World Zero Evictions Day 2008
We are launching an appeal to organise a World Zero Evictions Days 2008 throughout the month of October 2008 as a concrete follow-up of the Global Campaign : Act together - housing for all! This is also a collective preparatory exercise for the World Assembly of Inhabitants.
We hereby invite
: inhabitants’, tenants’, homeless, landless, immigrants’ associations; co-operatives, committees and social centres as well as urban social movements all across the world to increase their own initiatives (i.e. marches, press conferences, sit-ins, solidarity days, blocks, meetings, etc)
Le CPAS de Liège est à l'initiative, avec la Province de Liège, la Fédération des CPAS de Wallonie et VLP asbl, de la "*7ème Journée des insertions*" qui aura lieu le 22 octobre à Jemeppe-sur-Meuse.Cette manifestation qui se tiendra dans les très belles installations de la Haute Ecole de la Province de Liège, le Campus 2000 à Jemeppe,...
A day of debate on the challenges facing us in relation to housing and city in the current economic crisis, with David Harvey, Jordi Borja, Josep Maria Muntaner, Anna Alabart, Ricard Gomà, Carme Trilla, Iñigo Maguregui.
On World Habitat Day , celebrated by UN-Habitat on October 6, 2008, under the motto “Harmonius Cities”, the International Alliance of Inhabitants, a global network for housing rights without borders, released a very critical document proposing a new Urban Social Pact supported by the World Zero Evictions Days.
The following statement was issued today in Geneva by the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, on the occasion of World Habitat Day: "Can we celebrate today World Habitat Day with joy and hope?"
The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) today released a statement on World Habitat Day:"Governments must end forced evictions and address global housing crisis at the root of global financial crisis”
PRESS RELEASE: SOS Habitat – Solidarity ActionOn the occasion of World Habitat Day6th October 2008 -
Today, October 6, WEP in collaboration with the Nigerian Red Cross Society, Federal Road Safety Commission, the Police and members of the Federation of the Urban Poor (FEDUP) numbering over 500 participated in the ''Walk for Harmonious Cities'' organized by WEP. The walk started from Area 1 under the bridge through Area 2, 10, International Conf...
Con la realización de Encuentros Populares de manera simultánea en cinco provincias de República Dominicana se conmemoró este 6 de octubre el Día mundial del hábitat
y al mismo tiempo el país se insertó en las Jornadas Mundiales Cero Desalojos. Estas actividades fueron motorizadas en el país por la Red Urbano Popular
, y con la solidaridad inte...
The Combined Harare Residents Association joins Zimbabwe and the rest of the world in commemorating the World Habitat Day. This day comes at a time when Harare and other cities are facing insurmountable challenges in shelter and infrastructural development. While the day calls upon humanity to reflect on the state of towns and cities and the bas...
Mass Evictions Ignored by UN in World Habitat Day in Angola, As ...
Inner City Press, NY -Angola: UN Habitat Director Happy With Luanda's Development
Angola Press AgencyAngola: President Dos Santos Analyses Housing Strategy With UN Official
Angola Press Agency (Luanda) 6 October 2008Angola: Provincial Government Wishes to Make Luanda Harmonious...
La plaza Italia fue el escenario de la convocatoria hecha por la Coordinadora para Asentamientos Espontáneos (CAES) que reúne a familias de los departamentos de Paraguarí, San Pedro, Concepción e Itapúa.
Fuertes críticas al Gobierno lanzaron ayer representantes del asentamiento Espontáneos Paraguay, durante la última jornada del primer Campamento de mujeres jóvenes de la Coordinadora Nacional de Mujeres Trabajadoras Rurales e Indígenas (Conamuri), que se llevó a cambo en las instalaciones de la plaza Italia de Asunción. En la oportunidad, las p...
The decision was taken during the Siberian Social Forum of Irkutsk in August 2008 (200 participants from 36 Russian regions) to start the preparation of a national day of united actions of Social Movements. One of the principal initiators of this day is the Soviet Coordination Union (SKS), but the message is supported by a number of other social...
En las jornadas de la campaña DESALOJO CERO, la Coordinadora para Asentamientos Espontáneos, miembro de la Alianza Internacional de los Habitantes el domingo 12 de octubre realizó en la Plaza Italia de la ciudad de Asunción, Rca del Paraguay un panel debate sobre el derecho a la ciudad para todos y todas, en la campaña global ACTUEMOS JUNTOS Y J...
