https://metropolitics.org/ Favoriser les débats et confronter les savoirs et les savoir-faire sur la ville, l'architecture et les territoires. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://metropolitics.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH20/siteon0-bf96f.png?1760617828 https://metropolitics.org/ 20 144 https://metropolitics.org/Dusting-off-the-Archives-Connecting-Historical-Renters-Activism-to-Contemporary.html https://metropolitics.org/Dusting-off-the-Archives-Connecting-Historical-Renters-Activism-to-Contemporary.html 2025-03-05T06:00:00Z text/html en Céline Drieskens housing right to housing right to the city housing justice community organizing tenants archives Belgium Brussels <p>Drawing parallels between the first renters' union in Brussels and the contemporary efforts of WUUNE, a newly formed independent renters' union, this essay advocates for community archives as one (of many) tools in the pursuit of housing justice. <br class='autobr' /> ---- Series: Horizons in the Housing Struggle It is February 29, 2024, when I first ring the doorbell of Albert Martens' home in Schaerbeek, Brussels. The 84-year-old housing activist and sociologist invites me into his attic office, in the house he</p> - <a href="https://metropolitics.org/-From-the-Field-15-.html" rel="directory">From the Field</a> / <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-housing-+.html" rel="tag">housing</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-right-to-housing-+.html" rel="tag">right to housing</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-right-to-the-city-+.html" rel="tag">right to the city</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-housing-justice-+.html" rel="tag">housing justice</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-community-organizing-+.html" rel="tag">community organizing</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-tenants-+.html" rel="tag">tenants</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-archives-+.html" rel="tag">archives</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Belgium-+.html" rel="tag">Belgium</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Brussels-+.html" rel="tag">Brussels</a> https://metropolitics.org/The-Everyday-Realities-of-Marriage-Migration.html https://metropolitics.org/The-Everyday-Realities-of-Marriage-Migration.html 2022-03-18T06:00:00Z text/html en Laura Odasso & translated by Oliver Waine migration justice Europe migrants law Italy Belgium <p>If unions between nationals from Global North countries and foreigners are frequent, their marriages are often met with suspicion by state administrations. This article analyzes the rationales for this interference in people's private lives and its effects on marital life. <br class='autobr' /> When explaining her encounter with the immigration authorities, Anita says she should never have told the Belgian police the truth. For this Flemish woman in her thirties, everything changed when she told the police officer</p> - <a href="https://metropolitics.org/-From-the-Field-15-.html" rel="directory">From the Field</a> / <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-migration-+.html" rel="tag">migration</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-justice-+.html" rel="tag">justice</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Europe-+.html" rel="tag">Europe</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-migrants,1962-+.html" rel="tag">migrants</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-law-+.html" rel="tag">law</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Italy-+.html" rel="tag">Italy</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Belgium-+.html" rel="tag">Belgium</a>