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This April 1st, millions of people
won't be able to afford their rent.

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Like the COVID-19 pandemic itself,

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this is the predictable consequence

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of a system that was never designed

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to keep us safe in the first place.

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We were already struggling to get by,

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living from paycheck to paycheck.

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Now we face illness,

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unemployment,

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and disaster.

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But together, we can get through this.

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From this April on, let's keep our rent

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and mortgage payments

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and defend everyone who can't pay.

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Why should we keep fattening 
the pockets of the rich

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when so many of us are in need?

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Banks and landlords should not be able 
to go on profiting off our homes

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when we have no way to earn money.

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That's just common sense.

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The government looks out for big business.

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It's up to us to look out for each other.

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Reach out to your neighbours.

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Build defence groups.

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Identify local pressure points.

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Talk tactics.

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Be creative.

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Prepare to stop evictions.

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The more people who participate
the safer all of us will be.

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Together we can overwhelm
the courts and sheriffs

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that enforce the special
privileges of the rich.

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The virus threatens our lives.

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But it also threatens the social order

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that was already making
our lives impossible.

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Together, we can 
outline both of them.

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This April

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And tell your neighbours
to keep theirs too.