A. J. Withers
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 Fight to WinInside Poor People’s Organizing |
AJ Withers draws on their own experiences as an organizer, extensive interviews with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) activists and Toronto bureaucrats, and freedom of information … | A. J. Withers | 305 | 2021 | View |
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From Fighting to WinPower and Poor People’s Organizing From: Fight to Win |
This chapter introduces Ontario Coalition Against Poverty’s mass mobilization strategies and individual casework as organizing principles. The role of casework as a dual activist strategy … | A. J. Withers | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
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From Privately Policing Public SpaceSt. James Park From: Fight to Win |
This chapter describes the brief successful campaign by OCAP against the private securitization and displacement of homeless people. The campaign challenged the moral and legal claims of the … | A. J. Withers | 33 | 2021 | $3.30 Add |
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From Stay TightDirect-Action Casework From: Fight to Win |
This chapter details the two distinct arms of Ontario Coalition Against Poverty: mass mobilization and case work, advocating within the larger trend of neoliberal cuts and downsizing. Successful … | A. J. Withers | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
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From Fighting for Roofs and BedsHousing First From: Fight to Win |
In this chapter the author describes the efficacy and short-comings of a Housing First model for addressing homelessness. Given the background of neoliberalism, the author concludes that programs … | A. J. Withers | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
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From A Bed for the NightThe Struggle for Shelter From: Fight to Win |
In 2017/2018 Ontario Coalition Against Poverty witnessed the greatest crisis in homelessness in 3 decades. This chapter describes a successful campaign to increase Toronto shelter beds by 1,000 … | A. J. Withers | 53 | 2021 | $5.30 Add |
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From In the Streets, in the Parks and in the CourtsFighting Bulldozer Diplomacy From: Fight to Win |
The impact of Covid-19 on homeless people is discussed, along with how defunding the police and decarceration entered public discourse. Issues with overcrowded and full shelters and shelter … | A. J. Withers | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
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From The River We are InAnti-Poverty Struggle Continues From: Fight to Win |
This chapter summarizes the activist value of the power of disruption as the Ontario Coatilition Against Poverty, with a staff of two, contended with Toronto’s resources and staff of … | A. J. Withers | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
