Samir Jeraj

Samir Jeraj is a journalist with a focus on issues in private rented housing. He was a Green Party councillor in Norwich from 2008 to 2012. He’s the author of The Rent Trap with Rosie Walker, and can be found on twitter as @sajeraj

Articles

12.03.2024
Are Greens Speaking out Against Islamophobia?

While Green parties have long been associated with inclusive politics, they are not always without prejudice towards Islam.

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12.07.2023
From Grassroots to Government: Greens Leading Reform in Zagreb

Following Zagreb's example, grassroots-based municipalist movements can lead a new progressive wave in the Balkans.

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27.06.2023
Sex Work in Europe Between Decriminalisation and Prohibition

With countries pursuing their own policies, a EU-wide political compromise on sex work looks far off.

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13.12.2022
Are Green Parties Still Pacifist?

Ongoing conflicts and aggression around the world challenge long-held Green positions on pacifism.

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07.04.2021
How Greens in Government Are Tackling Homelessness

Greens are driving responses to homelessness but the pandemic and the lack of support from governments threaten to set back these efforts.

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18.09.2020
Anti-Racist Politics in Practice: Greens and Black Lives Matter

Green parties are vocal advocates of racial justice, but does the rhetoric match the reality?

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24.08.2018
The New Urban Crisis: A Manifesto for the Status Quo

Growing inequality has become a hallmark of many cities. For this reviewer, Richard Florida's latest book is a worrying prescription for more of the same.

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25.11.2017
Guardians of the Property: Pop-up Housing for Pop-up People

A new housing phenomenon is spreading across Europe's cities - is it a Bohemian, win-win solution or does it exemplify the entrenchment of precarity into new spheres?

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21.06.2017
Destruction by Deregulation: the Grenfell Tower Fire

In order to make sense of this month's devastating fire in London, it has to be placed in a context of austerity, deregulation & privatisation.

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22.05.2015
‘Social Housing, Not Social Cleansing’ – The Case of the Focus E15 Mums

The UK faces a housing crisis. It is this crisis, and the growing number of evictions that are mobilising people to campaign on housing. A group of young mothers fights back with direct action.

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