{"id":620,"date":"2017-10-29T22:39:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T03:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/?p=620"},"modified":"2017-10-29T22:39:51","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T03:39:51","slug":"why-chicago-leaders-hate-the-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/2017\/10\/29\/why-chicago-leaders-hate-the-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Chicago Leaders Hate the Homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Originally published October 15, 2017<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/501194886911586\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/57c194ba9b4712be34160a911\/images\/08495964-c087-4e90-b72f-79f5e8f2f1c5.jpg\" alt=\"Cops vs. Homeless\" data-file-id=\"1582213\" width=\"460\" height=\"447\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Credit: Uptown Tent City Organizers<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><strong>Saturday, October 21st<\/p>\n<p>2:30 PM &#8211; 5 PM<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Lincoln Park Public Library<\/p>\n<p>1150 W. Fullerton Ave.<\/p>\n<p><em>One block west of the \u201cFullerton\u201d el station, free parking,<br \/>\nwheelchair accessible<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>In recent weeks City leaders have dramatically escalated their ongoing battle against Chicago\u2019s homeless population, repeatedly evicting Uptown\u2019s Tent City \u2014 the most visible symbol of the city\u2019s failure to house its own residents.<\/p>\n<p>The evictions are an attempt to set new precedents in guaranteeing even fewer rights to those who already have the least in our city.<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe goal of guaranteeing profits for the real estate industry has long dominated decision-making in city politics. It determines City Hall policies towards the homeless, the near-homeless, and housing for all the other residents who also do the work that makes Chicago work.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nHowever, lack of affordable housing and homelessness cannot be properly understood if viewed in isolation from other issues. Policies on policing, race, jobs, education, transportation and healthcare are all inextricably linked to housing policies. Homelessness is but one of the more brutal aspects of an ongoing war vs. the non-wealthy by those who run our city.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nJoin long-time activist Andy Thayer of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/UptownTentCity\/\">Uptown Tent City Organizers<\/a>&nbsp;and the Gay Liberation Network as he examines how homelessness relates to other issues, why homelessness is a human-manufactured crisis, and what we can do to solve it.&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nSponsored by&nbsp;<strong>Open University of the Left<\/strong><br \/>\nInfo:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/openuniversityoftheleft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/openuniversityoftheleft.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All Open University of the Left event are free of charge and open to all.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAll prior video programs are viewable on our YouTube channel.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/OpenUnivoftheLeft\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/OpenUnivoftheLeft<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join the low traffic email announcement list (yahoo group) at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:oulchicago-subscribe@yahoogroups.com\">oulchicago-subscribe@yahoogroups.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally published October 15, 2017 Credit: Uptown Tent City Organizers &nbsp; Saturday, October 21st 2:30 PM &#8211; 5 PM Lincoln Park Public Library 1150 W. Fullerton Ave. One block west <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/2017\/10\/29\/why-chicago-leaders-hate-the-homeless\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,16,49],"tags":[19,44,23,22,17],"class_list":["post-620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-class","category-homeless-rights","category-politicians","tag-alderman-james-cappleman","tag-chicago-police-department","tag-homeless","tag-mayor-rahm-emanuel","tag-uptown-tent-city-organizers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":621,"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620\/revisions\/621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}