Erik Houdini: Why Do Some Americans Live in Motels?Why do some Americans live in hotels, motels, inns, lodges, and whatever other word we want to use? We know what we're talking about. We're talking about housing that is supposed to be temporary, typically for a night, a weekend, maybe a week. But more and more Americans find themselves living in hotels. Let's put those numbers in perspective. Statistics show that in America about 700,000 people experience homelessness, and most of those people are living in hotels. But the actual hard number of people who are experiencing this is surprisingly difficult to track down, and I wouldn't hesitate to say that the statistics surrounding things like unemployment and homelessness and poverty in this country are cooked. Just the way that things are reported, and the way things are self-reported, the way these statistics are gathered, it would be very difficult to put a real number on the amount of people who are experiencing hotel poverty, hotel homelessness. Would they even be considered homeless? Some statistics point towards yes, some point towards no. And that's intentional. It would be a shame if the emperor was revealed to be wearing no clothes. So let's put the numbers in perspective based on real-world experience
https://houdinimagazine.com/articles/2026-10-11-why-do-americans-live-in-hotels The rise of the far right in Europe: Capitalism's useful ally and the tasks of communists: Nikos Mottas Editor-in-Chief of In Defense of Communism The growing influence of nationalist and far-right forces across Europe is neither accidental nor a development occurring outside the capitalist system. It is closely connected with the needs of capitalist power itself, at a time when imperialist rivalries are intensifying, preparations for war are accelerating and the established bourgeois parties are finding it increasingly difficult to secure popular consent for their policies. The rise of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), France's National Rally and Britain's Reform UK, alongside the experience of Giorgia Meloni's government in Italy, points to significant changes in Europe's political landscape. Far from representing a genuine challenge to capitalist domination, these forces offer additional political options to s
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