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Marc Estrin : Who Needs Tear Gas?
“Port-A-Potty.” Art by Ali Spagnola / alispagnola.com.Who needs tear gas? The switch from blameworthy military attack to invisible counterinsurgency is a smart one for cities and towns strapped for budget. By Marc Estrin | The Rag Blog | November 29, … Continue reading
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Tagged Counterinsurgency, Homeless, Marc Estrin, Occupy Wall Street, Social Action
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Jay D. Jurie : Orlando Cops in ‘Feeding Frenzy’
Image from Orlando Food Not Bombs.Orlando’s feeding frenzy:Cops bust volunteers feeding the homeless By Jay D. Jurie / The Rag Blog / June 8, 2011 ORLANDO, Florida — On June 1, 2011, life in downtown Orlando’s Lake Eola Park was … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties, Florida, Food Not Bombs, Homeless, Hunger, Jay D. Jurie, Orlando, Police Action, Social Activism
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BOOKS / Alex Knight : Max Rameau’s ‘Take Back the Land’
Take Back the Land:Give root to democracy By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2010 Take Back the Land: Land, Gentrification and the Umoja Village Shantytown, by Max Rameau (Nia Press, 2008); Paperback, 134 pp.; $12.95. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Knight, Books, Community Organizing, Direct Action, Gentrification, Homeless, Housing
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Marc Estrin : Night Dreams of Another Life
Photo by Eric Pouhier / Wikimedia.Listening to our local Leiermann:Night dreams of another life By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / May 31, 2010 Every now and then — and again last night — I am awakened at 3 … Continue reading
Marc Estrin : Survival Tips for the Bailout Challenged
Photo by Donna Bister / The Rag Blog.Gotten your bailout yet? By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / April 12, 2010 No? Unemployment insurance running out? Mortgage under water? Yes and yes? Well, fear not. Since the war on … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Crisis, Homeless, Marc Estrin, Poverty, Satire
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Austin Street Scene : ‘CAPITALISM SUX!’
Sign of the times. Photo by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Now that hard times are back, I regard this fellow as a reminder that there are smart guys at the bottom who know the score. By Roger Baker … Continue reading
Treatment of Homeless Kids : Texas is DEAD LAST
This map shows state rankings on the issue of homeless children. Click on image to enlarge. For an interactive version, go here.In the grand tradition:Texas is dead last in its treatment of homeless children By Roger Baker / The Rag … Continue reading
California Homeless : Hundreds March For a Legal Place to Sleep
John Kraintz (top), who is homeless, was part of the procession that began at Loaves & Fishes in Sacramento. Photo by Lezlie Sterling / Sacramento Bee. Karen Hersh (below), a homeless woman, carries her belongings at the tent city in … Continue reading
‘Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there.’
Jane Darwell as Ma Joad and Henry Fonda as Tom Joad.Above the din, Ma Joad’s voice still confident, clearBy Pierre Tristam / April 7, 2009 Homeless camps now sprawl instead of developments. Unemployment numbers are spilling off front pages into … Continue reading
Economic Crisis Yielding More Homelessness
An encampment of tents under an overpass in Fresno. Photo: Jim Wilson/The New York Times.Cities Deal With a Surge in ShantytownsBy Jesse McKinley / March 25, 2009 FRESNO, Calif. — As the operations manager of an outreach center for the … Continue reading
No Place Like Home (For the Holidays) : When You’ve Got One
Americans now losing their homes to the mortgage crisis and the millions more, like us, who have fallen prey to the healthcare crisis in this nation are losing far more than just an address or an extra bedroom or a … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Christmas, Economic Crisis, Foreclosures, Homeless
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Bailout Plan : Activist Moves the Homeless into Foreclosed Homes
Marie Nadine Pierre and her baby, Nennon, are squatting in a foreclosured house in Florida. Photo by J. Pat Carter / AP‘”We’re matching homeless people with people-less homes,” he said with a grin.’December 1, 2008 MIAMI – Max Rameau delivers … Continue reading
