Sweets Way occupation
A beautiful house has been occupied on the Sweets Way estate in Barnet. Come down to check out the estate, chat to some local residents, and help create a community space! The Sweets Way estate is in...
View ArticleDay of Workshops about Eviction Resistance
Join uson Friday the 20th in Hoxton for a day of skillshares, organised with Focus E15 as part of the Radical Housing Network: Eviction Resistance Skillshare Day Date: Friday 20th March Time: 12-6pm...
View ArticleTo everyone who came to the day of Eviction Resistance skillshares in PEER...
What a great day of meeting, sharing and learning! Thank you so much to everyone who came to this very inspirational day. I was so happy to see people connect, realize that they are not alone but many,...
View ArticleShout-outs from the day of Eviction Resistance workshops
Shout-outs that people shared at our day of Eviction Resistance workshops: Upcoming Events: Sun, and Mon 30th, 9.30am: Sweets Way Resists in court, come and support! Tues 31st, 7.00pm: Eviction...
View ArticleBrick Lanes Debates, thank you!
We went to the Brick Lanes Debates DAY FOR HOUSING last Sunday, it was very inspiring. We made a workshop about how to resist an eviction for tenants, which went very well and started some interesting...
View ArticleHelp Yorkley Court Community Farm!
Message from Yorkley Court Community Farm: Support needed at Yorkley Court Community Farm. Community before profit! We have been given a date when county court bailiffs will come to evict us, which is...
View ArticleSweets Way calls for support against evictions
(cross-posted from People’s Assembly) Barnet Housing Action Group are a group campaigning around housing issues in The Borough of Barnet, North London. We have been working with the Our West Hendon...
View ArticleTurning a legal “defeat” into a real victory: The Sweets Way social centre...
Cross-posted from https://sweetswayresists.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/time-for-a-bigger-place/ Sweets Way Resists responds to a predictably unfair legal decision and gets on with fighting social...
View ArticleSingle tenant stops eviction with “calm assertiveness that something can’t...
A single tenant in London stopped his eviction a few days ago, non-violently and with “calm assertiveness”. In his own words: “I had the bailiff turn up yesterday to enforce the eviction, I explained...
View ArticleSupporter of Trace (Lambeth) goes door knocking to create Eviction resistance...
After yesterday’s eviction resistance action in support of 35 years resident Trace in Lambeth, supporters went door knocking in the neighbourhood, to create a phone tree for resisting future eviction...
View ArticleSI SE PUEDE: a documentary to watch!
The documentary “SI SE PUEDE” by the PAH (Spanish Housing movement) is now available online for free and in multiple languages. It shows how people got organized to provide mutual support and resist...
View ArticleEviction successfully resisted in Camberwell!
Saffi, her sisters, mother, and grandmother are housed by Southwark council in temporary accommodation, but have been evicted by the council and continuously moved about – including being sent out to...
View ArticlePeople Power Doesn’t Wait to Vote in Barnet!
The response to the call-out for Juliet on Monday was truly amazing! More than 1000 of you shared and tweeted the blog, and dozens more wrote to the local MP and councillor in less than 2 days. And...
View ArticleNext workshop: Walthamstow, this Sunday (5th July), 4-6pm
Share and join the Facebook event ! Outline of the workshop: 1. How to resist an eviction 2. Practical steps to build up strength as a community 3. Waltham Forest council housing policy 4. Where do we...
View ArticleEviction Resistance workshop in Walthamstow, what a success!
Last Sunday we did an Eviction Resistance workshop organized by local residents and Unite Community. More than 20 people came. We managed to dispel the mystery and intimidation that the words “eviction...
View ArticleEviction Timetable, have a look!
We have written this little explanation with a housing barrister: https://evictionresistance.squat.net/online-resources/eviction-timetable-what-happens-when/ What happens when in the eviction process.
View ArticleEviction Resistance workshop in Hackney, the ball is rolling!!
Another great workshop, this time in Hackney, with Reclaim Hackney, DIGS, and some other groups and individuals. These people are amazing and I’m really looking forward to seeing how they get on with...
View ArticleBailiffs sent packing by Barnet community power!
** Cross posted from https://sweetswayresists.wordpress.com/2015/08/11/mostafa-eviction-delayed/** Bailiffs sent away! Mostafa still at Sweets Way! August 11, 2015 / sweetswayresists On Monday, people...
View ArticleUpcoming Eviction Resistance Workshops
Fridy 25th September 2015, time TBC @ Soas University, Thornhaugh Street, WC1H 0XG Outline of the workshop: 1. How to send the bailiff away peacefully. And why! How to use this moment for the best...
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