I really like reading lists. Verso have made one for 2013 and there’s the greatly anticipated Novara reading list. I thought I’d bring together some of the best things I’ve read, and tweeted out excitedly, this year. There’s quite a lot on housing just cos I’ve been reading and doing stuff a lot on this recently. And there’s a massive and appalling absence of feminism/queer writings which I need to sort out – although women and gender issues do feature strongly in many welfare and housing articles. Also, my memory is pretty bad, so I’m sure I’ve missed loads of good stuff I read in the first half of the year. Hopefully you’ll find something to enjoy below and feel free to make suggestions of other articles.
Housing
Victims no longer: Spain’s anti-eviction movement
Housing and gentrification in Berlin; some thoughts and ideas
Social cleansing in Tower Hamlets: Interview with Balfron Tower Evictee
Housing, Homelessness and Austerity
The housing crisis is a war – squatting is our (not so secret) weapon
Welfare, work, anti-work
Werqin’ 9 to 5: cursory notes on antiwork politics from Dolly Parton to Shangela Laquifa
“The revolution starts in the ATOS smoking area” – on welfare, addiction, and dependency
Workers Against Work Working Group Introductory Statement
Sport
An overview of Italy’s anti-fascist gyms and boxing clubs
Economy stuff
Post-China and the Spatial Fix
Migration
Meet the Somalis: The illustrated stories of Somalis in seven cities in Europe
And this from earlier in the week was really cool – Merry Crisis and a Happy New Fear: Heavy Clashes in Hamburg
Izzy Koksal 