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The activism of social movements for the struggle for housing in times of pandemic: The Internet as a non-exclusive mobilization space.

Civil Society
Democratisation
Globalisation
Social Movements
Internet
Asylum
Activism
Capitalism
Carla Panico
Centro de Estudos Sociais, University of Coimbra
Caroline Santos
Centro de Estudos Sociais, University of Coimbra
Caroline Santos
Centro de Estudos Sociais, University of Coimbra
Carla Panico
Centro de Estudos Sociais, University of Coimbra

Abstract

The processes of urban tourism and gentrification have been one of the major challenges in recent years in the vast majority of European capitals. The growing number of rentals has led to thousands of families losing their homes or migrating to new areas of the city. The process of gentrification has two major consequences: loss of quality of life due to the difficulty of accessing urban space and in even more extreme cases the loss of one's own home. In both cases we are referring to human rights violations to which the state itself is the violator. In this way, social movements of occupation and self-management emerge that often end up guaranteeing rights that should be guaranteed by the state. In this context, in times of pandemic, the debate about the right to housing becomes even more urgent. Not only because of the number of inhabitants who do not have a home to quarantine, but also because of the way these movements articulate themselves to protest for their rights. This is how the question arises: How effective is online organizing in times of pandemic? Is it still the only way to organize?