1 00:00:03,730 --> 00:00:07,536 This April 1st, millions of people won't be able to afford their rent. 2 00:00:09,086 --> 00:00:11,575 Like the COVID-19 pandemic itself, 3 00:00:11,575 --> 00:00:13,376 this is the predictable consequence 4 00:00:13,376 --> 00:00:14,881 of a system that was never designed 5 00:00:14,881 --> 00:00:16,918 to keep us safe in the first place. 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,223 We were already struggling to get by, 7 00:00:21,223 --> 00:00:23,165 living from paycheck to paycheck. 8 00:00:23,165 --> 00:00:24,722 Now we face illness, 9 00:00:24,722 --> 00:00:25,833 unemployment, 10 00:00:25,833 --> 00:00:26,926 and disaster. 11 00:00:27,171 --> 00:00:29,383 But together, we can get through this. 12 00:00:29,733 --> 00:00:31,873 From this April on, let's keep our rent 13 00:00:31,873 --> 00:00:33,330 and mortgage payments 14 00:00:33,330 --> 00:00:35,197 and defend everyone who can't pay. 15 00:00:35,695 --> 00:00:38,197 Why should we keep fattening the pockets of the rich 16 00:00:38,197 --> 00:00:40,105 when so many of us are in need? 17 00:00:40,105 --> 00:00:43,904 Banks and landlords should not be able to go on profiting off our homes 18 00:00:44,114 --> 00:00:46,411 when we have no way to earn money. 19 00:00:46,411 --> 00:00:47,965 That's just common sense. 20 00:00:48,369 --> 00:00:50,596 The government looks out for big business. 21 00:00:50,606 --> 00:00:53,220 It's up to us to look out for each other. 22 00:00:54,050 --> 00:00:55,596 Reach out to your neighbours. 23 00:00:55,596 --> 00:00:56,829 Build defence groups. 24 00:00:56,829 --> 00:00:58,883 Identify local pressure points. 25 00:00:58,883 --> 00:01:00,322 Talk tactics. 26 00:01:00,322 --> 00:01:01,468 Be creative. 27 00:01:01,468 --> 00:01:03,362 Prepare to stop evictions. 28 00:01:03,822 --> 00:01:06,562 The more people who participate the safer all of us will be. 29 00:01:07,022 --> 00:01:09,527 Together we can overwhelm the courts and sheriffs 30 00:01:09,527 --> 00:01:11,819 that enforce the special privileges of the rich. 31 00:01:13,054 --> 00:01:15,130 The virus threatens our lives. 32 00:01:15,130 --> 00:01:16,930 But it also threatens the social order 33 00:01:16,930 --> 00:01:19,207 that was already making our lives impossible. 34 00:01:20,027 --> 00:01:23,630 Together, we can outline both of them. 35 00:01:23,630 --> 00:01:24,410 This April 36 00:01:26,895 --> 00:01:28,844 And tell your neighbours to keep theirs too.