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ACORN’s grassroots organizing in Bristol is featured in the London Review of Books! From defending tenants against eviction to fighting council house sales and shaping housing policy, ACORN members are organizing for housing justice.
Read more: lrb.co.uk/
Across the world, working-class communities face rising rents, displacement, unsafe housing, and the loss of affordable homes. Tenants are organizing globaly to demand stronger protections and hold landlords and governments accountable. Housing must be treated as a human right.
The Organizers’ Forum delegation met David Karavala of World Against Racism and Fascism in Barcelona, learning how organizers have built coalitions of labor unions, leftist groups, and social movements to fight racism and fascism.
Their latest march was 4,000 people strong.
Our UK affiliates just wrapped up their first regional day of action!
Hundreds of members across 9 regions and 2 countries took action against utilities, corporate landlords and bailiff companies, securing 4 negotiations with major utilities.
#BailiffFreeBritain
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🌡️ As part of @ACORNGlobal's #BeatTheHeat Global Day of Action, the Hawkers Joint Action Committee (HJAC) stood with street vendors and local communities to demand safe drinking water, cooling spaces, heat-safe markets, and climate justice. ✊ #ClimateJustice
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Extreme heat threatens the lives of homeless communities every day. As part of @ACORNGlobal #BeatTheHeat Global Day of Action, we distributed ORS and raised awareness on heat safety, standing in solidarity for climate justice and the right to survive with dignity. ✊
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Across communities, women came together to discuss how rising temperatures impact health, livelihoods, and daily life. Together, they are demanding heat safe neighbourhoods and climate policies that put people first.
#BeatTheHeat
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As part of the #BeatTheHeat @ACORNGlobal Global Day of Action, GigWA members demanded heat protection, access to drinking water, rest breaks, and safe working conditions.
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Today @ACORNGlobal launches the Beat the Heat day of action, highlighting the rise of deadly heat and the effects on tenants, workers and vulnerable communities.
Learn more here: acorninternational.org/beat-…
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Extreme heat is a workers' rights issue.
Today, Gig Workers Association (GigWA) joined @ACORNGlobal International's global #BeatTheHeat Day of Action, standing in solidarity with workers across the world to demand protection from extreme heat.
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Beating the heat starts with organizing.
Members of the Gig Workers Association (GigWA) came together to raise awareness about the dangers of extreme heat, share hydration and safety tips, and stand in solidarity with @ACORNGlobal #BeatTheHeat Global Day of Action.
More than 200 ACORN Canada members from across the country gathered in Ottawa for their 2026 National Conventio. Convention delegates knocked doors, standing alongside tenants fighting mass displacement and calling on the government to protect affordable homes.
For 40+ years, AM/FM has built community radio that amplifies unheard voices. Now we’re expanding WAMF in New Orleans to reach more neighborhoods and grow new stations.
👉 givenola.org/organization/Am…
Cuts are coming. Heat is rising. We’re fighting back.
Protect SNAP, Medicaid, and expand heat protections.
👉 givenola.org/organization/AC…
Tenants in New Westminster win protections from extreme heat 🌡️
After years of organizing, ACORN members secured Canada’s first maximum heat bylaw, requiring landlords to keep units below 26°C overnight, with stronger A/C rights and enforcement.
In Edinburgh, four landlords have been removed from the landlord register after sustained pressure and direct action from members of @LivingRent_Edi Rent. This is a clear sign that the tide is turning against landlords who thought they could get away with neglect and abuse.
Real change starts with members. 💪
Hear from Liam, an @ACORNunion member in @ACORNPreston , on why he joined the union and how organizing together is building power to take on landlords and win for our communities.
ACORN in Catania’s historic Civita neighborhood are organizing to stop a €4M “revitalization” project imposed without consultation and designed for cruise tourism, not residents.
Signed up 50 members at their first public assembly
Members took action outside City Hall calling for a strong landlord licensing program in Calgary. Voluntary compliance is not enough. Licensing must be enforceable and include protections to ensure renters have safe, livable homes. @ACORNAB
Lets go Delta Amazon workers!
When Amazon attacks the rights of workers anywhere, it's a call to action for workers everywhere.
Solidarity with @UniforTheUnion workers in Delta, BC, fighting for a fair collective agreement. Together, we'll #MakeAmazonPay!