Worcester Tenants Union
Bringing housing under the control of the people who live in it.
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Eviction Defense Solidarity
Eviction defense is a tactic with a long history. As long as there have been landlords who try to throw people out of their homes, people have taken action together to defend the human right to housing. In the 1800s, tenants in upstate New York fought a war against feudalistic landlords who prevented them from…
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Solidarity with Forest Defenders and Against Police Terror
Following the tragic killings of Tortuguita, a forest defender in the Weelaunee Forest, by Georgia police; Tyre Nichols by Memphis Police; Sayed Arif Faisal by Cambridge Police, Chiewelthap Mariar by Guymon City Police, Anthony Lowe Jr. by Huntington Park Police Department; and countless other acts of violence by police, the Worcester Tenants Union reaffirms our solidarity with victims of…
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Organizing During the Good Times
Originally published April 15th, 2020 A common issue that we, as organizers, face consistently is making up for disorganization in a time when disorganization is most dangerous. We realize that we or our neighbors are in trouble while we are in the thick of the trouble. In my building, there has not been an active…
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Tenant Organizing is an Abolitionist Practice
We are a multiracial group of tenants who recognize and support the slogan, “An injury to one is an injury to all.” We also believe workers struggles have no borders. Newly amplified calls for police abolition, based around the police murders of Adam Toledo, Daunte Wright, Ma’Khia Bryant, and locally the murder of Phet Gouvonvong…