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Monthly Archives: July, 2024

Take Action: Email Blast to Demand North Gateway Parcel be Used for Housing

Wood Street Commons community in Oakland is struggling to ensure housing as a human right in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling and the governor's order criminalizing homelesssness.

Unions Representing Six Million Workers Demand an End to All U.S. Military Aid to Israel

Seven national unions representing 6 million workers in the U.S. signed a letter calling on President Joe Biden to end all military aid to Israel.

Outrage Grows After Police Kill Unhoused Black Man Near RNC, Firing 27 Bullets

Outrage grows in Milwaukee after police killing of Samuel Shorte, Jr., a homeless Black man with multiple sclerosis.

Milwaukee: Another Deadly Knee on a Black Man’s Neck

Black father killed outside Milwaukee's Hyatt Regency Hotel. He was held down and beaten with batons by four security personnell, saying he couldn't breathe.

Writer Jean Guerrero on Anti-Immigrant Lies and Fearmongering at RNC

In an appearance on Democracy Now! July 17, writer Jean Guerrero refuted some of the lies told about immigrants at the Republican National Convention on July 16.

Arrest Netanyahu!

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to speak to Congress on July 24. Protests are planned that oppose his visit and to demand his arrest as a war criminal.

Homelessness Ruling May Further Endanger Domestic Violence Survivors

57 percent of unhoused women report domestic violence as their immediate cause of homelessness. The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold an Oregon law could further limit their options

Supreme Court Dismantles Federal Regulation of Business

Recent Supreme Court decisions have opened the floodgates to allow corporate interests, in the name of profit, to dismantle the system of federal regulation that protects our rights and wellbeing.

Sacramento Homeless Union’s Projects of Survival

Climate change and extreme weather is a real thing. This is evidenced by the fact that extreme weather events are becoming increasingly frequent and more intense.

In a Democracy Presidents Are Elected, Not Kings or Dictators

On July 2, the U.S. Supreme Court formally declared that former President Trump is above the law. Yes, we can end up with a felon, a liar, and a criminal for president. But on a grander scale, ruling puts Trump and future presidents above the law – leading us toward a dictatorship.

Campaign to Debunk the Lies about Migrants and Refugees

Join a campaign to combat the mainstream lies and shine a moral light on the truth: that no human being is illegal, and seeking asylum is a human right.

U.S. Supreme Court’s Criminalization of Homeless Met with Universal Disgust

A movement is growing against the latest “legalized” atrocity on the most vulnerable, in governments, among advocates, ordinary people, and most importantly, by organized and individual homeless people. As said in the homeless movement, “We only get what we are organized to take!”

Project 2025: Far Right’s Plan to Demolish Immigration Threatens All of Us

The right-wing Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, billed as a policy playbook for a second Trump administration, includes provisions that would demolish the existing immigration system and set the stage for mass deportations.

Supreme Court Rules Arresting, Citing People for Not Having Shelter is Constitutional

Criminalizing the homeless for sleeping in public spaces when having no other option does not violate the cruel and unusual punishment clause of U.S. Constitution’s Eighth Amendment, according to new ruling.