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Homeless people have recently won several victorys in Fresno. The success followed a lawsuit filed on behalf of homeless people which seeks to stop the city from taking and immediately destroying their property. Despite a temporary restraining order against the city, destruction of homeless encampments has continued.
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Rev. Floyd D Harris Jr questions whether marching with Fresno area politicians is in the true spirit of the holiday:
"If Dr. King were alive today I know he would have been on the front lines with us in Fresno denouncing The Fresno Police Department, Mayor, City Manager, Sanitation Department and the representative from District #3 for violating the constitutional rights of poor people. You will see all of these people who say they believe in Dr. Martin Luther Kings Jr.'s life in the front of the march and the microphone every year speaking about how wonderful he was, while they act totally opposite of Dr. King's legacy. If we are going to march for the celebration of Dr. King, then let's march for something that will bring justice to the community. "

Jim Shetler, head of the negotiating team of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), on November 16 announced a historic “agreement in principle” between federal and state agencies, NGO’s and the public utility over the terms and conditions of its 50-year license for its Upper American River Project. Photos

In Sacramento, the UNITE HERE Local 49 "Hotel Workers Rising" campaign, to gain better union contracts for hotel employees, has been escalating this fall. It has gained the support of a large coalition of local clergy, community leaders, elected officials and even some small businesspeople.

“The fundamental problem is capitalism…” - Florentino Martinez, Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca, (APPO)

The DAAA Collective of Modesto writes, "...Direct action, not party politics or voting, has been the method of change for those writing history in the streets of Oaxaca. Taking over media centers to spread news, destroying and occupying government property, taking to the streets and stopping business as usual. All of this is designed to disable the one thing that the elites care most about: profits.

"Struggles across the world have much to learn from the rebels in Oaxaca, who don’t wait for change, but go into the streets and create it for themselves. For them, a revolution is not an abstraction, but something that they have a stake in creating."

A Fresno pictorial report of the action for justice in Oaxaca. The vigil in Fresno continued Saturday night.

Interview with two homless men in Fresno regarding the Temporary Restraining Order that will stop the Fresno police from taking and immediately destroying their property.

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