Nearly 1,000 Homeless People Died in LA in 2020 as 93,000 Homes Sit Vacant

{Tents belonging to homeless veterans stand at the VA West Los Angeles Healthcare Campus Japanese Garden on September 24, 2020, in Los Angeles, California.}

This isn't supporting the troops, it's punishing them. If you want to support the troops, dissent from the perpetual warring agenda created to benefit the ruling class!

[truthout.org]

This is a good time to repost a Abby Martin interview with Nithya Raman. The effects of this virus are going exacerbate the issues discussed in this interview. At one point in this interview you'll get the very sense of how local politics are no different from national politics when it comes to how the local big players use the system against us with the compliance of local politicians, just as the corporate ruling class use our national representatives compliance. It comes at us from all arenas, local, state, to national. The playgrounds just change in size, the size of the players change, sometimes eventually becoming the politician.

Nithya Raman is currently attempting a run for LA City Council. [nithyaforthecity.com]
!Get out and support her LA!

Homelessness Can Be Eradicated - Fight Big Real Estate with Nithya Raman

Abby Martin meets with Nithya Raman, progressive candidate for LA City Council in District 4, about her campaign to end homelessness in the nation's epicenter and how local politicians refuse to take easy actions to eradicate the phenomenon–but refuse to in the interests of big real estate developers.