From poverty tows to Palestine: The violence of settler colonial evictions across Mama Earth
May 24, 2021
Poverty tows are parking violations, which are unethical detriments to houseless folks who rely on the shelter of their vehicles. Between this and the lack of adequate housing options, means of survival are limited. Shelters on Merlin Street, under the I-80 overpass in San Francisco, were cleared – swept away – on May 17, 2021. – Photo: POOR Magazine
by Tiny Lisa Gray-Garcia
“If they tow my van, I will die. I have nowhere else to go,” reported POOR Magazine’s RoofLESS radio reporter Charles M., 68, a lifelong San Francisco resident. Charles is houseless, landless, disabled and lives in his van.