Modesto: Appropriated Food Distributed in Working Class Neighborhood

Indybay.org Feb. 23, 2009

People of the Valley,

Everywhere the desert of capital expands – we offer an oasis to drink from.

We, the Robin Hoods, take credit for providing the massive amounts of free food that was left in the Airport District park of Modesto California last week, early in the morning. The food we left ranged from rice, beans, and other staples, and was available free of charge to anyone who wished to take it. To make our intentions for the action clear, we left behind a banner at the scene which read, "Resist the Recession! - ROB THE RICH!" The food was appropriated from various capitalists - and was thus free (and very easy) to obtain.

We chose to distribute this food free of charge because the Airport
District is one of the neighborhoods hit the worst by the ongoing
recession. Our communities are suffering from homelessness and
foreclosure, poverty and job layoffs, police brutality and
environmental pollution. Let this act be just a note in the chorus of
resistance that will soon bring this system down.

We believe that solidarity others means attack against common enemies. We have
thus carried out this action not only to attack the capitalists
directly and distribute food free of charge to our friends and
neighbors, but also to denounce the Stanislaus County Board of
Supervisors, which recently voted down a needle exchange program that
would help stop the spread of HIV and Hepatitis and give direct aid to
those addicted to various drugs. This decision directly affects those
living in the Airport Neighborhood, as it is an area with a high amount
of heroin use. We were also inspired to carry out this action by the
recent case of Turlock man, Danny Armenta, 48, who was arrested after
attempting to walk out of a store with over $100 in groceries. They can
get one of us, but they can't get all of us. As the recession heats up
- so must our resistance. From the ongoing job layoffs in the valley to
the recent closing of Teel Middle School in Empire due to budget cuts,
if we don't start fighting directly - soon we will have nothing left to
fight for.

In solidarity with those from the streets of Greece, China, Iceland, Mexico, the United States and beyond who are fighting this monster we call capitalism.

The Robin Hoods