent strike against above guideline increases.
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