Behind the Rent Strike
A film documenting the various political and social aspects of the fourteen month long rent strike undertaken by tenants on the Tower Hill Estate in Kirkby, on the outskirts of Liverpool, which commenced in 1972 in protest against increases in council house rents resulting from the Housing Finance A...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | English |
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Lafayette Film
1974
United Kingdom |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:81f46d0b-89e5-4f3d-997b-6f908708b10c |
| Summary: | A film documenting the various political and social aspects of the fourteen month long rent strike undertaken by tenants on the Tower Hill Estate in Kirkby, on the outskirts of Liverpool, which commenced in 1972 in protest against increases in council house rents resulting from the Housing Finance Act. It gives a picture of social conditions in the area as well as the organisation of the strike. |
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| Published: | 1974 |