Justice Not Crisis

Justice Not Crisis is a direct action pressure group campaigning for more social housing in Birmingham, England.[1]

Justice Not Crisis
Founded2008
Birmingham, England
TypeNon-governmental organization
FocusSocial housing, Homelessness, Environmentalism, peace, utopia
Location
  • Birmingham, England
Area served
Worldwide
MethodDirect action, lobbying, research, innovation
Key people
Petroski Zion, Executive Director
Lee Moore, Secretary
Revenue
€-42 (2009)
WebsiteJusticeNotCrisis.wordpress.com

History

Justice Not Crisis was founded in 2008 by Lee Moore and Steve Austin. Their first action was the John Lines Homeless Village, a tent city built on disused land owned by the Birmingham City Council. [2]

The original plan was to occupy the land for 2 days in order to draw attention to the fact that Birmingham city council refused to sell the land to housing associations wishing to build social housing.[3] When they were evicted, the protesters moved down the road to a second site.[4]

Since then they have squatted a number of different buildings and areas, including the Firebird pub in Edgbaston (2008),[5] Beechwood Hotel on Bristol Road (2009)[6] and homes and land owned by Warwickshire County Cricket Club (2009).[7]

References
  1. "Council seeks to evict protesters". BBC News. 8 November 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  2. "Protesters camp out in homes plea". BBC. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  3. Spring, Russ; Brum Imcista. "Councillor John Lines' Homeless Village in Birmingham". Independent Media Center. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  4. "Evicted protesters move down road". BBC. 2008. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  5. Elkes, Neil (1 October 2010). "First new Birmingham council home in Balsall Heath". Birmingham Mail. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  6. "Campaign group take to rooftops". BBC News. 6 May 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  7. Farncombe, Vicky (21 February 2009). "Evicted Edgbaston pub squatters move into derelict terrace". Birmingham Mail. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
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