Our short thread on Hackney’s lords of the manor, the slave-owning, pub-demolishing Tyssen (later Tyssen-Amherst) family; forgot to mention Baron Amherst’s attempt to prevent the saving of Hackney Downs as a green space - foiled by local riots in 1875: wp.me/p74yfw-q2

Churchill Gardens and Battersea Power Station. The story of the estate and how heating was supplied via pipes under the Thames from the power station at alondoninheritance.com/london-infrast…

Tenure matters. White British adults are more than 2x as likely to own their homes (72%) vsto Black African (35%) or Arab adults (31%). Since renters face much higher costs per m² than homeowners, this drives up the average share of income ethnic minorities spend on housing.

Black Studies 101 free taster session, taught by me will be running Wed 12th Feb 6pm, live streamed on YouTube Tube

This is history's most brutal cover-up. A former slave defeated Napoleon's 20,000 elite troops. So they imprisoned him, killed him, and erased him from history books. Here's why the French buried Toussaint Louverture's story until 2007:

On this International Women’s Day, here is a FREE collection of hundreds of PDF books from the Radical Feminist Library. Download, read, and share—agitate, educate, organize! The link : drive.google.com/drive/mobile/f…

Their redevelopment of the Aylesbury estate will result in a loss of 1.8 hectares of public open space:

Delancey's Get Living new development just opened in Lewisham and already residents moved out due to severe building defects. This is where we're at in 2025 deregulated Britain. Profits put before people. Timeless really. We couid do something about it!!

April Fools? 5.7m households are in over-priced rented homes, and the govt refuses to pay or cap rents. This leaves around 10m voters (more than the 9.7m who voted Labour) facing debt, immiseration and homelessness. Why won’t the govt get a grip? theguardian.com/money/2025/apr…

Interested in starting a new tenant organization in your neighborhood or city? Organizers from Vancouver Tenants Union, Puget Sound Tenants Union, and L.A. Tenants Union will present & lead a discussion. Sunday April 13, 4:30 / 7:30 Register at bit.ly/ATUN-april13

Council estate regeneration is always preceded (and then justified) by years of managed neglect. #Southwark

In 2011, Southwark Council had 39,845 council homes of which 11,961 failed to meet Decent Homes Standard. Today it has 37,663 of which 11,500 fail to meet Decent Homes Standard.

The truth behind this PR guff is that they are knocking down more council homes than any other borough! 35percent.org/new-council-ho…

Sad to learn about the passing of Dr Melz Owusu, an activist, scholar and Founder of the Free Black University. I found this piece about a mural that was created in their honour in Leeds and I glad they were recognised and valued while they lived. RIP. yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/people/hu…

We can confirm that Ebere Eze has completed a permanent transfer to Arsenal in a club-record sale. Thank you for everything, Ebs ❤️💙

Good to see this finally get national coverage. First reported by yours truly. As councillors have warned, this is likely just the tip of the iceberg - Chilton Grove and Arica House still need looking at. Thread 🧵 Inside Housing BBC News (UK) bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

🚨 PLEASE go and fill in the online consultation survey on what the new ‘Decent Homes Standard’ should include🙏🏽 Perhaps the biggest chance to influence what housing/temporary accommodation will look like in years to come. They need to hear from 🫵🏽

The deadline closes on the 10th of September! Link: gov.uk/government/con…

A gentle reminder to UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 media Black & brown people don’t have to be nursing you or working as carers wiping the backsides of your elderly parents to be worthy of your condescension & entitled to human rights . Human Rights are universal, that’s the point .

No coincidence that the block pictured is on the Aylesbury estate where there are currently more than 1,000 long-term empty homes awaiting demolition!