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Poor People's Movements

No Five-Year Limit On Welfare!
Linden Gawboy | Minneapolis, MN | 7/11/00
"It's time to declare war, on the war on the poor," said Glen Johnson of the Minnesota Welfare Rights Coalition (MN-WRC) as fighters...
People Escaping Poverty Project, Welfare Rights Coalition
Minnesota's Poor Put Heat on Politicians
Deb Konechne | St. Paul, MN | 4/20/00
Low-income people from around Minnesota are carrying out a powerful fightback against anti-poor politicians at the State Capitol.
Minnesota Family Investment Plan, Welfare Rights Committee
Frontline in War on Poverty
Mick Kelly | Duluth, Minnesota | 4/20/00
Poor people here are mobilizing in a big way to fight the latest attacks on welfare by state politicians.
Low Income People Organizing for Power
Tenants Resist Snap Eviction in Minneapolis
Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 3/01/00
Low-income tenants of the Rodeway Inn won a victory! On March 31, Hennepin County Housing Court ruled that homeless families living in the building could...
Eviction, Protest, Welfare Rights Committee
Housing the Homeless
Mumia Abu-Jamal | Waynesburg, PA | 1/01/00
The following is one in a regular series of commentaries by Mumia Abu Jamal from SCI Greene Prison
Homeless, housing, Mumia Abu Jamal
Put a Time Limit on Poverty, Not on Welfare!
Kim DeFranco | Duluth, Minnesota | 10/19/99
More than 100 people, from across the state, came to the governor's mansion on August 20 to demand that Governor Ventura "stop the time clock...
Minnesota Family Investment Plan, Welfare Rights Coalition
Mayor Doty Must Go
Mick Kelly | Duluth, Minnesota | 10/07/99
"Mayor Doty must go!" has become the rallying cry for poor people in this Northern Minnesota port city.
Low Income People Organizing for Power
Affordable Housing Crisis
Fight Back! Editors | United States | 10/01/99
A shortage of affordable housing has turned the lives of millions into a nightmare.
affordable housing, War on Crime
Homelessness Is A Crisis
Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 7/20/99
On June 29, members of the Welfare Rights Committee (WRC) rallied in front of the Hennepin County Government Center to demand an end to the policy of...
Welfare Rights Committee
Ventura, Politicians Slammed
Deb Konechne | St. Paul, MN | 7/19/99
More than 100 low-income protesters laid siege to the office of Reform Party Governor, Jesse Ventura, on April 23. Organizers from the Minnesota Welfare...
Minnesota Family Investment Plan, Welfare Rights Coalition