Articles by Harry Millward

Profile: Harry Millward is the Secretary of the Renters and Housing Union (RAHU). Harry has been an organiser with RAHU since mid-2022, serving initially as a branch delegate, then as assistant treasurer, and as Secretary since 2024. The Renters and Housing Union (RAHU) is a collective organisation founded in 2020. It emerged from a planned rent strike in response to COVID-19 lockdowns, as people were losing work and their ability to pay rent and mortgages. Through collective action, RAHU won a moratorium on evictions in Victoria and successfully campaigned to have it renewed twice. RAHU operates on the One Big Union model. True political power lies in collective strength, rather than in seeking saviours within the electoral system. RAHU’s focus for 2025 is opposing the demolition of public housing, with a particular focus on Victoria, and collective bargaining, bringing together renters who share the same landlords.

Democracy, Economy, Featured, Green Agenda 2025:3, Social Justice

For public housing, against privatisation

RAHU Secretary Harry Millward argues that the Victorian Labor government’s so-called public housing “renewal” is social cleansing by state policy. Against Labor’s demolitions and privatisation, we need a diversity of tactics, from mass rallies to direct action. [...]

by Harry Millward , 13 hours ago