murders. Sanders maybe would have been the best guy. But
he’s gutless, his endorsement of Clinton was disturbing. That
tells me about those in politics: if they’re not kissing babies,
they’re stealing their candies and the media belongs to them.”
Thanksgiving in Los Angeles: Widespread hunger and homelessness
Thanksgiving in Los Angeles: Widespread hunger and homelessness
By Marc Wells
26 November 2016
While over the
Thanksgiving holiday in the US public officials posture as humanists and
philanthropists and the media broadcasts hypocritical messages of good will, a
closer look reveals a squalid picture of decay affecting wide layers of
American society.
The richest country on
earth increasingly displays conditions that are typical of a third world
country — homelessness, inequality, poverty, food insecurity and mental illness
have become features of American life for millions. California, the richest state
in the US, is the quintessential expression of this reality.
Last August, 25,000
Californians signed a petition urging Governor Jerry Brown to declare a
statewide emergency on homelessness. According to conservative figures, there
are 115,000 homeless people in the state lacking basic human services.
Los Angeles County alone
accounts for 47,000 on any given night, topping the nation with 13,000
chronically homeless people, according to the US Department of Housing and
Urban Development’s report to Congress released a week before Thanksgiving.
The “city of angels”
also has 2,700 homeless veterans and more than 3,000 unaccompanied homeless
youth. A figure released by the Los Angeles County Office of Education a few
days ago reported that 63,000 young children in the county were homeless at
some point in 2015-16.
Food insecurity affects
large swathes of the state’s working class. A September 2016 survey conducted
by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 2010 and Occidental
College’s Urban & Environmental Policy Institute found that 70 percent of
University of California’s clerical, administrative, and support workers
struggle to put adequate food on the table and are considered food insecure. Of
these, two thirds experience actual hunger from skipping meals or reduced food
intake due to a lack of resources.
Last July, a survey by
the University of California’s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources’
Nutritional Policy found that 19 percent of student respondents indicated “very
low” food security, with an additional 23 percent of student respondents having
“low” food security and 8 to 12 percent reported as homeless.
A World Socialist Web
Site reporting team visited several locations in the Los Angeles Area on
Thanksgiving Day.
The Los Angeles Mission
Downtown traditionally organizes the “Skid Row Thanksgiving,” serving meals to
the homeless who have taken residence in the area around 5th Street and San
Pedro Street. This is a site of chronic homelessness, with blocks of tents and
other precarious makeshift shelters.
Salvador, a film
engineer and a volunteer at the Mission, was critical of the entire US
establishment. “Everyone needs equality and equal chance. People are misled.
The politicians that Trump is appointing to office are very disturbing to me.
It reminds me of Hitler. I didn’t want Hillary, given her corruption, scandals
and murders. Sanders maybe would have been the best guy. But he’s gutless, his
endorsement of Clinton was disturbing. That tells me about those in politics:
if they’re not kissing babies, they’re stealing their candies and the media
belongs to them.”
He reflected on the
undemocratic character of politics in the US: “I thought Obama started off
well, but he took from workers to give to the banks, that’s not our policy. I also
disagree with mass deportations. This person, that person over here, doesn’t
have a word to say in the matter. Their voice has been muted. Someone like
Edward Snowden has balls for exposing the official lies. They would throw him
and Assange into Guantanamo Bay if they could.”
Noah, a high school
student, spoke on social inequality in the US. He said, “It’s huge. There’s a
giant gap between the rich and the poor. There are a lot of people living in
poverty in California. They’re not necessarily minorities, although that is a
large component. The population living in poverty is very diverse and social
inequality is very noticeable here.”
Commenting on the
official response to social problems, he noted, “Political leaders didn’t see
inequality as a big an issue like it needs be. When they passed laws, took
social programs like welfare away in the last 25-30 years and changed
guidelines and regulations it hurt people who were less fortunate. There is too
little for the underprivileged; we need more programs for them.”
Compton is a very
impoverished area in Los Angeles County, following a trend of
deindustrialization in the last 35 years that has reduced entire cities to
urban landscapes resembling war zones. Compton College organized a Thanksgiving
event on campus for students experiencing hardship.
Deshaun a welding
student at Compton College. Said he has experienced homelessness and food
insecurity in recent times. “I’ve experienced hunger every now and then. I used
to be a truck driver in Kansas, but lost my license and career after a DUI. I
was diagnosed with diabetes and learned the hard way that it lowered alcohol
tolerance. I don’t drink anymore.”
He voiced his opinion
about outgoing and incoming president: “I don’t like any of them. I don’t trust
the government, Obama or Trump. Everything on the media is propaganda,
especially war. They gave guns to Saddam, to ISIS, to then turn against them
and control the region.”
