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DESCRIPTION:SAN JOSE: Car Caravan Protest to Demand, "Cancel Rents + Mortgages! Make 
 the Banks Pay!" \n\nInitiated by: 
 https://www.canceltherents.org/\n\nSaturday, May 30 @ 11 AM - 2 
 PM\n\nStarting point: San Jose Diridon Caltrain Station, 65 Cahill St., San 
 Jose CA 95110\n\n11 am: Gather\n11:30 am: Press Briefing\n12 pm: Caravan 
 Begins\n\nEndorsing organizations include: \n--Anakbayan Silicon 
 Valley\n--ANSWER Coalition\n--Party for Socialism and Liberation\n--Silicon 
 Valley DSA \n--South Bay Mutual Aid\n\nJoin thousands of people across the 
 country in car caravan protests on Saturday, May 30 to demand the 
 cancellation of rents and mortgages for tenants, homeowners, small 
 landlords and small businesses for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. 
 Protesters will adhere to social distancing guidelines and requirements, 
 including wearing mask that have been established to respond to the 
 Coronavirus outbreak.\n\nThe effect on the people has been devastating. 
 Nearly 100,000 people in the United States have died and more than 1.72 
 million have gotten sick as of May 26.  An estimated 37 million people have 
 lost their jobs since March with millions more jobless to come. We are in 
 worst depression since the 1930s, and it’s getting worse.\n\nAs a result 
 of the economic crisis, at least 30 percent of renters will be unable to 
 pay their rent on June 1. No one should lose their housing for any reason 
 in this crisis! The rents and mortgages must be cancelled!\n\nA short-term 
 suspension of evictions is not enough to save people's homes. And the 
 meager rescue stimulus payments the government provided are long gone for 
 most people. Even if there is another one, it will be needed for food, 
 healthcare and other necessities.\n\nCanceling rents and mortgage payments 
 for the duration of the crisis can be won! Since the start of the pandemic 
 in the U.S., the federal government has pumped at least 5 trillion dollars 
 into the big banks and the largest corporations. Only $249 billion was 
 allocated for unemployment funding. This massive gift to the banks — the 
 1% at the top, compared to the 160 million U.S. workers — is 20 times the 
 amount allotted for the unemployed. The money is there, it is simply a 
 question of whether it is used to bail out Wall Street or to protect the 
 homes of poor and working people. This wealth and the vast number of vacant 
 housing units can be used to provide shelter for the homeless as 
 well.\n\nThe government has the authority to cancel the rent. In fact, a 
 bill has already been introduced in Congress, the Rent and Mortgage 
 Cancellation Act . But this will be bitterly opposed by the landlords and 
 big banks. The mobilization of the people, done in a socially responsible 
 way, is urgently needed to ensure housing for all.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/26/18833293.php
SUMMARY:San Jose Car Caravan Protest: "Cancel Rents & Mortgages!"
LOCATION:Starting point: San Jose Diridon Caltrain Station, 65 Cahill St., San Jose 
 CA 95110\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/26/18833293.php
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