National Day of Action! July 25th: Stop Evictions, Stop Police Terror!

Usually we share narrated articles from our newspaper, but today we want to let you know of an important day of action. This Saturday, July 25, the Party for Socialism and Liberation and other organizations from across the country are taking to the streets to demand “Stop Evictions and Foreclosures, Cancel the Rents & End Racist Police Terror!” We will adhere to physical distancing guidelines and wear facemasks. Everything to make sure we’re safe as possible But we have to get out in these streets. Just think about it. More than 50 million people have lost their jobs. 30 percent of home buyers missed their June housing payments. And at least 20 million tenants could not pay their rent. A wave of evictions and foreclosures is starting to sweep the country. The number of homeless is growing. People are being evicted from their homes while being told to “stay home” in the middle of a surging COVID-19 pandemic. You can’t tell people to stay home and then kick them out for not being able to pay with money they can’t make for work that they can’t do! But instead of providing real, needed relief, the government is unleashing police: to evict people from their homes, to harass the homeless and to continue to carry out routine acts of violence and brutality in Black, Latino and Indigenous communities. Since the brutal May 25 police murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police department millions of people have participated in thousands of demonstrations in every state to demand an end to racist police terror and the immediate defunding of police departments. This national revolt against racism is taking place within the context of the unfolding economic depression. That is why, on July 25 we will be taking to the streets to demand a “Stop to Evictions and Foreclosures, Cancel the Rents & End Racist Police Terror!” JOIN US! Find an action in your city at: CancelTheRents.org https://www.canceltherents.org/