The New York Times OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Is It Now a Crime to Be Poor? By BARBARA EHRENREICH August 8, 2009
IT’S too bad so many people are falling into poverty at a time when it’s almost illegal to be poor. You won’t be arrested for shopping in a Dollar Store, but [...]
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Mainstream Op-Ed from NY Times: Criminalization of Poor People
Posted in criminalizing, gentrification, homeless, houseless, human rights, rights on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cotton Day, August 9th: Remember Martin. Protest the Police Violence That Stole His Life.
Posted in Eureka Rescue Mission, Eureka, CA, Martin Cotton, civil liberties, class war, criminalizing, gentrification, homeless, houseless, human rights, murder, northern california, police brutality on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
from Redwood Curtain CopWatch:
As we continue to meet people, people who have been beaten, bruised, bloodied, deprived, robbed, and verbally abused by police- people who are living on the street- sometimes beat while sleeping- we know that not enough of us are organizing to protect, collectively struggling to keep the police from hurting our friends [...]
Building A Tent City in NYC-A Call For Support!!!
Posted in New York City, autonomy, campground, civil liberties, class war, gentrification, homeless, houseless, human rights, illegality of sleeping ban, rights, safe haven, self determination, tent city on July 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
HOMELESS TENT CITY!
One Hundred Homeless and Allies
Grilling Food, Playing Music, Taking Back The Land
115TH AND MADISON AVENUE
COME SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!
Bring food, hang out, share company…
At 11am EST, July 23 Picture The Homeless and allies installed a tent city
in a vacant bank-owned lot at 115th and Madison Ave. 100 people are in the
lot, enjoying corn, beans, [...]
Another Homeless Man, Tim Alcorn, Beat to Death: by teenagers
Posted in Redding, class war, gentrification, homeless, houseless, human rights, murder, northern california on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Memorial service held for murdered Redding homeless man
By Jim Schultz
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Although he was homeless, Timothy Lee Alcorn had many friends and loved ones.
A standing-room-only crowd filled McDonald’s Redding Chapel on Friday to honor him and his family shortly before his cremated remains were interred at Redding Memorial Park.
Alcorn, 48, was found beaten to [...]
Modesto Council Wants Cops to Arrest and Search Dumpster Divers
Posted in civil liberties, class war, criminalizing, dumpster diving, gentrification, homeless, houseless, human rights, modesto, rights, self determination on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Modesto raises penalty for Dumpster diving
Council members argue overkill versus safety from identity theft
By Adam Ashton, aashton@modbee.com
Beginning in March, Modesto police will be able to arrest people digging through garbage cans under a new ordinance the City Council approved Tuesday night.
The measure passed by a 5-2, vote, with supporters saying it would give police a [...]
Words on Broken Windows philosophy- “decimation of human and civil rights of poor people and communities of color”
Posted in civil liberties, class war, gentrification, homeless, houseless, human rights, racism, rights on March 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
POOR Magazine
This is an older article, but still important to read. Anytime you check out POOR Magazine is worthwhile.
Giuliani Time: Just When You Thought You Knew How Evil He Is
A ReVieWfortHeReVoluTion of the documentary ‘Giuliani Time.’
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007;
“Peddlers, panhandlers and prostitutes, they all need to be cleaned out [of Manhattan].” The first time [...]
“Where do I go?” Cops arrest people for EXISTING poor
Posted in Eureka, CA, civil liberties, class war, gentrification, homeless, houseless, human rights, illegality of sleeping ban, northern california, rights on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, copwatchers witnessed 4 (that’s right FOUR) Eureka Police Officers arresting a woman for sitting in a covered bus stop late at night with only a blanket in her hand.
Three vehicles, two of them K-9 units, were there. The officers were: Adam Laird (Badge #40), Kurt Rulofson (new guy), Ed Wilson (Badge [...]
Santa Cruz wants to METER THE BENCHES!
Posted in civil liberties, class war, gentrification, homeless, houseless, human rights, northern california, rights on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Aftermath” by Robert Norse Thursday Feb 12th, 2009
The law in its majestic equality “forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.” –Anatole France
So it now goes in Progressive Santa Cruz.
At the 7 PM session of City Council, the only [...]
