Re: A Plan to End Homeless

William Tinker (wtinker@fcgnetworks.net)
Thu, 18 Nov 1999 14:57:29 -0500 

11-18-99
Terry,and others,
 This Saturday myself and about 300 other former homeless and disabled
persons are meeting some of the candidates that are running for president .
 I don,t consider being homeless a joke,and I am as well as others will be
asking questions of V.P.Al Gore,and I will at that time present Ch@nce
Martin,s groups Plan To End Homlessness.
 I will do my best to get him Al Gore to take an oath to end poverty and
homelessness,I believe this issue has been only thought about when someone
becomes a conscience to the fund suckers,and that is not any game I play.
 If you have read any of my posts you will find I am I am a realist,and that
I will support who I believe is the best man or woman!I vote an undeclared
ticket,or as a independant,and I believe that we must most certainly bring
about changes but voting and voicing our displeasure are the only routes
available at this time!!
 The poverty [displaced] and discrimination against the disabled has gone on
long enough and I feel if we have to tell our government that enough is
enough!
 I will let you know if we get a snow job or if Gore is trust worthy after
the forum....."A Brother In Strife And In Peace"    Bill









----- Original Message -----
From: Terry B. <redd_dogg187@yahoo.com>
To: Homeless Peoples Newtowrk <hpn@aspin.asu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 2:09 PM
Subject: A Plan to End Homeless


>
>  If we are fighitng to end homelessness. It is time
> the all pro-homeless forces sat down and got down to
> business. This is noty a game. And I don't see anyone
> getting anything done.
>
>  I for one I am a militant, I have been a militant
> since I was homeless. The Homeless Power Union was
> organized while I was homeless. Not to mention I am in
> a larger organization too:
> http://members.tripod.com/~Bevins_II/index.html
>
>  Here is he HPU Statment of Purpose:
>
> 1) The Homeless Power Union is dedicated to fight By
> Any Means Necessary to obtain adequate shelter, food,
> Health care (physical & mental), sleeping quarters,
> bathing
> facilities, Decent employment, and qualified staffing
> of homeless shelters. We areformed and organized under
> the complete democratic control of the person in need
> of
> these services.
>
>
> 2) The HPU is dedicated to building a mass militant,
> integrated, and independent union of homeless people,
> and their supporters, with the goal of fighting for
> the political power of homeless people, workers,
> youth, minorities, women, Gay & Lesbian, and all
> opressed people.
>
>  3) The HPU is dedicated to fight for its goals with
> the only tactics capable of bringing victory: militant
> mass action and demonstrations of our independent
> power. The HPU will not rely on the police, the
> courts, the city council, Republicans, Democrats, or
> any government organizations, or force outside
> ourselves to succeed in winning our demands.
>
> 4) The HPU recognize that homelessness is initiated
> and perpetuated by our nations profit-based capitalist
> system. This profit-making exploitative system uses
> homlessness and unemployment as a means to attack and
> degrade the majority of the people of our society. The
> HPU is dedicated to fighting to eliminate homelessness
> altogether, to win full, decent paying jobs, andd
> truly helpful services. Therefore we see our fight
> also as part of the fight against capitalism and for
> the realization of full equality and genuine democracy
> in or society in the interest of the workers the
> youth, and the opressed.
>
>  Politicians won't solve the war on poverty. The ne
> war on poverty is to progressive for them. They are
> only interested in who will line their pockets.
>
> Why there is even debate on what politician these
> "Plans of Action" wil;l mgo to confuses me. As a
> Marxist/Trotskyist, I have no need to rely on the
> state, because the state doesn't care about the
> homeless, the poor, or the working class. This should
> have been obvious!
>
> Why do think there are cops killing the homeless, and
> why youth find it funny to beat the homeless up. It is
> capitalism and ruling-class politics at play, mixed in
> with alot of NIMBY.
>
> This is why the movement to End homelessness is weak.
> If we can't rely on our independent power, then there
> is no need to even try to fight. Because you will get
> crushed.
> George W. Bush doesn't care about the hmeless!
>
> The movement to end homelessness needds to take on a
> militant character. These liberal and pacifist idea
> will only to ehat happened in the Allans Garden
> Ocuupation. Those kinds of loses cannot happen.
> Organizing is critical, and so is being against the
> state. They goalot of people arrested, when they could
> of tried to fight the police and they organized
> properly they would of had the necessary forces to do so.
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