This week on #PushbackTalks , Fredrik Gertten & Leilani Farha 🍉 sit with @david_ireland, Chief Executive of World Habitat! David's work with innovative housing projects worldwide provides a unique perspective on how to create meaningful change in the sector.

#PushbackTalks is back & we're joined by @david_ireland of World Habitat! David's work allows him to witness positive, impactful projects in housing around the world, a dose of optimism that's rare in human rights. Out now on all platforms!

There it is. Let's remember, evictions are traumatic, can ruin lives and can easily result in homelessness - especially when there's nowhere affordable to go.

So, why do govts entrust solving the housing crisis to an industry that is helping to create it?

Want to see housing become a constitutional right in CA? Us too!

Join us Thurs 4/11 @ 4pm to learn how to make this a reality!

Hear from Matt Haney, author of constitutional amendment ACA 10 + Leilani Farha 🍉, Rasheedah Phillips & Farrah Hassen.

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'One in every 21 adults in the UK is a landlord. We have four times as many landlords as teachers.'

Nick Bano in today's The Guardian on why landlords, not a lack of housing, are at the heart of our housing crisis 🔥
Preorder AGAINST LANDLORDS Verso Books

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Today, we are pleased to see that a historic vote on the NDP motion on Palestine is likely going to result in historic change for Canada.

Things like:
1. A weapons embargo
2. ⁠Sanctions on settlers
3. ⁠Recognition of the work of the International Criminal Court of Canada…

#PushbackTalks takes a deep dive into Argentina's challenges with political turmoil & economic distress. Sebastián Fest of podcastamericas joins Fredrik & Leilani to discuss President Milei's policies & the quest for a more equitable future

#Argentina #podcast #Politics

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Have you listen to our last episode?

“The tenant class” a conversation with author Ricardo Tranjan

Remember, you can listen to this episode and previous ones on all of our platforms.

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'Across Canada, for every 1 unit of affordable housing built, we are losing 11 affordable units on the private market.' -ACORN Canada

This week on #PushbackTalks , author Ricardo Tranjan talks his book 'The Tenant Class' & why tenants are NOT just homeowners in waiting.

'Across Canada, for every 1 unit of affordable housing built, we are losing 11 affordable units on the private market.' -ACORN Canada

This week on #PushbackTalks , author Ricardo Tranjan talks his book 'The Tenant Class' & why tenants are NOT just homeowners in waiting.

A new episode of #PushbackTalks is coming, have you listened to the last one yet?
Award-winning South African journalist & filmmaker Sylvia Vollenhoven sits w Fredrik Gertten & Leilani Farha 🍉 to talk S. Africa's history of using the legal system as a battleground & its case at the ICJ

This week on #PushbackTalks , Leilani Farha 🍉 &@FredrikGertten are joined by South African journalist & filmmaker Sylvia Vollenhoven to explore the parallels between past struggles and current conflicts. Don't miss it!

Join Fredrik Gertten & Leilani Farha 🍉 on the latest ep of #PushbackTalks as we explore the profound influence of historical narratives on contemporary events, focusing on Gaza, apartheid & South Africa's case against Israel in the ICJ w award-winning journalist Sylvia Vollenhoven

Coming later this week...how do history and enduring empathy come to the surface in current events?

Fredrik Gertten's longtime friend, journalist & filmmaker Sylvia Vollenhoven is on the pod to discuss South Africa's case against Israel at the ICJ with him &
Leilani Farha 🍉

We've been working hard to change the way governments interact with and respond to encampments.

Read about our National Working Group on Homeless Encampments and the Municipal Engagement Guidance the group presented at Canada’s Big City Mayors Caucus.

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'From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any other point in human history. '

Have you listened to our new episode 'Mass Protests and the Missing Revolution'? A conversation with author Vincent Bevins
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New episode of #PushbackTalks out now!

How did a decade of mass protests lead to the opposite of what they fought for? Journalist Vincent Bevins speaks w Leilani Farha 🍉 & @fredrikgertten on the role of the media in political outcomes & how we can build more successful movements