The War on the Poor: One Sided No More
When the federal government cut off SNAP benefits in November 2025, 40 million people didn’t receive their benefits for over two weeks, with no idea when funding would return. Welfare recipients are familiar with this treatment; they are routinely kicked off their benefits or required to re-certify unexpectedly. Even when they get benefits, it’s not…
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Crabs in a Bucket: How the ruling class spreads chaos in public housing
We’ll start with a story that’s familiar to anyone living in public housing in New York City. One afternoon, we were in Red Hook Houses, a NYCHA development in Brooklyn that the city government and real estate companies have been plotting to privatize. We were there with two residents to talk to their neighbors about…
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State’s Attorney: “Timothy Glaze’s murder was justified.”
May 25th – Call for National Day of Action for Stolen Lives Six years since George Floyd Six years ago today, on May 25, 2020, people across the country witnessed the public execution of 46-year-old George Floyd by arch-pig Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For over 9 min, Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck, ignoring desperate…
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Take a Stand Against Rapists! Fight back with Kam!
WE’RE GOING TO TRIAL AUGUST 4 POSTERS ABOUT KAM’S CASE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD – print them and put them up in your building, neighborhood or workplace!! Kam was charged with felony cyber-harassment by the state of New Jersey for exposing a serial rapist online. They could face up to 18 months in prison if they…
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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 next shower or even next meal is. You have to sleep…
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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 or 30 days in jail for sleeping, sitting, or lying on…
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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 apartment. That’s how I got the apartment.How do you think things…
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Roger Wright’s Fight for Justice
Because Roger’s story lays bare the corruption of the Seattle political machine, “progressive” politicians understand it to be in their best interest to sweep under the rug a clear case of attempted murder, falsification of records, and blatant political repression.
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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 government had no adequate welfare system to prevent mass starvation and…
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