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Minneapolis has used a tangle of state, county, and city agencies to deny responsibility for the housing crisis while exercising impressive coordination in brutal displacement of houseless people.  The latest on deck in this despicable game with deadly consequences is the Office of Community Planning and Economic Development— which definitely has the power and authority to solve houselessness, not push it aside, if we can undo its capture by rich real estate speculators.

Public Pressure Campaign, Week of 3/15

A direct action at J&M Concrete to defeat wage theft.

A call to action for supporters of construction workers and justice for immigrants to stand with the unions against property developers using subcontractors who misclassify, abuse, and rob from workers.

An eviction notice was given to the 1913 camp and the city is clearing it tomorrow morning. Residents are requesting eviction defense.

Tell the City of Minneapolis to disavow government violence as a response to poverty

Sample call script: I am calling on you to cancel Tuesday's plan to displace people from Near North camp. I support the demands of camp residents:

• No forced removal or destruction.
• All decisions about Near North camp happen with residents' consent.
• No use of police or other public resources to displace people ever.
• Permanent or at least transitional housing, or even alternative vacant land, provided before leaving this camp.