Deshaun was a casualty
of the 2008 financial crisis: “That’s why I had to move to Kansas in 2009. I
got laid off by BNSF Railway that year. Now I’m on food stamps with two
children.”
“In this system you’re
supposed to capitalize on everybody, prey on the weak and the unaware. Then
they wonder why people act like they do: all we got is leftovers.
“The rich thrives on
everybody’s exploitation. They talk about a raise in minimum wage, but the
increase in prices and rent more than neutralizes that. And when you get down
to the core of it, it’s a class issue, not a color one.”
Michael is a theater major.
“Last year I was in the ASB [Associated Student Body] and I saw that there was
a need, so I decided to volunteer for this Thanksgiving event. There are
homeless students that attend Compton, including some in my baseball team. One
sees them brushing teeth and washing in the college restrooms in the morning,
or taking showers in hotels when the team is on the road, so as not to
embarrass themselves.” Hygienic conditions in this campus’ bathrooms are
reportedly abysmal.
He noted: "Compton
has a big homeless problem, I have sheltered homeless friends at times, even
though my parents don’t always approve. Much of that comes from the economic
crisis that we had, and are still having, though things have improved.”
MEXIFORNIA (Formerly
California) NOW UNDER NARCOMEX CONTROL
Suspected Illegal Alien
Marijuana Farmers Held Workers Hostage: ICE
STUDENTS
YELL 'Hillary Is a War Monger'.
..............
But there's good money bribes to be made serving
Muslim
dictators!
AMERICA
THE ADDICTED
CAUTION:
GRAPHIC IMAGES!
THE
IMPACT OF OBAMA-CLINTONIMCS AND OPEN BORDERS
1
in 7 are addicted
AMERICA’S LAST DAYS AS THE MEXICAN
DRUG CARTELS’ OPEN BORDERS MARKET
(DRUGS POVERTY)
THANKSGIVING 2016 THE LAST BEFORE
THE REVOLUTION
STAGGERING ADDICTION and POVERTY
IN AMERICA
*
After Trump victory:
Mexican peso plummets
amid ruling class unease
MEXICO DOES NOT WANT THEIR 40 MILLION LOOTING
MEXICANS AND MEX CRIMINAL BACK!!!
2,000
Californians murdered by Mexican who fled back over the border to avoid
prosecution. Half the murders in CA are now by Mex gangs! Who speaks for those
murdered, raped, or molested by Mexicans????
*
LOS
ANGELES: Mexico’s Second Largest City, First Place for Billion Dollar Mexican
Welfare, Number 1 for Mexican Murder and Western Gateway For the LA RAZA
Mexican Drug Cartels
BUILDING THE MEXICAN CARTELS IN THE AMERICAN BURBS!
MEXIFORNIA (Formerly
California) NOW UNDER NARCOMEX CONTROL
Suspected Illegal Alien
Marijuana Farmers Held Workers Hostage: ICE
MEXIFORNIA.... welcomes Mexico's DRUG CARTELS... but first
register to vote DEM!
THE
STAGGERING COST OF AMNESTY:
Legals
to pay trillions for open borders and Mexico’s looting
Between one-quarter and one-third of the 1.5 million
new arrivals in 2014 were illegal aliens, meaning that a conservative estimate
is that 1,000 illegal aliens a day are moving to the United States.
*
LA
RAZA FACISM:
Ethnic
Cleansing By Mexicans Occupying California…. Where Mexico loots first!
ANTONIO “Taco Runt” VILLARAIGOSA
DECLARES MEXIFORNIA’S SURRENDER TO LA RAZA SUPREMACY
“Taco Runt” is a member of the
Mexican Fascist Movement of M.E.Ch.A. and a racist LA RAZA supremacist.
He is proud of the fact that he
FAILED California’s State Bar test more than any other illiterate Mexican on
earth and that qualifies him to operate California’s Mexican Welfare State for
LA RAZA.
OBAMA-CLINTONOMICS
pounds America’s youth as they build a border to border Mexican welfare state
on our backs!
AMERICA’S YOUTH STARVE…… ILLEGALS SUCK IN BILLIONS IN
WELFARE… they also get our jobs!
The new reports show that in addition to
“traditional” coping strategies of skipping meals and eating cheap food, these
teens and pre-teens are increasingly forced into shoplifting, stealing, selling
drugs, joining a gang, or selling their bodies for money in a struggle to eat
properly.
STUDENTS
YELL 'Hillary Is a War Monger'.
..............
But there's good money bribes to be made serving
Muslim
dictators!
AMERICA STARVES:
Report on the impact of
OBAMA-CLINTONOMICS
THE GIG JOB – In America, No Legal Need Apply
"Possibly most affected by this shift in the economy is the
Millennial generation, those aged 18-30. The report notes that more
than half of those under age 25 participate in independent work, not
just in the United States but throughout the European Union as well."
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