Poverty

Chicago’s South Side Rises Up Against Gun Violence

June 30, 2013 Ken Butigan, www.wagingnonviolence.org Organize! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Police abuse, Poverty, Racism

Fr. Michael Pfleger — St. Sabina’s pastor who has been actively challenging the violence, and the poverty and racism that spawns it, for decades — put it this way at the opening rally: “We cannot wait for law enforcement or for government. We must run our homes. We must run our neighborhoods. We must occupy the streets. We must come out of our houses, out of our churches, out of our businesses, and be the presence in our communities. ” He continued, “We must be the eyes and ears of the community — to let our children know that we are watching over you and we will protect you. We are 911. We are the blue lights. We’re the Interrupters. We are in charge of the community… Occupy the streets. We must reach out to our brothers in the community. Stop demonizing them!

Community Organizing for a New Economy

June 23, 2013 Staff, www.community-wealth.org Create! Finance and the Economy, Organizing, Poverty

Murray stressed that ultimately any project must come from a base of people holding power — from community organizing. Foundation and anchor institution support can be helpful, but without the participation of community organizations and members as key stakeholders, any project — no matter how well intended — will unravel over time. People power is one of three critical prongs necessary to achieve systemic change — Murray pointed out, “we need to have economic power, people power and political power all at the same time.”

The Fall Of The House Of Detroit

June 23, 2013 Jeffrey Cavanaugh, www.mintpressnews.com Educate! Finance and the Economy, Housing, Poverty, Racism

The broken, bankrupt, and bereft city of 2013 was thus a long time in coming – the end product of countless decisions by millions of people, made from corporate boardrooms to middle-class living rooms, to leave the city and its urban poor to fend for themselves. In many respects, it resembles the effect that Hurricane Katrina had on New Orleans in 2005, only in this case it was the cruel logic of globalized market capitalism, racial animosity and subsequent political paralysis played out over many years, instead of one act of God, which caused the cascade of human misery. The lesson here is that when the going gets tough, whether by a storm or changing socioeconomic circumstances, those with the means to get out, do so.

How Fast Food Companies Steal Workers’ Pay

June 19, 2013 Seth Freed Wessler, www.colorlines.com Educate! Poverty, Worker Rights and Jobs

Here’s how Papa John’s gets away with taking Roffle’s pay. She says she’s regularly expected to start her shift before she clocks in, or stay late to clean after she’s already clocked out. She talked me through a recent week, recalling the hours she started and stopped and then which hours she actually worked. All together, she says in an average week she works two to four hours without pay. And so Roffle, who makes $7.35 an hour, loses out on nearly $90 a month. In a year, that’s more than $1,000, which she says would’ve been more than enough to get her car fixed. “The thing is, you know that you should be paid,” Roffle said, “but to show that you want to keep your job, that you are a good worker, that you are a team player, you do it.”

The Fast Against the Firings

June 19, 2013 David Bacon, www.inthesetimes.com Resist! Immigration, Poverty, Worker Rights and Jobs

The fasters sought to make the victims of these “silent raids” visible and to express their moral outrage over the federal government’s tactic. Rev. Dr. Phil Lawson, Pastor Emeritus of Easter Hill United Methodist Church and leader of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, one of the fasters, declared, “These families have done nothing wrong. They're being punished for working, which is what people in our community are supposed to do. We will not allow these workers to be treated as though they are invisible. Being terminated because of immigration status is a violation of their human and civil rights.” The firings, or “silent raids,” are intended to enforce a provision of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 called "employer sanctions." That act makes it illegal for an employer to hire a worker who has no legal immigration status, and makes it illegal for undocumented workers to have a job.

Bono Defends New Food Campaign in Africa, Exploits Poor

June 19, 2013 George Monbiot, www.guadian.co.uk Educate! Corporatism, Food and Agriculture, Poverty

But this is worse. As the UK chairs the G8 summit again, a campaign that Bono founded, with which Geldof works closely, appears to be whitewashing the G8's policies in Africa. Last week I drew attention to the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, launched in the US when it chaired the G8 meeting last year. The alliance is pushing African countries into agreements that allow foreign companies to grab their land, patent their seeds and monopolise their food markets. Ignoring the voices of their own people, six African governments have struck deals with companies such as Monsanto, Cargill, Dupont, Syngenta, Nestlé and Unilever, in return for promises of aid by the UK and other G8 nations.

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