Survival Poetry Workshop: HOT or COLD Poems in Tovaangar and Tatavia (So-called LA)
Photo by Cecilie Bomstad on Unsplash The following poems were written on August 26th, 2026, by houseless and formerly houseless folks attending the Survival Poetry workshop. Poem prompt: Describe a time in your life when you were so cold or so hot you couldn’t breathe (describe details about the feeling in your bones/lungs/skin-and why...because you were houseless/outside/had no money for heat or air conditioner) Leroy How you survived-what did you tell yourself Brought back
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4 days ago
Survivors of Sweeps and Homelessness create their own *WeSearch Findings on the impact of targeted sweeps
“Sweeps Survivors” is a Collaborative *WeSearch Project of POOR Magazine and Aetna Street Solidarity. These WeSearch findings were offered and gathered on Tovaangar/Tatavian Lands aka Los Angeles/San Fernando Valley in September/October 2026. So many deaths From the perp called swept Swept and swept and swept to death From East LA to West til we have nothing left No belongings, no homes, no tents, no cars, no phones They even swept our hope… excerpt from Swept to Death by
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5 days ago
Poor People's Radio Excerpt: City of Oakland Demolishes Tiny Homes of Houseless Mamas
This clip of Poor Peoples Radio podcast features a conversation with Kay, who had a tiny home in West Oakland. The tiny home and one other were both destroyed by the city during the violent sweeps they carried out on Peralta and Fifth Streets. Kay's tiny home and one other, which was also destroyed, were built by students at Oakland School of the Art to provide housing to houseless mamas. Hear more of Kay's story by following the link below. To see the whole episode click her
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7 days ago
The Cockroach Protest Movement that's Facing Nothing but Rejection and Getting Beat for Wanting Justice
“Some people might refer to me and my poor magazine family as the cockroaches in any city, we are the poor and houseless people, the trash they want to sweep up, the cockroach movement of so-called california … “ said tiny, POOR Magazine. The story includes corrupt commisioners, police beatings, and mistreatment of the youth of India who are human, like myself, who are unemployed and are struggling badly with getting any help from their own government. They are protesting for
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Justice for Sonya Massey
09/28/26 Sean Grayson was sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting Sonya Massey 3 times in her face on July 6, 2024 after she called 911 because of a possible intruder outside her home. Grayson, 32 years old allegedly was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer just one year before killing Sonya Massey. Charged with first degree murder but convicted of second degree murder after jurors found some sympathy after Grayson
Ebola and the DRC
Image from 2012 Ebola outbreak in Uganda. Photo Credit: By U.S. Centers for Disease Control - This media comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library (PHIL), with identification number #19940 Public Domain The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s public health institute, puts Ebola cases at 8,067 and deaths at 3,901. From those numbers we get a fatality rate of 48.4 percent and this right here makes everybody and anybody worry and st
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Oct 2
Eviction/Displacement/Gentrification stories. Historias de desahucio/desplazamiento/gentrificación
ESPAÑOL DEBAJO Updated Stories: #4 YELAMU, September 18, 2026 EVICTION/DISPLACEMENT/GENTRIFICATION Stories Below write your story of eviction/gentrification/ displacement from your home/community/corner Written by Racil Hernandez V I am from Sandarado Well, I have 10 years living on the streets I live day to day I don’t have a job Thanks to god I have lived in my car For 9 years Staying close to places Where they give food Written by J.MS. I have been living in the streets si
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Oct 2
Belly of The Beast Capitalism VENDORS FOR SURVIVAL
By Momii Palapaz “Look over there, no no over there, at the crowd of worn out looking, crouched and shabbily dressed. Don’t say people, it’s them”. Don't look right here and everywhere violence is applied with invasions to acquire mother earth. Last week The SF Chron front page photo showed mass interest in street sales of hygiene supplies, clothes, hardware, jewelry, and anything associated with survival. The photo is grossly high contrast, looks scary, dark of night. It’s
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Oct 2
Freedom From Palestine to Turtle Island: Tiny's Talk at Beyt Tikkun's Yom Kippur Gathering
tiny (lisa) gray-garcia aka “PovertySkola” and co-founder of POOR Magazine was invited to speak at Beyt Tikkun's 2026 High Holiday (Yom Kippur) services. Beyt Tikkun says in their description of the event, "We believe that a Judaism Beyond Zionism calls us not to look elsewhere for belonging or liberation, but to root deeply where we are: cultivating presence, telling the truth, grieving what is broken, celebrating what is beautiful, and transforming our spiritual practice i
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Sep 29
Poor People's Radio Excerpt: False Narratives and Homeless Tropes
This clip of Poor Peoples Radio podcast features a conversation with Jessica from the Berkeley Homeless Union, ally of houseless folks, Robbie Powelson, and former council member, Cheryl Davila, on the topic of the recent sweeps on Harrison Street in so-called Berkeley. The news media are spreading a false narrative that the deaths from leptospirosis were connected to the Harrison Street encampment when the deaths actually took place in an RV about an mile away. To see the wh
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Sep 29