Desde el lugar donde nace el Río San Juan, de las entrañas de la Sierra de los Cuchumatanes en Aguacatán , Huehuetenango, Guatemala se llevó a cabo el segundo encuentro del Movimiento Mesoamericano contra el Modelos Extractivo Minero del 11 al 14 de abril. »

Who can solve the problem of homelessness? This past week we saw two approaches—the bulldozing of a homeless encampment by the City of Baltimore and the reclamation of a foreclosed property by the direct action of a group of people in Minneapolis. »

Crossing urban solidarity (Essen, 25 04 2013) On April 26-27, in Wuppertal, Germany, a meeting was held, organized by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, in which international activists shared their experiences of struggle and organization. On the evening of 24-25, there was meetings with activists and representatives of different networks,organizations, movements fighting for the right to housing and the city, to debate a better coordination for... »

15 мая в 17 часов жители московских общежитий пришли во двор столичной мэрии для того, чтобы заставить чиновников решать свои жилищные проблемы. »

Hundreds of families from more than a dozen communities joined local human rights groups yesterday as they rallied outside the National Assembly for World Zero Evictions Day, calling for an end to forced land evictions in Phnom Penh. »

Земля – это жизнь. Потребуйте от сахарной промышленности прекратить отнятие земли у камбоджийских крестьян. »

Adequate housing is not just a collective right, it is also the right of every individual, every man, woman and child everywhere The campaign based on that the right to adequate housing is a human right, which has been recognized on a wide scale by international human rights instruments that have been signed and ratified by Egypt, and thus the state becomes bound by these instruments to recognize the right to adequate housing in its Legislati... »

Tahrir Square and other Squares in Egypt witnessed bloody incidents that exposed the youth of Egypt to oppression, murder and intentional injury The undersigned hold the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to its full political and criminal responsibility for the dead and wounded as well as to its circumvention of the fair demands of the masses. »

Conférence Doustourna, La vérité n'est pas toujours belle à voir, pourtant les SDF sont là (FSM Tunis, 27 mars 2013) The headline above, put together during the World Social Forum by a group of young activists from the Doustourna association network - part of the Medina cellule - can be seen as representative of the conference’s content, as a contribution to the World Assembly of Inhabitants. The WSF took place from 26 to 30 March 2013 in Tun... »

Day Two of Ongoing Demolition Looms On Saturday, February 23, 2013, a demolition squad from the Lagos State Government began forcefully evicting thousands of residents of the Badia East community in Lagos. Over the course of the day, two bulldozers, dozens of uniformed Lagos State Physical Planning and Development Agency (LASPPDA) agents and countless others working with the Lagos State Environmental and Sanitation Task »

Facing forced evictions in Africa (© Amnesty International, March 2012) From 4 to 8 December the IAI will make the voices of Africa’s urban inhabitants heard at Dakar by hosting and participating in a series of events, including the Sixth Africities Summit (no registration charge for anyone to attend the Thematic Session on Associations of Inhabitants) and meetings with local residents organisations in the neighbourhoods. In this way the net... »

Approximately 20 left-wing mayors have signed anti-eviction measures that also legislate against cutting off water and electricity, thus protecting almost one million inhabitants from the effects of the housing crisis. A plea to all mayors. »

The Bab Al Shams protest village before it was forcibly evacuated by Israeli forces. (Issam Rimawi / APA images) Under pressure from right-wing upstarts amidst a heated election contest, Netanyahu ordered the eviction of Bab Al Shams in flagrant contempt of the country’s high court. And not one of the judges issued a word of protest. »

Sanción definitiva en la Cámara de Senadores de la provincia de Buenos Aires El cambio continúa - “Ley de Promoción del derecho sustentable a la vivienda y a un hábitat digno y sustentable”. El Vicegobernador de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Gabriel Mariotto, y el bloque kirchnerista lograron la sanción de la ley del derecho a la vivienda y a un hábitat digno, que dejó de lado la normativa de la dictadura militar. »

In the afternoon we will hold our main plenary session Assemblée Mondiale des Habitants / World Assembly of Inhabitants / Asamblea Mundial de los Habitantes Time: 16.00 – 18.30Room: Faculty of Sciences - Amphi A »

The World Social Forum gets into full swing from Tuesday 26 to Saturday 30 March in Tunis. The World Assembly of Inhabitants is in the final stages of preparation as delegates arrive from around the world to participate in a packed programme. »