This is Parkdale: New short film on the successful rent strike

Posted on November 5, 2017 by nothingiseverlost

Earlier this year, hundreds of tenants living in flats in the Toronto neighbourhood of Parkdale went on a rent strike against a proposed rent increase, eventually winning substantial concessions from their landlords. Since then, they’ve continued to organise and successfully prevented three evictions. Now, a new short (35 minutes) film from Submedia, This is Parkdale, tells the full story of the rent strike. It should definitely be worth watching; I would also suggest that, if you’re involved in a tenants’ organisation or housing group of some kind, putting on a showing would be a good public event – since it’s only half an hour or so, it would leave plenty of time for discussion afterwards. Submedia also produce a regular series called Trouble that covers a range of topics in depth. Anyway, here’s the film:

 

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"The impulse to fight against work and management is immediately collective. As we fight against the conditions of our own lives, we see that other people are doing the same. To get anywhere we have to fight side by side. We begin to break down the divisions between us and prejudices, hierarchies, and nationalisms begin to be undermined. As we build trust and solidarity, we grow more daring and combative. More becomes possible. We get more organized, more confident, more disruptive and more powerful."
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2 Responses to This is Parkdale: New short film on the successful rent strike

  2. Pingback: Parkdale, Toronto: second successful rent strike in under a year! | Cautiously pessimistic

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