Comments on: The First Bud Billiken http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/08/the-first-bud-billiken/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: beverly http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/08/the-first-bud-billiken/#comment-51671 beverly Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:43:23 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=9665#comment-51671 Great article. It's sad but true that many of those participating in the parade are ignorant of the story of Bud Billiken. So many commemoration events become just an occasion to have a good time or to go through the motions of remembering. The history of/reason for the event should be made clear, especially to the youth and even the adults who may not know the backstory themselves. Great article. It’s sad but true that many of those participating in the parade are ignorant of the story of Bud Billiken. So many commemoration events become just an occasion to have a good time or to go through the motions of remembering. The history of/reason for the event should be made clear, especially to the youth and even the adults who may not know the backstory themselves.

]]> By: Annie Ladysmith http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/08/the-first-bud-billiken/#comment-51620 Annie Ladysmith Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:26:24 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=9665#comment-51620 Dear Deadbeat, soon no one will have shelter, no one will be allowed to afford such a luxury except those cunning vipers at the top of the power pyramid. We will all be sent to 'camps' just like in Russia because they won't want us pissing on the sidewalks and looting liquor stores. So, ya see, the thing is 'healthcare' is just a joke on us. We won't be getting any 'healthcare' at the 'camps'. But, they want us to be thinking about it a lot so we miss the other freedoms they're ripping away from us as fast as you can say Big Mother F*****. Dear Deadbeat, soon no one will have shelter, no one will be allowed to afford such a luxury except those cunning vipers at the top of the power pyramid. We will all be sent to ‘camps’ just like in Russia because they won’t want us pissing on the sidewalks and looting liquor stores. So, ya see, the thing is ‘healthcare’ is just a joke on us. We won’t be getting any ‘healthcare’ at the ‘camps’. But, they want us to be thinking about it a lot so we miss the other freedoms they’re ripping away from us as fast as you can say Big Mother F*****.

]]> By: Deadbeat http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/08/the-first-bud-billiken/#comment-51614 Deadbeat Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:21:19 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=9665#comment-51614 <i>James Hickman was an African American father of seven who shot and killed his landlord David Coleman in July 1947. Coleman, who was also African American, had made repeated threats to burn the tenants out of the building he leased at 1733 W. Washburne in Chicago. Coleman’s tenants resisted his efforts to cut these tiny, shabby so-called “apartments” into even smaller ones.</i> This bring into question a particular issue that I don't see "progressives" mention and that is the idea that housing is a commodity. There is very little talk about the levels of homelessness and DEBT surrounding the very BASIC of all human instincts for shelter. With all the talk about single payer health care it feels more like bankruptcy protection for the "middle class" rather than the comprehensive idea of holistic health care. Someone having the "right" to see a doctor but not having a right to housing seems somewhat disconnected. It is about time that people alter their attitudes and assumption about having to "purchase" shelter and the "right" to live off of someone's need for shelter. Which is what the banks who are getting bailed out to the tune of $12 TRILLION are in business of doing. James Hickman was an African American father of seven who shot and killed his landlord David Coleman in July 1947. Coleman, who was also African American, had made repeated threats to burn the tenants out of the building he leased at 1733 W. Washburne in Chicago. Coleman’s tenants resisted his efforts to cut these tiny, shabby so-called “apartments” into even smaller ones.

This bring into question a particular issue that I don’t see “progressives” mention and that is the idea that housing is a commodity. There is very little talk about the levels of homelessness and DEBT surrounding the very BASIC of all human instincts for shelter.

With all the talk about single payer health care it feels more like bankruptcy protection for the “middle class” rather than the comprehensive idea of holistic health care. Someone having the “right” to see a doctor but not having a right to housing seems somewhat disconnected. It is about time that people alter their attitudes and assumption about having to “purchase” shelter and the “right” to live off of someone’s need for shelter. Which is what the banks who are getting bailed out to the tune of $12 TRILLION are in business of doing.

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