Organizing Resources
Videos
Autonomous Tenants Union Network YouTube Channel
Organizing
Intro to Tenant Organizing (start at 36:45 if you do not live in Chicago, IL)
Questions and Answers (to the same presentation)
By Autonomous Tenants Union (Chicago)
This Is Parkdale! (successful community rent strike)
Literature
Reflections on Tenant Organizing
The Rent Strike That Started a Movement (by Molly Lambert)
Before the Philadelphia Tenants Union: Philly Socialists’ First Fight (David Thompson, January 2019)
La comuna o nada (LA Tenants Union, May 2020)
No Job, No Rent: Ten months of organizing the tenant struggle (Stomp Out Slumlords, February 2021)
The Origins of the K3 Tenant Council (LA Tenants Union, May 2021)
How-To Guides:
COVID-19 Tenant Organizing Guide (Philadelphia Tenants Union)
Tenant Association Handbook (LA Tenants Union)
Court Support
Notes from ATUN Townhall on Court Support and Eviction Blockades
Eviction
Eviction Blockade Organizing Checklist (LA Tenants Union)
Has Your Landlord Illegally Evicted You? Are They Threatening To? (Tenants United of Hyde Park, South Shore, and Woodlawn, Chicago)
Handbook
Tenants' Rights Handbook (Volume II) (LA Tenants Union)
Language Justice
Glossary (Spanish-English) (LA Tenants Union)
How to Build Language Justice by Antena
Media
Direct Action Media Checklist (Autonomous Tenants Union, Chicago)
Press Release Template (LA Tenants Union)
Preparing Media Strategy for an Action
Police and ICE
Tips for Tenants on Police and ICE (LA Tenants Union)
Research
How to Research Your Landlord
Researching Your Landlord: Why and How (Tenants United of Hyde Park, South Shore, and Woodlawn, Chicago)
Structure
RTU Tenant Council Guidelines (Richmond Tenants Union)
LA Tenants Union Structure GIF
Tactics
ATU Tactics (Volume 1) (Autonomous Tenants Union, Chicago)
Solidarity Is Our Weapon (with Escalation Guide) (TANC, Bay Area)