Category Archives: Housing

Documentary “Mothers Strike” – Poland

Fem Van   Friday October 16th, 2015   No Comments on Documentary “Mothers Strike” – Poland

A work done by Feminist think Tank to document women struggle on housing. This documentary was shown during the LOF Camp and discussed. http://en.labournet.tv/video/6189/mothers-strike Documentary on a single mothers’ hunger strike in Wałbrzych, Poland in May 2008. After the closure of local companies and the slashing of 25,000 jobs a Free Trade Zone was established in Wałbrzych in the year… Read more »

Interview of NICOLETA VISAN, member of the evicted community “Vulturilor 50”, Bucharest

Fem Van   Sunday October 11th, 2015   No Comments on Interview of NICOLETA VISAN, member of the evicted community “Vulturilor 50”, Bucharest
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During our stopover in Bucarest, we had the chance to meet some members of an evicted community, who is resisting in the streets of Bucarest, organized in a camp, waiting to be allocated to a decent home by the municipality. This community is known as “Vulturilor 50”, the name of the street where they used to live before the evacuation…. Read more »