Show Notes
On Monday, June 15th, the City of Wilmington put up a fence around Christina Park and evicted the remaining residents from the homeless encampment there. In the wake of Eviction Day, Rob speaks with many of the mutual aid workers who were present and have been working in Wilmington for the past several years to discuss how this happened and what's next. Show Notes: Delaware DSA Food Not Bombs Statement on the shooting of Kadir Skinner
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