{"id":13,"date":"2017-04-10T00:13:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T00:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.edinburghagainstpoverty.org.uk\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2021-01-01T20:11:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T20:11:43","slug":"resistance-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edinburghagainstpoverty.org.uk\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"Resistance News"},"content":{"rendered":"

On this page we aim to highlight<\/span> resistance to poverty, exploitation & oppression <\/span><\/strong>around the globe with the aim of encouraging more such resistance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Freedom for Chilean Prisoners<\/a><\/strong> Uprising by the Chilean people December 2020<\/p>\n

Secret Police on the Streets of Portland<\/a><\/strong> Interview with a Member of Black Rose July 2020<\/p>\n

Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone<\/a> <\/strong>George Floyd Protests, Seattle June 2020<\/p>\n

George Floyd statement from<\/a><\/strong>Abahlali baseMjondolo June 2020<\/p>\n

Fourth of October Couriers’ Strike<\/strong><\/a> October 2018
\nThey oppose the ongoing financialisation of the housing market<\/p>\n

Irish Housing Campaigners Seize Empty Properties<\/a><\/strong> September 2018
\nOpposition to the ongoing financialisation of the housing market<\/span><\/p>\n

Chiapas to El Barrio, Connecting Global Women\u2019s Struggles<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0April 2018 <\/span>
\nLeading the fight against gentrification affecting low-income & immigrant communities: they succeeded<\/span><\/p>\n

Foreman Road Settlement Devastated By Fire<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0November 2017 <\/span><\/span><\/span>
\nTo organise, mobilise and build alliances against the oppressive conditions that cause shack fires.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Legal Threats Against Tenant with Young Children<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0September 2017
\nBrighton SolFed fighting for a tenant against Spencer & Leigh letting agents.<\/p>\n

Teachers on Hunger Strike<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0March 2017<\/span>
\nTeachers in Turkey imprisoned & on hunger strike for their jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Transnational Social Strike<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0February 2017<\/span>
\nReports on conflicts with capitalism from around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Report From the Netherlands\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/strong>September 2016<\/span>
\nOn forced labour in The Netherlands.<\/span><\/p>\n

Southern California Worker Blues\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/strong>September 2016<\/span>
\nWorking-Class Struggles in South California Symbolize Blue-Collar Blues Across America.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mayday Leaflet From Ecuador\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/strong>May 2016<\/span>
\nAgainst the attacks of capital and the state.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tenants Organise in the USA<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0April 2016<\/span>
\nTenants in Portland are organising growing resistance to massive rent increases and evictions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Report From Greece<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0August 2015 <\/span>
\nWorkfare politics: unemployment & class struggles in Greece.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hartz Reforms Force Unemployed to Work in Fake Supermarkets\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>April 2010<\/span><\/span>
\nIn Germany \u2013 a country that is often held up as one of the more Social Democratic states \u2013 reforms dating back to around 2001 implemented by Chancellor Schroder\u2019s Red \/ Green Alliance brought about very similar attacks to worker\u2019s rights that we are now facing in UK. Known as the Hartz reforms these:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n