Tenants in Europe fight back against landlord Wall St
They rally against eviction after US firms swept into cities, suburbs to take advantage of fallout from the worst economic downturn since World War II
Dublin
THE Tobun family never missed a rental payment on their modest brick row house in eight years. But in February, the couple, who have two young children, received a letter warning that they would be evicted when their lease expired. Forty of their neighbours got the same notice.
When they went to investigate, the tenants, in the working-class suburb of Tyrrelstown, discovered a trail that led all the way to Wall Street.
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