Joe Beswick
@joebeswick1
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@RosaluxLondon. @LDNrentersunion. PhD financialisation of social housing. Formerly housing and land for @nef.
London, England
Joined March 2015
For anyone who wants to know more about the financialisation of social housing, the rise of Global Corporate Landlords and the emergence of Local Housing Companies, my PhD is now open access online 🤩🥰
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"Stop listening to landlords." LRU member Joe on BBC Radio London yesterday talking about the Renters' Rights Act and why the government needs to start putting ordinary renters before landlord profits.
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Welcome news that Your Party is reopening membership. But fragility still remains. That’s why grassroots supporters have proposed an Independent Interim Team to steady the ship + ensure a genuinely democratic founding conference. ✍️ Sign the petition:
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Let’s get Your Party over the line! 🚩 We launched an open letter last Friday — sign here 👉 https://t.co/entImwRyiX Here’s a thread to explain everything 🧵
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In the 1970s, 95% of spending on housing policy went on building new council homes Now, the same amount is spent on rents and going into the pockets of private landlords Joe Beswick from @LDNRentersUnion on the government’s shift from supply to demand
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"Education is the most important class issue" Gramsci Putting Marx's ideas back where they belong, at the heart of working class and trade union education! ✊🏿🇵🇸🚩
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TODAY! See you there!
ACTION: CUT THE RENT! #RentControlsNow! Rising rents destroy our communities. The government is more interested in building expensive flats than stopping the rent hikes. Tenants in Europe are taking action and winning. Now, we must take to the streets to demand housing justice!
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I published a book two weeks ago with @PlutoPress called ‘A World Without Racism’, an edited collection which seeks to guide antiracists, drawn from decades of housing, land, immigration, policing, climate, cultural, health, international, education and feminist organising. 🧵
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In Leeds with @BFAWUOfficial activists and reps playing Jeopardy and learning already to start off the 3rd Political economy course being run with @RosaluxLondon
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Bakers union Gen Sec @sarahwoolley01 introducing our third political economy and organising course with @BFAWUOfficial this morning. It’s going to be an exciting few days -can already feel the energy in the room to build the union and working class power ✊
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🚨 Today we're kicking off our CUT THE RENT campaign for #RentControlNow by TAKING ACTION against the UK’s biggest corporate landlord GRAINGER. Grainger is getting rich gentrifying our neighbourhoods while lobbying government against our rights. Read & share the thread [1/12]
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Over the last few days members from across the IWGB have been taking part in a Political Economy Training Course run by @RosaluxLondon. We've been learning about this history of the labour movement & our union, why we need to organise, & how we plan to build power at work.
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Just about to get going with the second day of our political economy and organising course for @IWGBunion members, with @Rafael_Navar . Really interesting discussions in the room yesterday, looking forward to day 2 ✊✊✊
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Thank you to @RosaluxLondon (Deborah, Joe & Emma) @Rafael_Navar & Lou for a great few days of training - we’re excited for the plans to come into fruition ✊️
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We're hiring ! 🚨🚨 At RLS London we are looking for a freelance trade union political education coordinator to help us deliver our education stratgey. Have a look at the advert and get in touch if you have any questions Details here, deadline 6th March:
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📅Today marks fifty years since the coup which ousted Allende's socialist government in Chile, and in Chile today the struggle between justice and reaction continues. See our article below for an update, and of course: Hasta la Victoria Siempre ! 🌹
Fifty years after the overthrow of Salvador Allende, the forces of reaction are once again on the march in Chile. The legacy of Popular Unity can provide inspiration for the country’s Left as it struggles to recapture lost momentum.
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Interested in using stories for social change? Want to join a training to learn more? PIRC's narrative course begins in Jan 2024 and application are open NOW. APPLY TODAY
publicinterest.org.uk
Are you a changemaker, a storyteller, or someone who’s looking to shift the way people think, feel, and act?
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Want a job where you help our incredible members build powerful and caring branches? Want to take on landlords and win? We're hiring! ✊2x Member Solidarity Organisers 🔧1x Membership and Operations Coordinator All the info:
londonrentersunion.org
We’re now hiring new staff to help our members organise renters and build the power of the union
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Rosa: 'Tomorrow the revolution will rise up again, clashing its weapons, and to your horror it will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am, I shall be!' Worldwide solidarity on #IWD2023 - The feminist struggle is a socialist struggle ✊
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german riot police defeated and humiliated by some kind of mud wizard
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Packed room for tonight’s #RentFreezeNow event ahead of the December 3 day of action. Some live tweeting below ⬇️
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