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<H2 class=date-header><SPAN>Thursday, February 28, 2013</SPAN></H2>
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<H3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">Minneapolis Socialist
candidate arrested </H3>
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href="http://www.tymoore.org/civil"> Ty Moore is a socialist candidate for
Minneapolis city council</A><BR><BR><B>Socialist Alternative City Council
Candidate Arrested for Civil Disobedience at Housing Justice Rally</B><BR><BR>
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<DIV class=byline>Posted by <A
href="http://www.tymoore.org/chrisgray">Christopher Gray</A> <SPAN
class=pc>55pc</SPAN> on February 27, 2013 · </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=content><A title="IMG_8946 small by ChrisGray84, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/92937245@N05/8514917264/"><IMG
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src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8508/8514917264_e5bfb665fe.jpg" width=264
height=375></A>Joined by 13 community members, union leaders and clergy, Ward 9
City Council candidate Ty Moore was arrested in a civil disobedience at the
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage center, standing up for housing rights for all
Minneapolis residents. <BR><BR>Running as a Socialist Alternative candidate and
endorsed by the Green Party, Ty Moore said, “Our neighborhoods are being torn
apart by unjust foreclosures. Instead of lip service, the Mayor and City
Councilors should be here with us today, putting their political careers and
their bodies on the line for those most impacted by the economic
crisis.”<BR><BR>Ward 9 is among the hardest hit communities by the foreclosure
crisis.It is also home to five residents facing eviction who have refused to
move, and declared their neighborhoods a “Foreclosure and Eviction Free Zone.”
In the Powderhorn and Central neighborhoods alone, 835 families have been
foreclosed in the past five years. Ty Moore, a homeowner in Powderhorn, is an
organizer with Occupy Homes and is demanding banks forgive the negative equity
debt owed by Minneapolis residents to Wall Street and to halt foreclosures until
a just negotiation is achieved.<BR><BR>Earlier in the evening, Jessica English,
a mother of four experiencing homelessness, moved into one of the numerous
bank-owned vacant properties owned by Wells Fargo in Ward 9. English expressed
enthusiasm for Ty Moore’s campaign, commenting “I could be arrested at any time
at the hands of the police for the simple crime of needing a roof over my
children’s heads. Finally, we have<A
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src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8513805387_f540f5cc09.jpg" width=338
height=245></A> a serious candidate to stand with families fighting for justice
in the Foreclosure and Eviction Free Zone.”<BR><BR>Socialist Alternative calls
for public ownership of the banks to be run democratically in the interests of
everyday people. In regard to his action today, Ty said: “When city officials
ignore the issues most pressing to their residents, we have a responsibility to
join others in collective action to bring attention to injustice. In the City
Council, I will fight tooth and nail to achieve a foreclosure moratorium in this
city, and to make sure quality housing is treated as a human right for all, not
a commodity reserved for those who can afford it."<BR>Please join Ty and
Socialist Alternative, for the <A
href="http://www.facebook.com/events/167338580080469/?ref=ts&fref=ts">campaign
kick-off</A> next Saturday, March 9th, 7:30-9:30pm at May Day Cafe (3440
Bloomington Ave
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