“We make the community by defending it:” neighborhood resists eviction of homeless people by local nonprofit board and business owners
“We make the community by defending it:” neighborhood resists eviction of homeless people by local nonprofit board and business owners
This article was originally published in Fight to Win, a publication of the General Defense Committee (GDC) in so-called Michigan. by Lindy and LK GROWING HOPE, GROWING FENCES Wednesday, August 23rd, the board of the local nonprofit Growing Hope called the cops and evicted all people staying underne...
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Calling police on people that don’t have a house is a violent act to those seeking shelter in the community they belong to. More than 70% of Ypsi residents are renters and close to 80% of those rentals are owned by slumlord Stewart Beal. Nearly half of the black community in Ypsi is defined as living below the poverty line.
Funny how "nice" and "caring" these businesses are until they have to put some skin in the game. Our Food Not Bombs chapter was kicked out of a publicly accessible park owned by one of these types of businesses because we served food to the needy there on Christmas day when they didn't want us to. We had a storage container there with all our supplies they locked us out of then gave us 24 hours to pack all our stuff up and relocate. We actually still serve food there but we have to haul everything to the location and haul everything away again later when we're done.
11Yep! I remember the cops watching us at my fnb when I needed it. The neighbors kept calling them on us at a public park. Like dude, the food’s free and there’s usually more than people take, please come, have some and appreciate that your neighbors care enough to make sure everyone gets to eat.
It’s a radical organization, sure, but it doesn’t have to be. We could decide that giving food without asking questions so food doesn’t go to waste while people go hungry isn’t radical but instead is the default.
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Why does it say "published in so-called Michigan"?
3IGD is an anti-colonial, anarchist publication that acknowledges and seeks to rectify the genocide of America's indigenous people.
The land has many different names from the indigenous people who were violently pushed out of their sovereign nations to create what we today call Michigan.
Calling it "so-called Michigan" is one small way to challenge the legitimacy of land claims White settlers continue to hold over ᒥᓯᑲᒥ (mishigami).
4Understood, thanks
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@theksepyro @Five because anarchists don't recognize the State.
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