Just south of the scheduled march, is one of the world's biggest
skid rows. On February 20th (
view story and pictures) and other dates, the downtown residents are victims the demolishing rampages known as "
sweeps." According to the LA Times, "officers have been conducting the sweeps under municipal ordinance
41.18(d), which prohibits sitting, lying or sleeping on any public sidewalk,
street, alley or other public way at any time, anywhere in the city." Many think that as long as there are no solutions to the rising poverty in this country,it is inhumane to prohibit the streets to people who have nowhere else to go.
It should be remembered in thinking about the upcoming war, that so many of the veterans of war become homeless. A recent poster talks about their chat with one of these homeless vets.
In the spirit of repecting our neighborhoods, mymicz posted several messages onto the wire. He proposes that activists coming to the large march this weekend should think about giving back to the needy homeless community in various ways.
In addition, read this report about downtown resident's worries that police are not policing downtown gang violence with the longterm goal of emptying the neighborhood for easier longterm gentrification
Homeless live on the streets which we will be marching.