Australian "anti-landlord" activists are sharing information on empty properties across the country for squatters to take over and potentially steal the deeds from their original owners. Jordie van den Berg, also known as "PurplePingers," has been posting the addresses of homes he has staked out in Victoria, New South Wales, and Tasmania. Van den Berg

We need more shit like this

  • Zvyozdochka [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    5 months ago

    We need more of this:

    sankara-salute

    Image context for anyone unaware: This is the “James Connolly House” in Ireland. It was taken over by socialist housing activists and used to house homeless people for zero cost until 100+ police raided the building and made a couple arrests.

  • SexUnderSocialism [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    5 months ago

    fidel-salute

    I love how the article is dripping with thinly veiled contempt and scare quotes. I also liked this part:

    On his TikTok, Van den Berg has also visited tenants in distress who have called him for help, exposing poor landlords who leave their tenants in units that require dire maintenance and do not fulfill work orders.

    Oh no, not the poor landlords!

    On their about page it say’s they’re not just another left or right-wing publication, but a bunch of unbiased neutral free-thinkers. landlord-sus