Tag: Party for Socialism and Liberation

‘Cancel the Rents’: People Across the US Mobilize Calling for Housing Relief

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Party for Socialism and Liberation concluded its three-day nationwide campaign calling for the cancellation of rent and mortgages and to stop all foreclosures on January 31. The campaign started on January 29 with hundreds of people, along with housing rights movements and other groups in major cities, participating. The primary demand of the campaign was to seek government intervention in dealing with the ballooning housing crisis in the US.

‘Cancel the Rents’: People Across the US Mobilize Calling for Housing Relief

They Protested at a Police Station. They’re Charged With Trying to Kidnap Cops.

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

They Protested at a Police Station. They’re Charged With Trying to Kidnap Cops.

Lillian House, Joel Northam, and Whitney “Eliza” Lucero are among a group of Denver-area activists facing a slate of charges related to their protest activities this summer. Local prosecutors say the activists tried to kidnap police by holding a short-lived “occupation”-style protest outside the precinct and blocking its doors. But activists allege a crackdown on the most visible members of their movement, leading to terrifying SWAT arrests and the threat of years in prison.