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Here is an article on the coming wave of evictions in the black and Latino communities. This makes it all the more important to organize protests against the ending of the $600/week unemployment benefit. I have tried to be pretty diplomatic about it up until now, but I received no reply, so I'm going to be more blunt: It is very disappointing that those RSN members in the Oakland area have completely ignored my proposals for RSN to organize a protest around this. It really leads me to question what is happening and it should lead others to do the same. "A backlog of eviction cases is beginning to move through the court system as millions of Americans who had counted on federal aid and eviction moratoriums to stay in their homes now fear being thrown out. A crisis among renters is expected to deepen this month as the enhanced unemployment benefits that have kept many afloat run out at the end of the July, and the $1,200 per adult stimulus payment that had supported households earlier in the crisis becomes a distant memory. "Meanwhile, enforcement of federal moratoriums on some types of evictions is uneven, with experts warning that judges’ efforts to limit access to courtrooms or hold hearings online because of covid-19 could increasingly leave elderly or poor renters at a disadvantage. "Of the 110 million Americans <https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/20-million-renters-are-at-risk-of-eviction/> living in rental households, 20 percent are at risk of eviction by Sept. 30, according to an analysis by the Covid-19 Eviction Defense Project <https://cedproject.org/>, a Colorado-based community group. African American and Hispanic renters are expected to be hardest hit." https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/06/eviction-moratoriums-starwood/ -- *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Felicity Dowling Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
