@foodnotbombswpb has been issued three citations for distributing food at their weekly food share along with independent journalist of WPB Government Watch.

“A disgrace to our First Amendment rights and a blatant act of cruelty” said one before vowing to fight the charges. @foodnotbombswpb has been sharing food for 16 years as direct action against war, imperialism, and capitalism.

The ordinance with which they’re being cited requires permits for events that feed 25+ people and only allows two permits per year per location. While Food Not Bombs universally stands against permits, this particular ordinance is designed to make compliance impossible and force the group to shut down.

However the community is fighting back! Students, community gardens, other Food Not Bombs chapters, journalists, socialists, and anarchists have rallied behind these food shares since the police began their campaign of harassment five months ago. Police will not be able to shut these food shares down.

Now all eyes now look to the Courts. FTL famously lost a similar case in federal court to @foodnotbombsftlauderdale and now WPB stands to as well.

There are five Food Not Bombs chapters being criminalized for sharing food in the so-called United States @foodnotbombshtx @memphisfoodnotbombs @fnbaberdeen and Food Not Bombs Las Vegas. As always, Food Not Bombs continues unabated.

Join @foodnotbombswpb food shares every Saturday at 4pm! Call WPB Government and demand a stop to these unconstitutional citations before a federal lawsuit costs the city!

#FuckPermits #Fuck12 #AbolishPolice #EndWar #AntiCapitalism #AntiImperialism #Anarchism #Socialism #MutualAidIsLove #FoodNotBombs

We did a mini distro to test out our new recipe. Spanish Needle (also known as Romerillo and Blackjack) is in full bloom right now in South Florida. While capitalism would rather kill it as a weed, it’s actually a superfood!

It formed the base for a three bean soup (garbanzo, lentils, and black) and was wonderful. We didn’t intend to distro, but we had so much left over that we liberated some coffee cups from 7/11 and gave out 7 meals. And now we have a recipe plan for Saturday!

We spoke with folx who saw the police sweep the encampments near 7 Ave and 17 St in Overtown. “They’re killing people, and now they want to ship us off to some island” said one, referring to the now defunct plan to build a “sanctioned encampment” on Virginia Key. “Ya they come by, we never know when” said another. This juxtaposition of cruelty and commonality is the same that we’ve heard for the last year. Miami’s war against houseless folx continues.

We won’t speculate whether or not the mutual aid group that was distributing food — with a permit — about 2 miles directly north of the sweep were aware of the sweep. Police like to sweep when there are the fewest number of people at the encampments, such as during a food distribution in the area. This is why we encourage all to never ask for permission!

#MutualAid #GuerrillaGardening #SpanishNeedle #Foraging #PlantWisdom #Romerillo #BlackJack #FuckThePolice #FuckPermits #FoodSovereignty

We did a mini distro to test out our new recipe. Spanish Needle (also known as Romerillo and Blackjack) is in full bloom right now in South Florida. While capitalism would rather kill it as a weed, it’s actually a superfood!

It formed the base for a three bean soup (garbanzo, lentils, and black) and was wonderful. We didn’t intend to distro, but we had so much left over that we liberated some coffee cups from 7/11 and gave out 7 meals. And now we have a recipe plan for Saturday!

We spoke with folx who saw the police sweep the encampments near 7 Ave and 17 St in Overtown. “They’re killing people, and now they want to ship us off to some island” said one, referring to the now defunct plan to build a “sanctioned encampment” on Virginia Key. “Ya they come by, we never know when” said another. This juxtaposition of cruelty and commonality is the same that we’ve heard for the last year. Miami’s war against houseless folx continues.

We won’t speculate whether or not the mutual aid group that was distributing food — with a permit — about 2 miles directly north of the sweep were aware of the sweep. Police like to sweep when there are the fewest number of people at the encampments, such as during a food distribution in the area. This is why we encourage all to never ask for permission!

#MutualAid #GuerrillaGardening #SpanishNeedle #Foraging #PlantWisdom #Romerillo #BlackJack #FuckThePolice #FuckPermits #FoodSovereignty