Direct action, Occupy Wallstreet, and the future of housing justice: an interview with Noam Chomsky | libcom.org:
"There are straightforward ways to deal with the foreclosure. First, a number of people could be granted the right to rent their old houses and pay rents that are not that high until they reconstruct their finances and are able buy them back. That could be done. There are other simple means that could be applied. So I think for the anti-foreclosure movement should have a very strong appeal to the general public if the issues are formulated clearly and properly.
And there’s just the straight human side. Why should people be thrown out of their houses because the banks are crooks? Then they get bailed out, of course."
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