The ninth Summit of the Americas is taking place in Los Angeles from June 6 to 10, organized by the US-influenced Organization of American States.
The White House, in announcing the US as the host of the Summit back in January, stated: “Working with the city of Los Angeles, Mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti, and Governor of California Gavin Newsom, the United States looks forward to convening leaders and stakeholders across the hemisphere to advance our shared commitment to economic prosperity, security, human rights, and dignity.”
The People’s Summit is being organized concurrently in Los Angeles as a working class call to action against the US government interests that have historically underwritten the Summit of the Americas. In a press statement announcing the People’s Summit, organizers called out the hypocrisy of the US government in declaring a “shared commitment to economic prosperity, security, human rights, and dignity.” The Summit of the Americas is being hosted in a city with one of the highest rates of homelessness per capita in the world. Los Angeles had 66,400 homeless people as of 2020, a 12.7% rise since 2019.
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