WHOA: Working Class & Houseless Organizing Alliance

09/11/2026

Today, on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we mourn the thousands of Americans, millions of Afghans, Iraqis, Libyans, Syrians, Iranians, and countless others across the globe; all victims of policy that places profit and power over human life and flourishing.

Events like 9/11 are the unavoidable consequences of US imperialism. The US government pursues policies to promote interests of capitalists - fighting communism, maintaining control of resources, preventing other nations from allying against US economic interests - and the violence of these interventions eventually makes its way home. When it does, it is used to justify even more interventions, tightening the US hold on global political and economic power.

US out of Iran! Hands off Cuba! Hands off Venezuela! End US support for Israel! End imperialism in all its forms!

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If you want to learn more, we recommend Blowback podcast's Season 4 on Afghanistan. They also publish their sources for your reading list.

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Full text is also on our Red Anvil journal. Find it through our linktree in our bio!

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#911

09/03/2026

Greensboro's city council has firmly planted itself in the way of the change people want to see in this city.

09/03/2026

August is a wrap, and here's what we got up to:

☆ We distributed about 600 snack bags, 880 bottles of water, 120 bars of soap, 100 hygiene kits, 300 razors, several cases of menstrual products, 400 antiperspirant wipes, and two cases of icy pops! We also provided harm reduction supplies to folks such as narcan, test strips, emergency contraception, and CPR face sheilds.

Thank you to the folks at NC Reproductive Care Coalition for their donation of menstrual care kits. If you have donations for us, DM us!

☆ At our community meal last weekend, we served 75 hot meal boxes, iced jamaica, and water. Two amazing barbers volunteered with us who offered free hair cuts and were able to serve 15 people! We also offered free clothing & bookbags, and more of our harm reduction aid.

If you'd like to participate in our next community meal, fill out our interest form (linked in bio) and you can be part of planning for October!

☆ MSC has made its return for the fall, and we're kicking off with a discussion on the past, present, and future of strikes in the US, and the role they play in the struggle against capitalism. Thank you to those that came out to discuss with us! Wanna be part of the fun? Check out the WHOA Marxist Study Circle page!

☆ At city council we demanded better protection against AI data centers, against police surveillance, against anti-houseless policies, and against ICE. And we've been wondering, what good is a city council that must be convinced to proiritize life, health, and safety over profits? What good is a city council that drags its feet to challenge policies of state violence and terror?

08/25/2026

Woooo you wanna speak to Greensboro city council for yourself soooooo badddddd woooooooo 🪄🔮✨️

And even if you don't, you can help those who do by brainstorming ideas! Researching sources! Editing typos!

So come join us at our second Speech Writing Workshop this Sunday!

When: Sunday 8/30 4p
Where: Deep Roots Market in Greensboro (600 N Eugene St)

08/25/2026

"When the brown-outs begin and the supply of power is too scarce for the demand, who will decide between supplying energy to people's homes or to an AI data center? Are we supposed to trust that Duke Energy will protect us private consumers over corporate giants who have corporate AI money backing them? This is the same company, mind you, that proposed a rate hike of 18% over the next two years, specifically to upgrade power grids and build more power plants to meet the demand of AI-computing."

08/24/2026

Our Marxist Study Circle (MSC) is picking back up this fall with our first discussion taking place THIS SATURDAY 8/29 at 3pm!!

You can find links to the readings on the WHOA Marxist Study Circle bio and join us for dicussion at the Benjamin Public Library!

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pull up to 1530 Benjamin Pkwy, Greensboro, NC 27408 on Saturday 8/29 with a friend :)

08/19/2026

Community members in and around Greensboro continue to gather and speak out against data centers and are pressing city officials to use their power, leverage, and resources to protect Greensboro from the increasing threat of AI data centers.

But the mayor along with the rest of city council and the city attorney shrug their shoukders and recite a lame excuse that we've all grown tired of hearing meeting after meeting - that there's nothing they can do to stop the building of the most impending data center in the heart of NCA&T and Greensboro.

According to the city council, they can't inturrupt the current building of the Impact Data Center, they can't implement a city wide ban on data centers, nor can they amplify our demands to their state level colleagues.

But is it that they can't or that they won't?

And if they can't and if they won't, what are they good for, really?

And what are people left to do?

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Note: In the time between this city council speech and the time of posting, Mayor Pro Tempore Denise Roth has finally recused herself from planning and voting on the moratorium, given she is on the board of directors of the Gateway Research Park, who has entered into a deal alongside NCA&T and Duke Energy with Raeden and ImpactData for work on the AI date center project, the Dream Center.

08/14/2026

"Who does the city council work for if not the people that give them thier power?"

08/11/2026

While our representatives at the state level volley back and forth on anti-homelessness legislature, our comrade Kevin asks Greensboro city councilmembers to take action now to protect our most vulnerable neighbors, instead of the council's usual "wait and see" approach.

Stay tuned for information on our next writing workshop where we'll brainstorm, research, and write our speeches for city council! Even if you're not one to apeak publically, you can support others & join in the wriring process!

07/31/2026