so i've been reading about rent strikes and tenant movements in NYC before, during and after World War One. tweeting about it for interest and inspiration. Obviously conditions are different now. what was the heyday of tenant activism was also the exact period of the Spanish Flu.
period of 1918-1920 could draw on the experiences of pre-war cycles of struggle. height of workplace struggle, growing socialist party, trade unions & IWW, led by migrants - esp E European Jews & Italians. 1907 rent strike, largest in NYC history, led by 16 yr old Jewish lesbian.
what comes across is the thick layers of what Sivanandan called "communities of resistance". whole families involved in the struggle. as coal shortages & housing shortages made workers homeless/freeze to death. helped produce a movement against housing as commodity, as such
what comes across is the thick layers of what Sivanandan called "communities of resistance". whole families involved in the struggle. as coal shortages & housing shortages made workers homeless/freeze to death. helped produce a movement against housing as commodity, as such
what comes across is the thick layers of what Sivanandan called "communities of resistance". whole families involved in the struggle. as coal shortages & housing shortages made workers homeless/freeze to death. helped produce a movement against housing as commodity, as such
what comes across is the thick layers of what Sivanandan called "communities of resistance". whole families involved in the struggle. as coal shortages & housing shortages made workers homeless/freeze to death. helped produce a movement against housing as commodity, as such
what comes across is the thick layers of what Sivanandan called "communities of resistance". whole families involved in the struggle. as coal shortages & housing shortages made workers homeless/freeze to death. helped produce a movement against housing as commodity, as such
this was a moment, amidst war and pandemic, grief and super-exploitation, when there was no state provision of housing, in which the inherent landlord-tenant antagonism was heightened, intensified, generalised.
this was a moment, amidst war and pandemic, grief and super-exploitation, when there was no state provision of housing, in which the inherent landlord-tenant antagonism was heightened, intensified, generalised.
this was a moment, amidst war and pandemic, grief and super-exploitation, when there was no state provision of housing, in which the inherent landlord-tenant antagonism was heightened, intensified, generalised.
this was a moment, amidst war and pandemic, grief and super-exploitation, when there was no state provision of housing, in which the inherent landlord-tenant antagonism was heightened, intensified, generalised.
as such, the ALAB tendency was strong and this expressed itself through increased animosity, militancy and sometimes violence
as such, the ALAB tendency was strong and this expressed itself through increased animosity, militancy and sometimes violence
as such, the ALAB tendency was strong and this expressed itself through increased animosity, militancy and sometimes violence
as such, the ALAB tendency was strong and this expressed itself through increased animosity, militancy and sometimes violence
as such, the ALAB tendency was strong and this expressed itself through increased animosity, militancy and sometimes violence
as well as landlords, and "schleppers" (yiddish word used as slang meaning bailiffs), tenant movements and rent strikers had to face police violence and had to deal with scabbing.
as well as landlords, and "schleppers" (yiddish word used as slang meaning bailiffs), tenant movements and rent strikers had to face police violence and had to deal with scabbing.
as well as landlords, and "schleppers" (yiddish word used as slang meaning bailiffs), tenant movements and rent strikers had to face police violence and had to deal with scabbing.
as well as landlords, and "schleppers" (yiddish word used as slang meaning bailiffs), tenant movements and rent strikers had to face police violence and had to deal with scabbing.
as well as landlords, and "schleppers" (yiddish word used as slang meaning bailiffs), tenant movements and rent strikers had to face police violence and had to deal with scabbing.
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