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The River We are In
Anti-Poverty Struggle Continues
From: Fight to Win
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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 35,000. In the short term, the author concludes, more shelter beds are needed to bring the system down to 90% occupancy, provincial low income housing funding is needed, and social assistance levels should be raise to reflect the income needs to secure housing. The author calls for a revolution to eliminate capitalism, colonialism, and all forms of oppression.
Contributors
A. J. Withers
A. J. Withers organized with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty for over 20 years, including as a paid organizer. They are the author of A Violent History of Benevolence: Interlocking Oppression in the Moral Economies of Social Working (with Chris Chapman) and Disability Politics and Theory and numerous other articles and book chapters. A. J. recently completed a PhD in social work at York University.
