Keep Your Rent
On April 1st, keep your rent. And tell your neighbours to keep theirs too.
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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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Parkdale Rent Strike – Round 2
Tenants in Parkdale have launched another rent strike against above guideline increases.
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This is Parkdale [Trailer]
Over the summer of 2017, around 300 tenants spread across 12 buildings in the Toronto neighbourhood of Parkdale went on rent strike to fight back against the gentrification of their neighbourhood. After several months of escalating pressure actions taken against their landlord, Metcap Living… they won. This is a collective project between sub.Media and Parkdale
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