JimN
30th May 2010, 21:57
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The first of our Saturday evening meetings in June and July:
Slums and Slumps: Housing under Capitalism?
Despite decades of housing legislation, there are still homeless people and countless more living in sub-standard accommodation. Home ownership has increased, but at the expense of people taking on vast mortgage commitments. The precise nature of the housing problem may change over time, but the problem itself persists. We shall argue that this is because under capitalism housing is subject to the profit motive, and there is no profit in providing housing for those who cannot afford it. As one American housing activist says about the mismatch between availability and affordability, 'It's really water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink.'
Speaker: Paul Bennett
Saturday 5th June 6pm at:
Socialist Party of Great Britain Head Office
52 Clapham High Street
London
SW4 7UN
Nearest tube: Clapham North
Further meetings in the series:
June 19th "Class struggle and climate change: the politics of personal
consumption"
Paddy Shannon
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July 3rd "Business growth in conflict with the environment"
Glenn Morris
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July 17th "Bitter Pill: Capitalism and the Pharmaceutical Industry"
Dick Field
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July 31st "Reforming Capitalism Or The Socialist Alternative"
Vincent Otter
The first of our Saturday evening meetings in June and July:
Slums and Slumps: Housing under Capitalism?
Despite decades of housing legislation, there are still homeless people and countless more living in sub-standard accommodation. Home ownership has increased, but at the expense of people taking on vast mortgage commitments. The precise nature of the housing problem may change over time, but the problem itself persists. We shall argue that this is because under capitalism housing is subject to the profit motive, and there is no profit in providing housing for those who cannot afford it. As one American housing activist says about the mismatch between availability and affordability, 'It's really water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink.'
Speaker: Paul Bennett
Saturday 5th June 6pm at:
Socialist Party of Great Britain Head Office
52 Clapham High Street
London
SW4 7UN
Nearest tube: Clapham North
Further meetings in the series:
June 19th "Class struggle and climate change: the politics of personal
consumption"
Paddy Shannon
----------------------------------------------------------------------
July 3rd "Business growth in conflict with the environment"
Glenn Morris
----------------------------------------------------------------------
July 17th "Bitter Pill: Capitalism and the Pharmaceutical Industry"
Dick Field
----------------------------------------------------------------------
July 31st "Reforming Capitalism Or The Socialist Alternative"
Vincent Otter