Justice Not Crisis
| Founded | 2008 Birmingham, England |
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| Type | Non-governmental organization |
| Focus | Social housing, Homelessness, Environmentalism, peace, utopia |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Method | Direct action, lobbying, research, innovation |
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Key people
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Petroski Zion, Executive Director Lee Moore, Secretary |
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Revenue
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€-42 (2009) |
| Website | JusticeNotCrisis.wordpress.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]
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