Justice Not Crisis Explained

Justice Not Crisis
Type:Non-governmental organization
Founded Date:2008
Birmingham, England
Location:Birmingham, England
Key People:Petroski Zion, Executive Director
Lee Moore, Secretary
Area Served:Worldwide
Focus:Social housing, Homelessness, Environmentalism, peace, utopia
Method:Direct action, lobbying, research, innovation
Revenue:€-42 (2009)
Homepage:JusticeNotCrisis.com

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Council seeks to evict protesters. 12 October 2010. BBC News. 8 November 2008.
  2. News: Protesters camp out in homes plea. 31 October 2008. BBC. 2015-11-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306195648/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/7703370.stm. 2016-03-06. live.
  3. Web site: Spring. Russ. Councillor John Lines' Homeless Village in Birmingham. Independent Media Center. 12 October 2010. Brum Imcista. https://web.archive.org/web/20121014021347/http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/birmingham/2008/11/412302.html. 14 October 2012. live.
  4. Web site: Evicted protesters move down road. 2008. BBC. 2015-11-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307075854/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/7719519.stm. 2016-03-07. live.
  5. News: Elkes. Neil. First new Birmingham council home in Balsall Heath. 12 October 2010. Birmingham Mail. 1 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120930021903/http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2010/10/01/first-new-birmingham-council-home-in-balsall-heath-97319-27376737/#ixzz1269utxrB. 30 September 2012. live.
  6. News: Campaign group take to rooftops. 12 October 2010. BBC News. 6 May 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304232739/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/8036870.stm. 4 March 2016. live.
  7. News: Farncombe. Vicky. Evicted Edgbaston pub squatters move into derelict terrace. 12 October 2010. Birmingham Mail. 21 February 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20120930021957/http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/02/21/evicted-edgbaston-pub-squatters-move-into-derelict-terrace-97319-22975969/. 30 September 2012. live.

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