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Last week’s violent demolition of shanties in a sprawling urban poor community in Quezon City highlighted once more the intractable problems of homelessness and urban blight and government’s generally myopic, piecemeal and anti-poor approach to solving these. It reminded us as well how the urban poor – their travails and struggles — have contributed immeasurably to the political awakening and continuing education of the urban youth, notably the students, about what ails this society and what it will take for far-reaching, radical reforms to take place.

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