When
Where
Redfern Community Centre
29-53 Hugo St
Redfern NSW 2016
Australia
Why
Rally and march to save Waterloo public housing tenants from eviction and public housing from being demolished and sold-off to developers.
The ALP Minns government is demolishing and privitisating Waterloo public housing.
The Save Waterloo Encampment was set up on Sunday May 24 to organise with the community to resist evictions and demolitions.
The ALP leadership promised, in 2023, before being elected, to save Waterloo and rejected the Liberal state government's privitisation plan. Since elected, they reneged and have evicted 145 residents from their homes and this week, bought in the demolition teams and police to force peaceful protesters away from picketing their destruction units.
One activist was forcibly removed, dragged and arrested on Tuesday 9th June for blocking the demolition trucks. But the Save Waterloo Encampment and campaign continues.
Surviving for, as of writing, for 17 days, the Save Waterloo Encampment is rallying on Saturday June 13, 12-1.30pm with First Nations community members to tell the government to back off from their war on public housing at Waterloo.
Speakers:
- Angeline Penrith, proud Wiradjuri and Yuin Redfern resident, actor, storyteller and creative director of Redfern Renaissance.
- Karyn Brown, Waterloo South resident, Action for Public Housing, Socialist Alliance
- Wendy Bacon, investigative journalist
- Matthew Thompson, Greens councillor Sydney Council
- Others TBC
We will march through Redfern and Waterloo and end up at the Save Waterloo Encampment for the 2pm Drag Show Against Demolition.
Contact Damien 0420 354 322, or Rach 0403 517 266
For updates check the Facebook event.
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Contact
Action for Public Housing
Rach · 0403 517 266
[email protected]
actionforpublichousing.org
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Want to support the camp, but can't stay overnight? Fear not! You can do a 3 hour shift, day or night.
Please get in touch, we are also inviting community to hold workshops, skillshares or arts events in the space.
It's been torrential rain but we are still holding strong, can you spare 3 hours this week to defend public housing?
Text 0403 517 266 to support, run a workshop or have a communal event at camp.