La organización de la iniciativa corre a cargo de la plataforma francesa DAL. Colectivos de ambos lados de la muga respaldan el 'tour' reivindicativo.
La Red de Coordinación Urbano Popular, por la defensa del territorio, realizó ayer una vigilia frente al Congreso Nacional para exigir la aprobación del proyecto de Ley de Vivienda, Hábitat y Asentamientos Humanos, entregada por esa organización, en la cual se plantea una solución definitiva a la “inseguridad en que viven cientos de familias pob...
Al conmemorarse ayer el Día Continental de los Excluidos, la Red de Coordinación Urbano Popular por la Defensa del Territorio leyó un manifiesto en el que critica que, mientras se promueve el progreso y la modernidad en el país, miles de dominicanos viven en condiciones infrahumanas.El documento fue leído por Catalina Pirón frente al Altar de la...
Byline: Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press at the UN: News Analysis
UNITED NATIONS, October 27 -- Criticized for holding its World Habitat Day celebration this month in Angola, widely known for mass evictions, the UN housing agency responded by calling the site selection a case of "constructive engagement." Inner City Press had as...
Press release Raquel Rolnik, 23 October 2008 The following statement was issued today in New York by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik:The belief that markets will provide adequate housing for all has failed. The current crisis is a stark reminder of this reality. A home is not a commodity - four walls and...
There will be demonstrations in more than 32 towns in Russia on Saturday 25 October 2008, around the "Day of Social Anger". This day, for which preparations by a huge network of social movements in several regions, has been undertaking for months, marks the entry of basic social mobilisation actions on Russia's public scene. For the fi...
More than 80 events were organised during the 2008 edition of the World Zero Eviction Days, which saw the participation of tens of thousands of people. The events strengthened participants’ awareness of being the central figures in a common struggle whose aim is to present a united front against the disastrous effects of neo-liberalism on cities...
News
Press Release. Harmonious cities once and for all -...
On World Habitat Day , celebrated by UN-Habitat on October 6, 2008, under the motto “Harmonius Cities”, the Internati...
Markets alone cannot ensure housing for all, says UN...
Press release Raquel Rolnik, 23 October 2008 The following statement was issued today in New York by the United Natio...
After the Zero Eviction Days, inhabitants prepare for the 2009 World Social Forum in Belem
More than 80 events were organised during the 2008 edition of the World Zero Eviction Days, which saw the participation of tens of thousands of people. The events strengthened participants’ awareness of being the central figures in a common struggle whose aim is to present a united front against the disastrous effects of neo-liberalism on cities and their inhabitants, with resistance and alternatives being the tools of choice.Inhabitants are using the same approach as they prepare to participate in the Belem WSF.
Syndicat des Locataires
Bruxelles: Action pour le logement
Partial Endorsers List: Coalition to Save Harlem, Concerned Citizens of Greater Harlem, Delano Village Tenant Association, Human Rights Project @Urban Justice Center,Green Party, International Action Center, International League of People's Struggle, Picture the Homeless, National Network to Stop Foreclosure & Evictions,Operation Power, People for Community Recovery, Right to the City,Troops Out Now, Willet Points Defense Committee
New York City: "Housing is a Human Right" Rally
Chennai Housing Rights Coalition and Centre for Social Work and Research
Demonstration on 17th Oct’08 at Near to Memorial Hall (Government G.H.)
Union des Soviets de Coordination de Russie (SKS)
25 octobre en Russie : « Journée de la colère sociale »
A Exception Culturelle, ACDL, AFVS, AITEC, ANECR, ATTAC, Autre Monde, AVIHPO, CAL, CNL, CDSL, CGT Caisse des dépots, CGT ICADE, CGT SNI, CGT FILIMMO, Collectif La Fraternité, Collectif SDF Alsace, Coordination Anti-démolition des quartier pop, COPAF, DAL Fédération, FSU, FSU Caisse des dépôt, HALEM, LDH, No-Vox, Collectif Pas Touche au Livret A, Sans Rien, SNA banque de France, Union Syndicale Solidaire, Abertzaleen Batasuna, LCR, Les Alternatifs, Les Verts, PCF,...
France: Caravane de Pau à Paris!
BEKSAV Cinema Workshop
NO PASS TO DESTRUCTIONS
The National Federation of Gypsy Liason Groups (UK), The Gypsy Council Ltd, International Alliance of Inhabitants, The Monitoring Group Uk