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Poor People’s Army

Calling For A Radical Break With The Status Quo Of Incrementalism

June 19, 2022 Lisa Savage, Went to the Bridge. , , ,
While Democrats march around in Washington DC pretending they care about quality of life for poor people, it’s important to remember who actually walks the walk as opposed to just talking the talk. A joint press conference held by the Philadelphia-based Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign with the Black Alliance for Peace, shared these words of wisdom via zoom on June 16, 2022. Note that the PPEHRC operates as the Poor People’s Army, a well-established organization that has struggled and won housing for single mothers and their children. Details about attending their August boot camp to learn how it’s done are at the end of this post.

Biden’s Headquarters Rents A Fence To Stop The Poor People’s Army

August 20, 2020 Ann Garrison, Black Agenda Report. , , ,
Cheri Honkala is a founder and coordinator of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights  Campaign (PPEHRC) . We spoke after she was arrested outside Biden campaign headquarters on the opening day of the virtual Democratic National Convention. Ann Garrison: I see you marched from Philadelphia's Liberty Bell to Biden's Philly headquarters and got arrested yesterday. What did you do to once again menace the foundation of our American institutions? Cheri Honkala: We challenged American institutions by saying they shouldn't be run by corporations.

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