There’s an abundance of housing; let’s organize to take it over

Two campaigns have been leading efforts across the country to place individuals and families who need them into federally-owned housing for a long time.

By
Margaret Flowers
-
5
SOURCEPopular Resistance

The Poor People’s Army, formerly the Poor People’s Economic and Human Rights Campaign, has been leading efforts across the country to place individuals and families who need them into federally-owned housing for a long time. Their position is that housing is a human right and that people in need should not be forced to wait for shelter. They recently published “Takeover: A Human Rights Approach to Housing” on Poor People’s Press, a step-by-step guide to occupying empty houses. Clearing the FOG speaks with Cheri Honkala, the lead author, and Galen Tyler, a lead organizer with the Poor People’s Army, about the current housing crisis and how people can use the new book to end the crisis of homelessness.

Listen here: Subscribe to our show on iTunes, SoundCloud, MixCloud or Stitcher.

The 2024 Election Was The Final Nail In The US Climate Movement's Coffin – Clearing the FOG with co-hosts Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese

The newest Global Carbon Budget Report found that carbon emissions were at a record high in 2024, despite the strong evidence that emissions must be cut drastically to mitigate the climate crisis. The United States, the largest producer of fossil fuels and responsible for 13% of global carbon emissions (with only 4% of the world's population), is largely responsible for the crisis. Clearing the FOG speaks with Anthony Rogers-Wright, a national racial and climate justice advocate, about the failures of the US climate movement and its fatal flaw of being loyal to the Democratic Party. That loyalty profoundly undermined the credibility of the big environmental groups in this election cycle. Rogers-Wright discusses the COP29 and where we go from here to build an independent and more strategic climate movement in the United States. For more information, visit PopularResistance.org
  1. The 2024 Election Was The Final Nail In The US Climate Movement's Coffin
  2. Post-Election Report And Next Steps To Organize For Transformational Change
  3. There's An Abundance Of Housing; Let's Organize To Take It Over
  4. There's A Severe Housing Crisis In The US: The Work To Make Housing A Right
  5. The West Would Rather Burn The Planet Than Let China Shine

Guests:

Cheri Honkala

Galen Tyler

FALL FUNDRAISER

If you liked this article, please donate $5 to keep NationofChange online through November.

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

COMMENTS