Take Back the Land report(s) back

Max Rameau from Take Back the Land met and spoke with members of the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign, Southside Together Organizing for Power, and a number of other folks last night in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood at a newly unveiled cafe and community center, The Sankofa Fightback Center.  Max spoke at length about the urgent necessity to elevate housing and land rights to the level of human rights, and located today's foreclosure and housing crisis in the lineage of the major crises that have faced folks in the US over the centuries.

Folks in Chicago are planning to participate in a trans-local network of folks working to reclaim unoccupied and foreclosed homes for families in our communities, as well as step up our work to prevent evictions and bring the right to housing to the center of Chicago's political struggles.  B. Loewe was there representing the Road to Detroit organizing for the US Social Forum in June, and talked about plans to implement a Take Back the Land strategy in Detroit this summer.

We'll have photos and video from the event up soon, but for now, here's audio of last night's event.  It's a bit on the long side, but I promise, it's well worth the listen.