075 refusal to rent

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"In contrast to refusal to pay rent for an existing tenancy, refusal to rent involves the refusal of the prospective tenant to rent a residence or land as part of a collective action of noncooperation. In the late 1870s, for example, in pressing for an improvement in their status, Russian peasants “collectively refused to rent even the most indispensable fields when offered at ruinous prices.” 47 The Irish no-rent campaign, described in the previous method, included a refusal to rent land from which others had been evicted."...

((Sharp, Gene. The Politics of Nonviolent Action (p. 252). Albert Einstein Institution. Kindle Edition.))

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