Greetings:
As the government continues to bailout the mega corporations responsible for this economic crisis- by taking our tax money, without our permission, and giving it to the wealthy- some organizations and individuals are moving their own bailout.
Since October 2007, Take Back the Land has been identifying vacant government owned and foreclosed homes and liberating them by moving homeless people into people-less homes- without permission from the government or the banks. This is the real bailout.
So, as this country celebrates the Pilgrims- who took over land without permission from the owner- we must think about using land to benefit people, not just corporations. We assert that our right to housing supercedes the corporate right to profit.
Below are three stories about the Take Back the Housing campaign by Take Back the Land, including a news video from Tuesday, November 25. You can get more information at www.takebacktheland.org.
http://www.local10.com/video/18149053/index.html
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-11-20/news/squatters/
http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2008/05/foreclosure-nation-squatters-or-pioneers.html
forward,
Max Rameau
19 comments:
Hello Max :-) Just read the channel 10 story about Pierre. I was especially sad to hear how much she lost to the robbery.
I can't really donate money (trying to save my own mortgage) but if there's something she needs along the lines of blankets or clothes (size?), books, baby things, etc. I can send them on either to you or to her.
I'm in California so it might take a few days to get there, but let me know.
Tracy - stellrchef@gmail.com
It's about time someone had the courage to fight back against the banks and mortgage companies, since our government obviously won't. I completely agree that it is an abomination for houses to sit empty while American citizens freeze to death on the streets. Thank you, Max, for taking action!! I hope that others will be courageous enough to join you in your efforts!
I'm sorry, but you are perpetuating crimes of trespass and theft of property/services. These homes are owned by someone, gov't (citizens), Banks (shareholders), or individuals. You have no right or athority to decide what is done with other people's property! Who made you the God of all property. You have no right to say that because a home is empty this homeless person should live in it. IT ISN'T YOUR HOUSE! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO MOVE ANYONE IN!!!
Your an ass hole who belongs in jail
How nice of you to take that which is not yours and give it away to someone that has done nothing to earn it. Wait a minute, are you really Uncle Sam?
I understand where you are coming from, but you are breaking the law. The idea that 'everyone deserves a home' is the exact sentiment that got us into this mess in the first place. Your heart may be in the right place, but your logic is flawed: if you think it's ok to break and enter to place homesless people in 'people-less' homes, then why stop at foreclosures?...why not help them break and enter into hotels, motels, and B&B's with low occupancy??...how about breaking and entering into people's vacation homes??...You are not an 'activist' - you are a criminal looking for a different label.
and by the way, moron - last time I checked OUR CONSTITUTION, there was no 'right to housing' mentioned!!!...try educating yourself!!
I agree with what you are doing. Don't let your enemies stop you. It makes perfect sense. In this country RULES are most important than the well being
of humans that are in desperate need of help. Liability, owners' rights, I can't believe the selfishness and lack of compassion of these people that write. Keep on.
The homeless often get caught up in a web of red tape and is very difficult for them to get the help they need. Keep up the good work.
I agree with what you are doing. Don't let your enemies stop you. It makes perfect sense. In this country RULES are most important than the well being
of humans that are in desperate need of help. Liability, owners' rights, I can't believe the selfishness and lack of compassion of these people that write. Keep on.
The homeless often get caught up in a web of red tape and is very difficult for them to get the help they need. Keep up the good work.
This "program" of theft is wrong on so many levels. I can't believe there are actually people out there that think it is okay to move homeless people into someone's foreclosed home. I've got a better idea: if the home is foreclosed and you're going to move somebody into it, why don't you move the original owners back into their own home? That way, if you're going to commit a crime, the people that deserve to live in the foreclosed home are the ones that had it taken away from them.
The first thing that came to my mind when I heard this was the scenes in the movie Dr. Zivago where the "people" have taken over the family's home because the house was large enough to house several families instead of only the one "upper class" family that actually owned it. The owners were graciously allowed one room for their family to live in because that was what was "fair" to everyone.
Sound familiar???
Stay strong black king, Dont expect middle-class and upper to understand what you're accomplishing. But just as it was only possible for Barack to win the presidency, so God has your back in this endeavor. I grew up middle-class, and am now low-income, not low intellect. People equate homeless to drug-addicted, trifling, pathetic and other negatives adjectives. But I found out that no single group of people can be put into one category. So, our nation has little to no empathy for those of us who are with little resources. I'm able to keep my head up because of my spirituality. God loves me because He is love, period. Aren't you glad He doesn't see us the way we see each other. Peace, King Max.
bROTHER Max: Only those who are of low-income really empathize with being homeless. I live in a neighborhood where each block has a minimum of three abandoned homes. Thieves gut the homes out, and banks/gov't forbid working individuals to secure these same homes. The value of the neighbrhood greatly depreciates, and crime increases. I'm with you, because I'm an intelligent, low-income woman, who cleans and maintains bank-abandoned homes in my community. No one else seems to care. I grew up middle-class and had no idea the plight of lower-class, poverty-stricken individuals. I've been blessed to walk in their shoes. Thank God my spiritual side; keeps me strong, motivated and my head up high. As I know the devine loves me no less because of my income status. I love your heart and pray your strength and courage stays strong. Peace, King.
hey this whole story is really inspiring....im working on a story about the economic crisis from an anticapitalist perspective for a magazine called rolling thunder...dealing with the general causes of the crisis, responses we can take, such as the chicago factory sitin and this squatting campaign, other forms of direct action, etc. if any one knows of high resolution photos taken of these things that would be good in a journal type format, please let me know! my email is nocompromise_105@hotmail.com
ps TBL....yall dont worry bout all the haters out there...who cares about whether its legal or not, their laws are for the rich, by the rich!
Regardless of the sob stories, the only thing that this organization should be doing is providing these people access to legal services. Though it may not stop the eviction, actual proof of predatory lending may have grounds to recieve funds as a result of Civil Litigation. The properties themselves belong to the entities that provided the full funds for the purchases there of. Promoting vandalism, trespass and breaking and entering are crimes. When a Judge signs off on an eviction it is because the terms of the contract were not followed through. There is no corporate greed, only people's greed. If the bank fails to have the property re-occupied promptly it is to their own demise. Besides, most Real Estate Firms handling those assets are held responsible for the upkeep and unsitely appearance with re-imbursements coming from the financing enitities.
By the way, compassion is left up to the individuals. Your pathetic supporters should send their hard earned money in to you and you can buy homes for everyone that is with-out. I, along with many others who disagree with you do donate to organizations of worthy cause that assist people in finding temporary residence, it is their responsibilities, like everyone else's, to provide for themselves.
I have land to donate. It's in rural Nevada, but I'm sure someone can use it.
Donating this land will make me able to receive medical care. That, in turn, will allow my ME/CFS to be diagnosed. That, in turn, will get me one step closer to a home.
I'm white, male, in the opposite end of the US from Miami. I am also "shut out" from housing because I am poor. The mechanics of shut out take several pages to explain, but shut out is real.
So, who can use my more than a city block of land, with water, in the middle of nowhere? Fair warning: The local government is expert at taking money while preventing occupation. Then again, it does have water, and street access.
DD22 I think that it is so cool because the government continues to bailout the mega corporations, so I have been in USA many times and I can say that it is real, the links in the blog are so cool!!
these corporations must be punished in the most severe way
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