Homeless Debacle in North America
Alex Smith | 26.10.2011 22:27 | Repression | Social Struggles | Sheffield
Millions of North Americans are threatened with record homelessness. Bankrupt governments are not responding. Could you hack it? Alex interviews homeless advocates in New York City, San Francisco, Washington D.C. and Vancouver, Canada.
Guests for this show:
Gisell Routhier, Policy Analyst for the NYC Coalition for the Homeless
Jennifer Friedenbach, Executive Director of the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness
Michael Ferrell, Executive Director of the District's Coalition for the Homeless
Jean Swanson of the Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP), and author of the book "Poor Bashing: The Politics of Exclusion".
This program includes a poll comparing the rights of the homeless in each city.
Up to 40,000 homeless school kids in NYC & no plan to house them. Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg refused federal housing money, and now cuts off all aid to get thousands out of temporary shelters. There is no plan.
NYC is seeing record high numbers of homeless people this year, especially families.
After a political drive, it is now illegal to sit or lie down on a San Francisco street. Insightful interview on how the bankers and real estate interests play the homeless card.
The same bylaws are used to force out protesters at OccupySF and Occupy Oakland.
Most homeless people in D.C. are African Americans. There is an increase in homeless families in the nation's capital, right beside the limousines and the lobbyists.
Vancouver reports some progress, but the poor downtown are being forced out by real estate development.
In this show, you get news outside mainstream media.
As economic crisis develops, the rights of the lowest 1% could be your rights. It's time to tune in.
P.S. look for Radio Ecoshock on Resonance 104.4 FM London, starting Tuesday November 1st at 12 noon. Got UK enviro news and/or audio? Write me at: radio //at// ecoshock.org
Alex Smith
Gisell Routhier, Policy Analyst for the NYC Coalition for the Homeless
Jennifer Friedenbach, Executive Director of the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness
Michael Ferrell, Executive Director of the District's Coalition for the Homeless
Jean Swanson of the Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP), and author of the book "Poor Bashing: The Politics of Exclusion".
This program includes a poll comparing the rights of the homeless in each city.
Up to 40,000 homeless school kids in NYC & no plan to house them. Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg refused federal housing money, and now cuts off all aid to get thousands out of temporary shelters. There is no plan.
NYC is seeing record high numbers of homeless people this year, especially families.
After a political drive, it is now illegal to sit or lie down on a San Francisco street. Insightful interview on how the bankers and real estate interests play the homeless card.
The same bylaws are used to force out protesters at OccupySF and Occupy Oakland.
Most homeless people in D.C. are African Americans. There is an increase in homeless families in the nation's capital, right beside the limousines and the lobbyists.
Vancouver reports some progress, but the poor downtown are being forced out by real estate development.
In this show, you get news outside mainstream media.
As economic crisis develops, the rights of the lowest 1% could be your rights. It's time to tune in.
P.S. look for Radio Ecoshock on Resonance 104.4 FM London, starting Tuesday November 1st at 12 noon. Got UK enviro news and/or audio? Write me at: radio //at// ecoshock.org
Alex Smith
Alex Smith
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