PUSHBACK Talks
Cities are becoming increasingly unliveable for most people. Costs are rising but incomes are not. Sky-high rents, evictions, homelessness, and substandard housing are common realities for urban dwellers across the planet. There is a global housing crisis. How did this basic human right get so lost? Who is pushing people out of their homes and cities, and what’s being done to pushback?
On the heels of the release of the award-winning documentary, PUSH, filmmaker, Fredrik Gertten and Leilani Farha, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, have reconvened. Join the filmmaker and the advocate as they reflect on their experiences making PUSH and exchange ideas and stories about the film's central issue: the financialization of housing and its fall-out.
For more about PUSH and to view it: www.pushthefilm.com
For more about Fredrik Gertten and his other films: www.wgfilm.com
For more about Leilani Farha in her new role, Global Director of The Shift: www.make-the-shift.org
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 147
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Breaking Social: Building a Path from Anger to Hope
There's a new addition to the WG Film catalog! Fredrik's latest film, Breaking Social, is about the social contract we live by in society -- and the ways that the social contract is subverted and abu…
EARTHQUAKE in Turkiye & the Cost of Corruption
From 2012-2022, and in the midst of a major construction boom, Turkiye fell nearly 50 places on the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index, from 54 to 101 out of 174 countries. The co…
Bad to Worse: The Ukraine War & Serbia's Housing Crisis
Apartments in Serbia are selling fast. But the average income in Serbia is about 640 euros and the average price of an apartment is 2000 euros, so who is buying the apartments?
The Russian invasion of…
London vs. 10 Downing Street: the Battle for the Right to Housing w/ London's Deputy Mayor for Housing
Despite a high per capita GDP, the UK has the worst economy in western Europe. With tons of austerity measures being implemented, finance as one of its major industries, prime ministers in and out no…
Architects for Public Good
The neoliberal prioritization of profit in the development of cities is drastically impacting the appearance and function of cities worldwide. Social and government housing providers are told to foll…
The Art of Persuasion – Changing Hearts and Minds with Anand Giridharadas
All across the world we’re witnessing a crisis of democracy and a sense of increased polarization. How can we engage in conversations that call others in rather than out? How can we seek to win over …
The Vultures' Feast: Billionaires Devouring Mobile Homes
Did you know that approximately 22 million Americans live in mobile homes?
Mobile homes have long been one of the most affordable types of dwelling but, because the homes are usually situated on rent…
Defending Exarcheia: Athens Neighborhood Takes on the Big Guns
For years, the Athens neighborhood of Exarcheia Square has been under attack by right-wing politicians. The area, along with nearby Strefi Hill, is a long-standing bastion of political resistance ful…
Extreme Vengeance Against the Poor
In cities of all sizes across North America, legislation and policy are enacting violence on poor people. From housing policies that will see tens of thousands more people become homeless due to unaf…
The First Step: Chile's Journey to a New Constitution
The seasons are changing and the Filmmaker and the Advocate are back for season 5 of Pushback Talks! In 2020, amidst substantial social unrest, the people of Chile demanded a new constitution - the f…
Summer Series — My Home is an Asset Class - w/ Kim Van Sparrentak, Member of European Parliament
It's summertime in Sweden and Canada, and that means it's time for Pushback Talks - Summer Series! The Filmmaker and the Advocate are taking a break, but the podcast isn't. For the next couple of mo…
Summer Series — 'Davos Man'- The Billionaires Who Own the World - with NYT correspondent Peter S. Goodman
It's summertime in Sweden and Canada, and that means it's time for Pushback Talks - Summer Series! The Filmmaker and the Advocate are taking a break, but the podcast isn't. For the next couple of mo…
Summer Series — Read Between the Lines - The Pandora Papers, with Anna Minton
It's summertime in Sweden and Canada, and that means it's time for Pushback Talks - Summer Series! The Filmmaker and the Advocate are taking a break, but the podcast isn't. For the next couple of mo…
Summer Series — Evergrande - Can China's Communist Party Save Capitalism?
It's summertime in Sweden and Canada, and that means it's time for Pushback Talks - Summer Series! The Filmmaker and the Advocate are taking a break, but the podcast isn't. For the next couple of mo…
Summer Series — Rage & Optimism: Staying Motivated in the Climate Crisis
It's summertime in Sweden and Canada, and that means it's time for Pushback Talks - Summer Series! The Filmmaker and the Advocate are taking a break, but the podcast isn't. For the next couple of mo…
The Shift Directives - Taming the Monster with Human Rights
New things are on the horizon! While the Filmmaker is off working on his latest film, the Advocate will be launching a long-awaited project at European Parliament!
After over a year of work, Leilani …
Voice of the Voiceless - Revisiting Grenfell w/ Lowkey
It's been five years since Grenfell Tower in London burned down, after polyethylene cladding installed to make the building look more attractive acted as an accelerant and rapidly spread the fire alo…
Berlin - A Revolution by Law with Joanna Kusiak
Sixty percent of voters in Berlin voted to socialize apartments owned by corporate landlords with more than 3,000 properties in the city, but what comes next?
The Filmmaker and the Advocate catch up …
Palestine and the Heartache of an Advocate
The Filmmaker and the Advocate are traveling again!
While traveling to Palestine on a research trip at the invitation of the Norwegian Refugee Council, The Advocate was confronted with her family his…
My Home is an Asset Class - w/ Kim Van Sparrentak, Member of European Parliament
This week the Filmmaker and the Advocate sit down with Member of European Parliament and the woman behind ‘My Home is an Asset Class,’ Kim Van Sparrentak.
The EU Commission cannot make laws on housin…