Scales of Injustice
Pick up the leaflet pick up a pen Rate on a scale of nil to ten how broken is your heart how much your life is rent apart Rate your mental state Is it three or six or eight? Rate … Read more
Issues and campaigns: Housing
Poems and articles about housing and homelessness.
Bring It Home
Bring It Home
Bring help Bring fire engines Bring water Bring air Bring stretchers Bring ambulances Bring us round from sleep and out to safety Bring food Bring clothes Bring blankets Bring camp beds Bring phone chargers so we can find our friends … Read more
From Alex, 6 Years Old
On 21 September, the White House published a letter that President Obama had received from six-year-old New Yorker Alex, offering a home to Omran, the Syrian boy whose photo had circulated widely. Please tell the boy in the ambulance To come … Read more
The Car Lady of Prebend Gardens
Anne Naysmith d. 9 February 2015 A tale to tell along the track The corner of a byroad A box in the paper edged in black For the dame of Chiswick High Road With operatic majesty Her leading man and … Read more
Speaking about Poplar Council at ‘Corbynomics for Everyday Life’
Janine will be speaking about the 1920s Poplar Rates Rebellion to introduce a session on Radical Councils. John Burgess from Barnet Unison will also speak, and there will be plenty of time for discussion. Event organised by Lewisham, Lambeth & … Read more
Looking for Somewhere to Live?
A row of shops on Mare Street Most either estate agents or opticians If house hunters can’t find what they’re looking for Help is at hand
Rachman’s Heirs
In January 2016, Conservative MPs voted down a Labour MP’s Bill that would require landlords to ensure that homes to rent were fit for human habitation. Yes, really. How very dare these bloody reds Propose a law that homes I let … Read more
East London Night of Resistance
King Edward V11, 47 Broadway,Stratford, E15 4BQ A chance to meet, discuss, network and socialise and understand more about the housing crisis. This evening is organised by Focus E15 campaign and the East London Radical Assembly. Entertainment will include: Squatters, … Read more
Spoken World
She chose a day to cast away The gag she wore on words she’d say The date was booked, twice underlined The day she set to speak her mind She told the shop she’s not impressed With two-for-ones and more-for-less And … Read more
The Ballad of Gibbons Corner
Since Eighteen Ninety In all of its finery Stood Gibbons the furniture sellers London’s last such attraction With cash-only transaction Until plastic caught up with the fellas They eventually gave in To modernity’s whim With a sign saying ‘We accept … Read more
Homeless Man Dies Frozen
In February 2013, homeless man Daniel Gauntlett died of hypothermia on the doorstep of an empty bungalow in Aylesford, Kent. Homeless man dies frozen on steps of empty bungalow Man named Daniel Gauntlett Headline of Kent local paper Just words … Read more
People Before Profit
from the Workers’ Liberty pamphlet Radical Chains: Sexuality and Class Politics, published in 1999 A good place to start is with what we need. It’s better than starting with what politicians are prepared to give, or what employers say they … Read more