First they came for the homeless, and I did not speak out — Because I was not homeless. Then they came for the Mexicans, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a Mexican. Then they came…
Author: Keith McHenry
Co-founder of the Food Not Bombs movement
Food Not Bombs Celebrates 40 years of direct action on Sunday, May 24, 2020
“This cause is a great cause and we’re tired of being treated like dirt. We’re not; we’re human beings. We bleed just like you and we’re good people. We need a safe place and this is a safe place right…
MEDIATION WON’T END CLASS WAR
Santa Cruz City Manager Martin Bernal knows who he works for and it isn’t the resident of the city. Our city like most in the US is controlled by property speculators and transnational corporations. This is a nationwide deliberate war…
We Count – The 2020 Census and why the homeless may fear being counted
Another family moves to the streets. They tell me their rent was increased by $500 a month. A disheveled lady who may have been in her sixties shares that she was recently divorced and moved into her car but she couldn’t afford to…
THE NEW WAR AGAINST AMERICA’S HOMELESS
Political recalls and the campaign to dehumanize those who live without housing. Millions of America’s 140 million poor are already living without housing and many of us are a medical crisis, layoff or car repair away from joining the ranks…
DON’T LET IT HAPPEN HERE – THERE IS NO PLACE FOR HATE
The campaign of dehumanization is the first step in justifying laws and policies against those without housing. People who would never use racist, sexist, or homophobic language often use terms like bum, drug addict, psycho, tramp, drifter or transient to…
FOUR FOOD NOT BOMBS VOLUNTEERS WERE KILLED IN PHILIPPINE DRUG WAR AND ONE VOLUNTEER IS IN JAIL
President Rodrigo Duterte launched the “Philippine Drug War” or Oplan Double Barrel (or Operation Double Barrel), in reference to two barangay-government and Philippine National Police (PNP)-coordinated campaigns, is aimed at “the neutralization [ie. killing] of illegal drug personalities nationwide”. Duterte…
New California Law AB- 2178 – A State of Hunger
It is reasonable for the state to regulate many things, like pesticides or nuclear power, but feeding the hungry is not one of them. Particularly when nearly 5 million people in California go hungry each month. The California Association of…
New Law Could Force Hungry to Eat Out of Garbage Cans
Please call Governor Brown at (916) 445-2841 and ask him to veto AB- 2178, Limited Service Charitable Feeding Operation. Food programs all across the state could be told to stop sharing free meals with the hungry if this becomes law.…
The 30th Anniversary of the first arrest of Food Not Bombs
August 15, 2018, marks the 30th anniversary of the first arrests of Food Not Bombs for “making a political statement” by sharing free food with the hungry. Nine volunteers were arrested at the entrance of Golden Gate Park by a…