They circled, bluetooths flashing, paper trails fluttering, iphones blinking and fingers caressing blood-stained Amerikkkan dollaz resting calmly in their pockets. Men of all colors, all ages, and cultures, circling in the dance of vultures ready to strike in the brutal act known as the Alameda county land auction
Ready to strike their deadly blow of unjust removal against revolutionary sister and foreclosure victim Nell Myhand and so many others. And then we showed up, mamaz and daughters, sons and uncles, aunties and grandmothers who have experienced hundreds of years of land theft, displacement , redlining, gentrification, forced diaspora, and paper perpetrated lies.
“The Banks got bailed out- we got sold out!” the crowd of over 100 people from Global Womens Strike, Just Cause, POOR Magazine, OaklandOccupy and community, shouted, chanted, and surrounded the steps of the Alameda County Courthouse at 1221 Fallon as the auctioneers tried in vain to gather with their minions of spekkkulators, real estate snakkkes and devil-opers and buy and sell more stolen land, stolen lives and stolen homes
That’s right, on Thursday, March 8th Wombyns herstory was made, the auctioning off of Nell Myhand and Synthia Green’s house was halted by the people. The brutal and violent act of foreclosure and county auctions happens across the US to poor and working class peoples and for this indigenous, evicted and displaced daughter, the deep revolution of stopping it felt so good, giving hope for deep penetration into the biggest hustle ever created by the deadly gangsters known only to us as Chase, BofA , Wells Fargo and New Century aka corporate banking systems in Amerikkka
“We are not giving up, we are not leaving,” Nell declared to the hundreds of people who showed up to resist on International Wombyns Day. And she meant it , each time the auctioneer started to flip through the multitude of stolen homes and call out the selling prices, we were there. He went into the courthouse building, We went into the courthouse building. He went to the other side. We went to the other side. He went back to the steps. We re-grouped at the steps.
For us landless, indigenous revolutionaries at POOR Magazine in a struggle to liberate a tiny piece of Pachamama (mother earth) from all “ private property ownership” which in and of itself is intrinsic and necessary in capitalism and perpetuates the cycle of poverty, bank pimping and houselessness this day of resistance was deep and soothing medicine to our hearts, We are facing off one such real estate snakkke in our attempt to launch a community garden and the revolution of HOMEFULNESS He has threatened us with base-less law suits and lying lawyers and yet we continue to move foreward in resistance, decolonizing land, one piece of asphalt at a time.
“I am suing the banks who stole my house, “ said Leslie Marks, an Oakland resident who is taking on the bank pimps in kkkourt, refusing to accept the lie of paper trails, robo-signing and corporations lining up to steal her families resources.
The struggle continues and like the parasites they are, the foreclosure perps, bank pimps and money-handlers loom, ready, always waiting, to strike and destroy families, communities and neighborhoods with every bite. But yesterday showed us that we as poor and working class people, wombyn and men, children and elders, can prevail and we must. This is our time to resist, decolonize and rebel.
Nell and Synthia’s foreclosure was postponed to April 9th – Please save the date. Also, Tuesday, March 13 is CHASE CEO Jamie DImon’s birthday. Nell Myhand, CJJC Housing Clinic Coordinator is fighting Dimon’s bank to stay in the Oakland home she owns with her partner Synthia Green. We want to send Jamie Dimon a special birthday message and demand that he stop the sale of Nell and Synthia’s home. Call Jamie Dimon's assistant at (212) 270 -0121 and leave him a special birthday message: “Celebrate your birthday, Jamie by doing the right thing: Stop the Sale of Martha Nell Myhand and Synthia Green’s home at 1329 E 32nd St., Oakland 94602, Loan #1996439003.”