Here to Stay, Here to Fight: The Bengali Squatters Movement
Faced with institutional racism in council housing and violence on the streets, hundreds of Bengali families in 1970s East London decided to squat, taking over entire streets and estates.
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Shabna Begum is an author and interim CEO of the Runnymede Trust
Faced with institutional racism in council housing and violence on the streets, hundreds of Bengali families in 1970s East London decided to squat, taking over entire streets and estates.