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December 2009

Thursday December 17, 2009

Op Ed: What's At Stake in Copenhagen?

National - La Paz, Bolivia, where I was born and spent my first 18 years "could perhaps be the first large urban casualty of climate change," according to The New York Times.Read More >

Thursday December 17, 2009

The Big Payback Hits Miami!

Miami - On December 10, 2009, International Human Rights Day, Miami Right to the City and the U.S. Human Rights Network staged a protest against Wachovia Wells Fargo for the bank's role in the mortgage crisis and recovery.Read More >

Wednesday December 09, 2009

RTTC, Movement Generation Send Delegation to Copenhagen Climate Conference

National - As heads of states and social movements call on the US to take responsibility for its devastating impacts on the earth's climate, Movement Generation is preparing to take a delegation of U.S.-based grassroots social movement leaders, including RTTC members to Copenhagen December 12-19.Read More >

Friday December 04, 2009

FDNY, Bldgs. take illegal conversion battle to the street

New York City - New York City is making a new push to curb the number of illegally converted apartments after a series of deadly fires.Read More >

Friday December 04, 2009

The Rebirth of Real Cooperation

DC Metro - When the Arlandria Chirilagua Housing Cooperative took definitive shape in the early 90s after a 10-year organizational effort, its residents hoped to stomp out the evictions, rent increases and utility hikes plaguing the low-income development on the Northeast fringe of the city. As owners of the 282-unit co-op, the tenants - mostly immigrants - and their elected board of directors would control their own rents and voice effectively their opinions related to their home. Thirteen years later, the ACHC has seen internal tumult among its members and between them - specifically members of the board.Read More >

Friday December 04, 2009

Picture the Homeless Takes Aim at Chase Bank

New York City - JPMorgan Chase head Jamie Dimon better watch out this Christmas - the homeless are coming to town. At least 30 homeless and housing activists rallied outside the headquarters of banking giant Chase December 2 to demand that the bank utilize their ownership of vacant property in New York City to create housing for poor people and the homeless.Read More >

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