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HSO is Cleaning Up “Homeless Sanctuary” Tech Capital Austin
Being homeless means facing daily state violence and fighting every day to survive. Just the act of becoming homeless is a violent one, often being forcibly evicted by a landlord who cares only about profit. On the streets, you can’t be sure when your…
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Mother’s Day in Albuquerque’s War Zone
DTS went to the International District (ID) on mother’s day—it was crawling with cops. The Albuquerque City Council just passed an ordinance allowing for the mayor to designate special “zones” for increased police harassment of homeless people. This ordinance allows for $500 dollar fines…
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On Police Brutality, Occupy Red Hook, and How We Fight Back!
Henrietta Perkins Interview: 5/1/26 So first can you introduce yourself and tell me how long you’ve lived at Red Hook West houses?H.Perkins: Henrietta Perkins: I came back in 2000 after my mother passed. I adopted her three grandchildren and they were entitled to the…
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When the Poor Fight Back: the Unemployed Councils of the Great Depression
In 1929 the Great Depression came onto history’s stage stinking of death and despair. In the US by 1933, 15 million people were unemployed, with starvation and misery running rampant. This was one of the most devastating crises capitalism ever produced, and the US…
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TA PRESIDENT KAREN BLONDEL IGNORES RESIDENTS’ DEMANDS AND SIDES WITH NYCHA IN PUSHING FOR PACT AT RED HOOK WEST HOUSES
Who is Karen Blondel? Karen Blondel, president of the Red Hook Houses West Tenants’ Association (RHWRA) is the latest TA president selling out her residents to push for a PACT conversion at Red Hook West Houses. Blondel also sits on the board for the…
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War on the Homeless
The city officials of Albuquerque have long tried to rid the International District neighborhood of its nickname the “War Zone.” From the retro aesthetics of the Historic Route 66, to the plans for a sports stadium at the Fairgrounds, city officials operate under a…
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Challenge to Tim Keller: Spend One Week on the Streets of the War Zone.
Night and day Albuquerque Police Department (APD), Albuquerque Fire Rescue (AFR), as well as other ABQ institutions prey on homeless people in the War Zone. AFR sprays people who make fires to stay warm, APD swings by to blare their lights and arrest whoever…
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MYTHBUSTING: Misconceptions about NYCHA Repairs
NYCHA residents face an average 415-day wait time for repairs, fears of being displaced by the privatization of public housing, condescension from local nonprofits and management, and broken promises from politicians who claim to serve them. With so much stacked against them, residents are…
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Operation Triple Beam: The Federal Government’s Winter Repression Campaign in Albuquerque, New Mexico
On Nov. 3, 2025 the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) announced their newest repression campaign against the homeless and poor people of the War Zone: Operation Triple Beam (OTB). OTB was implemented until Feb. 28 2026, lasting about 4 months. This operation was made public…
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EXPOSING WAVECREST MANAGEMENT
IT’S BEEN ONE MONTH SINCE THE BOSTON SECOR GAS EXPLOSION AND RESIDENTS ARE RIGHTEOUSLY ANGRYAFTER NOTHING BUT FALSE PROMISES AND HUSH MONEY FROM MANAGEMENT Immediately following the explosion on January 24th, Wavecrest posted this flyer in every building, but they were still completely unreachable.…
Dare to Struggle 