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Hunger Strikes, Protests Increase As City Retreats
Sharings this week were police-free for the first time in November.Dezeray Lyn and Chris Mince of Tampa Food Not Bombs are joining Jillian Pim and Thursday Addams in abstaining from food until Fort...
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Thankful for Strikers/Minicomics
Take a moment out of the holiday weekend to appreciate those who are resisting Fort Lauderdale's Homeless Hate Laws through their hunger strike.After 25 days, Jillian Pim ended her hunger strike on...
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7 Hunger Strikers As Sharing Ban Reaches 1 Month
Root Robin of Fort Lauderdale, Bettejo Passalaqua of Weeki-Wachi and Feral Peterson of Tampa have joined the hunger strike in opposition to Fort Lauderdale's food-sharing restrictions. Root declared...
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Big Changes at Sharing Ban's 1 Month Mark
City Website on Monday afternoonAs many are already aware, Chef Arnold's lawsuit against the sharing ban got a hearing yesterday which resulted in a 30 day lift of enforcement against outlaw food...
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#ShutItDown & The Mystery of the Limbo Cases
On Saturday December 6th, Fort Lauderdale Food Not Bombs was headed to one of its weekly protests against sharing ban supporters downtown when we caught wind of a hastily-organized protest for Eric...
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Besieged City Can Only Hope for A New Year
As the year draws to a close, the City will be spending its time preparing for a long and probably costly court battle over the sharing ban. It also faces the possibility of continuing disruptive...
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Is The Sharing Ban Back?
Homeless advocates had a confusing past 24 hours as a couple of newsreports surfaced that the sharing ban is maybe a thing again.At this point there is a still a lot of uncertainty, but Fort Lauderdale...
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City Doesn't Want to Enforce Its Stupid, Pointless Laws
After months of insisting on the "rule of law" needing to be enforced, the City had written itself into a Dickensian corner this week. By voting on appealing the ruling that created the injunction...
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Xmas Sharings, Ray Is Free
Love Thy Neighbor's Wednesday sharing will go on as usual on Christmas Eve at 5:30 in front of the Bahia Mar hotel in the Beach.Rebel food sharers including Reverend Mark Sims & Reverend Gail...
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Anti-Homeless Laws Face Election Test
Filing for the Fort Lauderdale City Commission elections was this week. While off-season local elections tend to be an even worse attempt at participatory democracy than Florida state elections, it's...
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Vote Out Mayor Seiler: Election Rally January 31st
Fort Lauderdale's much-neglected electoral process collides with its much-maligned public officials February 10th!All 3 races, including the Mayor's, include candidates on opposite sides of the...
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Federal Civil Liberties Lawsuit Against City Is Filed by Food Not Bombs
Today's press release from Southern Legal Counsel:Today, Southern Legal Counsel, the Legal Advocacy Center of Central Florida and the Law Offices of Mara Shlackman filed suit against the City of Fort...
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3 Months Later: Rallies & Awards
January 31st marked exactly 3 months since the beginning of the sharing ban. While the status quo of downtown remains mostly unaltered, a number of people affected by the law spent the anniversary in...
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Anti-Homeless Incumbents Re-Elected... Fight For Downtown Continues
Mayor Seiler and temporary appointment Phil McKinzie easily won their election challenges Tuesday, with only 7% of Fort Lauderdale's eligible voters participating. It would appear that the City's...
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Sharing Ban Revisited, Tuesday Feb 17th
The City's agenda for next Tuesday's Commission meeting brings the sharing ban back to public hearing. This will be the first "homeless hate law" the City has discussed at their meetings since they...
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Movie Night for Housing Rights, March 7th
Uncharted: The Truth Behind Homelessness is a recently filmed documentary about a struggle between homeless people, homeless advocates, and government homeless services in Indianapolis. On March 7th at...
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Sharing Ban Limbo
The City's 45 day stay of enforcement has expired, and according to latest communications with the City, there is still no intent to enforce. The City's sharing ban seems to be in a self-imposed limbo...
View Article2 Videos of Police Brutality Surface in 1 Day
The local news tonight broadcast 2 citizen videos of police assaulting and arresting people, just blocks away from one another in downtown Ft Lauderdale.The first incident involved FLPD Officer Victor...
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Anti-Police Brutality Protests Continue Downtown
Following online & media outrage over the actions of FLPD Officer Victor Ramirez, anti-police brutality protests occurred Saturday at the Ft Lauderdale Police Department and Tuesday at Ft...
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Presenting a Homelessness Guide in a Misguided State
Saturday marked the official release of the first version of "The Unofficial Guidebook for the Needy & Homeless."You can download it here. This guide builds on the County's slim offerings of...
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