The last ten years has seen a major shift in the kinds of demands made by tenants and action groups and other labour movement organisations. Many of the demands of campaigns in the early 1970s were directed at stopping state financed projects such as motorways and the clearance of older housing areas. In contrast current campaign demands are still defensive, but of a different kind because they are not trying to change or stop state spending but are aimed against the cuts and arguing for more spending. (Community Action No.50 Sept/Oct 1980)
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