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A night and a morning with Occupy Skid Row
(Dan Bluemel / LA Activist) An LAPD patrol car parks in the middle of Towne Avenue just south of Fourth Street in Skid Row. The empty street begins to fill with anticipation. From its loudspeaker, an...
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A call goes out to join Occupy Skid Row
A group of homeless advocates held an educational meeting for occupy activists yesterday concerning Skid Row and the plight of the homeless. It ended in an appeal to occupy. Yesterday’s meeting, which...
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Housing advocates fight to keep family together
Gerardo Quinones (center) marches for the return of his wife, Blanca Cardenas, who was deported to Mexico after being arrested for refusing to leave their home that had been foreclosed upon. Quinones...
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Fort Hernandez still stands as foreclosure battle continues
Protesters congregate outside of the barricaded home of Javier Hernandez, which they hope to save from foreclosure. (Dan Bluemel / LA Activist) It’s Saturday afternoon, Labor Day weekend, in Van Nuys...
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Fort Hernandez faces imminent raid, eviction
Protesters sit outside the Hernandez's barricaded residence, known as Fort Hernandez on Sept. 1, 2012. (Dan Bluemel / LA Activist). These may be the final days of Fort Hernandez. Forty-five days ago, a...
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East LA family, OLA fight foreclosure of home
Occupiers work on building a barricade in front of the Lucero residence, which is under foreclosure. They are hoping to keep out sheriffs and Deutsche Bank in an effort to stop the eviction of the...
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Foreclosure revolt spreads to East LA
Three occupiers survey the barricade members of Occupy Fights Foreclosures built as part of their efforts to stop the eviction of the Lucero family whose home -- commonly referred to now as Fort Lucero...
View ArticleFort Hernandez barricade torn down by city
The Bureau of Street Services and police tore down the barricade surrounding the Hernandez residence in Van Nuys today. The barrier was part of an Occupy protest against the foreclosure of the home,...
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Occupiers open up foreclosed home for owner
After being evicted and locked out of her foreclosed home, Soledad Corona received help from Occupy Fights Foreclosures to gain entry to her home and protest her eviction. (Dan Bluemel / LA Activist)...
View ArticleLoan mods link homes in foreclosure revolt
For months now, occupy activists have been conducting sit-in demonstrations at repossessed homes to fight what they argue are fraudulent foreclosures. Occupiers have been camped out at the Lucero...
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Anti-eviction advocates open foreclosed home for owner
The Los Angeles Anti-Eviction Campaign celebrates with free hot dogs and popcorn after breaking the locks on the home of Cathelene Hughes, which had been foreclosed upon. Hughes and the LA...
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Wells Fargo gets an angry May Day visit from homeowner advocates
(Dan Bluemel / LA Activist) Upset with Wells Fargo’s foreclosure practices, protesters held a demonstration yesterday that briefly shut down one of the bank’s branches in downtown Los Angeles. The...
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Spying, gentrification and the Google connection
(Dan Bluemel / LA Activist) With the recent revelations about the NSA’s domestic spying programs, Google has caught the attention of local activists for its role in the collection and sharing of...
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Homeowner advocates go after Wells Fargo’s bottom line
Laurel Greenstein attempts to enter a Wells Fargo branch in Hollywood to close her account in protest of the bank’s foreclosure practices. Greenstein’s home was foreclosed upon by the bank. (Dan...
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The dubious seizure of Laurel Greenstein’s home
Laurel Greenstein, who lost her home when Wells Fargo foreclosed on her, speaks to protesters outside the bank’s Hollywood branch on June 22. (Dan Bluemel / LA Activist) When Laurel Greenstein filed...
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Anti-Eviction campaigners put a little ‘sweat equity’ into South LA neighborhood
Adam Rice, co-chair of the Los Angeles Anti-Eviction Campaign, and organizer Callie Little, pick up trash in a South LA alley. Their goal, along with residents, is to clean the alley and hopefully turn...
View ArticleSoil in Jordan Downs may be poisoning its residents
[Editor's Note: The following was written by LA Activist contributor Daniel Ross and was published in Vice magazine's website.] It’s not necessarily the patchy linoleum flooring, the egg-white cinder...
View ArticleEvictions paving the road toward gentrification at Jordan Downs
[Editor's Note: The following was written by LA Activist contributor Daniel Ross and was published in Vice magazine's website.] As if the health threats that come with living in spitting distance of a...
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