Take Back the Land-DC

11/14/2016

Housing rights have long been an important issue to me. That was why I was part of Occupy Our Homes DC. From January to March of 2012 we organized a campaign to save the home of Bertina Jones. She...

05/31/2016

Http://justusdawning.com Take Back The Land may be over, but one it's former DC members is still supporting the cause

JustusDawning is designed to provide concise and structured consulting services for your community based organizing and activism. The owner, Justin Rodriguez, brings 7+ years of organizing experience...

05/13/2015

18 year old? Check. High on mushrooms? Check. Physical attack on the police (this one with witnesses)? Check. Police say they did everything by the book? Check. Shot 7 times? Not a chance.
The difference between Tony Robinson (murdered by Madison police after friends call for help) and a White teen taking a cop's gun and firing it at City Hall is the difference between the police as an occupying force and Community Control Over Police. Black-out Wednesday.

Surveillance cameras captured the whole scene as police said Jared Leone, 18, grabbed a gun, fired a shot and broke a pair of handcuffs during a five-minute struggle.

04/16/2014

The private equity firm, Blackstone Group has been expanding their operations from houses to rental apartments in their efforts to kick people out of their homes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOxz5PDGza4

http://www.democracynow.org - The Blackstone Group, a private equity firm, is now the largest owner of single-family rental homes in the country. In one day ...

03/10/2014

A powerful critique on the need to create comprehensive strategies and alternative systems.

Direct action is at the center of the housing justice, but what do we need to see a movement that is fully realized and can target housing-for-profit at its very core?

10/23/2013

And it never will...

We are Causa Justa :: Just Cause (CJJC), a multi-racial, grassroots organization building community leadership to achieve justice for low-income San Francisco and Oakland residents.

09/27/2013

Defend Abahlali baseMjondolo! Support freedom fighters in South Africa facing harsh repression for their trailblazing work on the human right to housing. Sign this petition.

This petition has received 3 signatures As an international audience, your support is crucial. In addition to forced evictions, the shack dwellers of Cato Cr...

08/21/2013

This is how we fight back to make housing a human right!!

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08/15/2013

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/08/13/2460891/new-fraud-evidence-shows-trillions-of-dollars-in-mortgages-have-no-owner/

Unsealed court records reveal the scope of "robosigning" fraud.

08/12/2013

Earlier this summer, the DC Government secretly passed laws to deny the homeless services like safe and stable housing. Please read and sign this petition to learn more about how we can fight back. http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-mayor-gray-and-the-dc-council-to-stop-punishing-the-homeless

We are Nothing For Us Without Us a group of Washington, DC residents who wish to work and organize with homeless youth. During the summer of 2013...

08/12/2013

Looks like the greedy bank executives are increasing their efforts to kick working class people of color out of their homes. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/thousands-of-marylanders-are-losing-homes-in-second-wave-of-foreclosures/2013/08/10/859bbfde-fde5-11e2-96a8-d3b921c0924a_story.html

Foreclosure rates climb in the state as the long-dreaded ‘shadow inventory’ hits the market.

08/09/2013

The DC Government continues to support gentrification by making deals with developers to build as little affordable housing as possible while giving major subsidies to build expensive apartments and condos.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/city-seeks-proposals-to-redevelop-housing-headquarters-into-mixed-use-mixed-income-complex/2013/08/08/7303c646-ff75-11e2-9711-3708310f6f4d_story.html

Mixed-use, mixed-income units would replace some housing lost when D.C. demolished Temple Courts.