Architectural Workers

Cem Dursun (an architectural worker) has been held in jail in Turkey (without charge) for 9 months for his activism helping local communities get access to housing. In solidarity with Cem. We call on the Turkey to #freecemdursun #architectureforpeople @TurkEmbLondon

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"Business as usual" – what a shocking response. It's time for a new Mayor of London who represents the needs of people not the status quo. We should be looking to Barcelona,Jackson and Libertarian Municipalism so that MoL and London Assembly isn't just another arm of the State.

3 immigration enforcement vans with 12 officers, Stratford circus area @AntiRaids @LDNRentersUnion @london

They (@ben_derbyshire and co.) are profiting literally £millions from the social cleansing of E&C. I'm sure they thrived at the opportunity to engage further with residents:"we [HTA]believe all projects benefit from meaningful consultation & engagement process with local people."

Open Mike Eagle video about Chicago’s Robert Taylor Homes, the largest US public housing development before it was demolished with the false promise of 2,388 mixed-income units to replace it. youtube.com/watch?v=wQxXubLT… @davidjmadden @SouthwarkNotes @Fight4Aylesbury @andyplant08

"Everything is architecture, everyone an architect" – image stolen from the amazing @maydayrooms

Croydon has it right! If we're to address the crisis of access to affordable housing then we need: MORE SOCIAL HOUSING!

'Collective Empowerment and Sharing' tells stories of the work and labour of architectural workers as collected through a series of interviews and surveys: the experiences of over 100 people working in the industry. architecturalworkers.wordpre…

“People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have corpses in their mouths.”