crossing the border

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Doug Henwood wrote:

> [don't know the provenance of this, sorry to say]
> 
> INTERROGATION AT US BORDER

The OCAP (Ontario Coalition against Poverty) has a homepage here,
although at first glance I don't see a referance to the interrogation story:

http://www.ocap.ca/

For some backround, there's an interview with John Clarke regarding the
June, 2000 OCAP rally for the homeless in Queen's Park, Toronto (which
turned violent) and Clarke's views on homelessness and poverty in
general at:

http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSNewsmakers/000628_clarke.html

Naomi Klein wrote a piece about him for the Globe and Mail, reproduced here:

http://www.flipside.org/vol3/jun00/00jn24a.htm

"The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty exists for the sole purpose of
empowering the poor and the homeless, which is why it is so very unjust
that last week's protest was presented as the scheming handiwork of a
single man who uses the poor as props and pawns. 

The Coalition is one of the very few anti-poverty groups that emphasizes
organizing, as opposed to mere charity or advocacy. Within OCAP, poor
people are not statistics in a new study, and neither are they simply
mouths to feed or bodies that need sleeping bags. They are something
else entirely: a political constituency that has a right to be heard.
Finding a way for the homeless to take on their
political opponents is an extraordinarily difficult task, which is why
OCAP is frequently held up as a success story by activists around the world."

Sounds like he'd be a great prospect for your radio show, Doug...

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