Category: Land & Housing
Unhoused Community & Advocates Take Over Denver Recreation Center
Denver, CO – On Thursday evening, March 10, community members who are without permanent housing and their advocates arrived at the Carla Madison Recreation Center in an attempt to take over the public facility overnight to be out of the below freezing weather.
Unicorn Riot…
🦄 Land & Housing
Philadelphia Housing Activist Jennifer Bennetch, Founder of Occupy PHAÂ Movement, Dies At 36
Philadelphia, PA – It was April 24, 2021 at the Mobilization for Mumia rally in Philadelphia, PA, where people came from all over to celebrate Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 67th birthday, and to call for his freedom after 40 years of unjust incarceration. Rapper Immortal Technique had…
🦄 Community, Land & Housing
Evolve Education Center: Abandoned Indianapolis School Reclaimed
Indianapolis, IN – A pastor is leading the charge of reclaiming an abandoned school and creating a community-and-trades center on the east side of Indianapolis. Pastor Denell Howard’s vision of The Evolve Education Center is slowly coming to fruition after years of planning, praying and…
Winnemucca Indian Colony Defends Against Bulldozing of their Homes
Humboldt County, NV – In early November, Elisa Dick got an unexpected call at work. Her housemate told her to get home quickly—there were men with front end loaders preparing to level her home.
“When I got here, they were here with the machines and…
Denver Refuses to Negotiate, Sweeps Indigenous Encampment
Denver, CO – Under the hardline stance of Mayor Michael Hancock, Denver continues to sweep unhoused encampments—more than 80 this year alone—ignoring countless requests from unhoused residents and their advocates to stop, and refusing to negotiate any alternatives. Outside the Four Winds American Indian Council…
🦄 Community, Land & Housing, Police
Five Arrested as Minneapolis Police Attempt Raid on Near North Houseless Encampment
Minneapolis, MN – Around 7 a.m. on Thursday, March 18, police attempted an eviction of the Near North houseless encampment. Scuffles erupted between Minneapolis Police and people defending the camp which led to numerous injuries and five arrests. This incident came after the city’s Department…
De Vloek Defends Autonomous Zone From Eviction (Interview)
*UPDATE 9/9/15: De Vloek has been attacked by police and arrests were made. Front of De Vloek now demolished.
De Vloek, one of the biggest social centers in the Netherlands, is under the threat of eviction from a municipality ruling. Located in Scheveningen, The Haque,…