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This recently came across ACTIV-L.  What do people think about the
filmmaker's claim to becoming "part of the homeless?"
 
Steve
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From: Rich Winkel <[log in to unmask]>
Fri, 19 Feb 1993 06:46:27 GMT
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Subject: St. Paul Homeless Brutalized During Eviction
 
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** Written 10:20 pm  Feb 17, 1993 by jdav in cdp:gen.newsletter **
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                 People's Tribune (Online Edition)
                 Vol. 20 No. 7 / February 15, 1993
 
                 P.O. Box 3524, Chicago, IL  60654
                        Email: [log in to unmask]
 
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4. ST. PAUL'S 'QUINLAN 11' SPEAK OUT
 
ST. PAUL, Minnesota -- On January 26 Up & Out of Poverty St. Paul
took over the vacant state owned Quinlan building. Two independent
filmmakers followed people into the building and were arrested
along with nine others. But before they were taken away they saw
the State Patrol beating the homeless protesters.
 
"We became part of the homeless: we really got a sense of how
they're treated," filmaker Gena Tsoronis told St. Paul's Star
Tribune. "They're treated horribly. They're continually kicked and
beaten because of who they are. They're treated almost as if they
have no rights."
 
The voices of those beaten were blacked-out by the major media.
Here's what they have to say about their fight for justice:
 
"The police ain't going to stop me from going into the buildings
that should be rightfully ours." Birgid Williams
 
"I believe the reason we went in was just, but it's hard to accept
the brutality the police afflicted on us for standing up for our
rights." Dianne Benson
 
 
"I find it hard to believe that the state would spend more money
guarding a building from the homeless than it would probably cost
them to turn it over to them." Roy Rydholm
 
 
"The fact that it took so many police to arrest eleven people
demonstrates to me that they're scared of us and that we're an
organized force to be reckoned with." Linden Gawboy
 
 
"We took over the Quinlan building to demand that Governor Carlson
stop his attempt to balance the budget on the backs of poor and
working people, and we will keep fighting until we bring this
unjust system down." Mic Kelly
 
 
"My first encounter with Up and Out of Poverty St. Paul went well,
I feel it's a strong organization that I want to be a part of. And
I will go on and fight for homeless rights." Tracy Jerry
 
 
"The fight has just begun, as long as homeless people are
struggling on our streets, I'll be continuing to fight." James
Price
 
 
"I won't stop because the police think they can intimidate us. I
haven't fought the last two years for Up And Out of Poverty by
being scared." Chris Moon
 
 
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This article originated in the PEOPLE'S TRIBUNE (Online Edition),
Vol. 20 No. 7 / February 15, 1993; P.O. Box 3524, Chicago, IL
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      Steve Carr                         [log in to unmask]
      Dept. of Radio-TV-Film             512/471-4071
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