Liberation photo.
On July 10, 25 Anchorage activists marched and rallied to “Say No To Bronsonville” and demand housing for all in response to the newly elected Mayor David Bronson administration’s plan to build a mass homeless shelter on the east side of the city. The protest was organized by Party for Socialism and Liberation – Anchorage, Stand Up Alaska and Indivisible Anchorage.
This “navigation center” proposed by the Bronson administration would be the municipality’s first effort to intervene in the sheltering of Anchorage’s disproportionately large homeless population.
However, due to the city’s failure to adequately house and provide resources for those who would be sheltering there, PSL Anchorage demands an alternative solution that would make housing a human right. PSL members led chants of “Fight! Fight! Fight! Housing is a human right!”, and “Mass shelters no more, it’s not a crime to be poor!” at the rally, advocating for shelt