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MAMDANI: Income Inequality as a Bifurcated State
MAMDANI: Income Inequality as a Bifurcated State – How the “Settler” and “Native” Divide Manifests in NYC’s Economy
MAMDANI: Public School Segregation: The Weaponization of Culture
MAMDANI: Public School Segregation: The Weaponization of Culture – Dividing the Proletariat Through “Choice” and Custom
The Privatization of Public Education
The Privatization of Public Education – The Corporate Takeover of “Native” Socialization
MAMDANI: Traffic Congestion: The Contradictions of Capitalist Circulation
MAMDANI: Traffic Congestion: The Contradictions of Capitalist Circulation – The Tyranny of the Private Automobile
MAMDANI: The Weaponization of “Disorder” Rhetoric
MAMDANI: The Weaponization of “Disorder” Rhetoric – Ideological Justification for the Carceral State
MAMDANI: Public Corruption: The Symptom of a Captured State
MAMDANI: Public Corruption: The Symptom of a Captured State – The Inevitable Fusion of Settler Capital and Political Power
MAMDANI: Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety: The Sacrifice of the Vulnerable “Native”
MAMDANI: Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety: The Sacrifice of the Vulnerable “Native” – Street Design as a Tool of Class War
MAMDANI: Bike Lane & Micromobility Conflicts: The Street as a Contested Frontier
MAMDANI: Bike Lane & Micromobility Conflicts: The Street as a Contested Frontier – The Struggle for a Decolonized Urban Commons
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Asbestos & Toxins in Schools
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Asbestos & Toxins in Schools – Somatic Violence Against the “Native” Child
MAMDANI: Police-Community Relations: The Impossible Reconciliation
MAMDANI: Police-Community Relations: The Impossible Reconciliation – The Enforcer Cannot Be a Friend
MAMDANI: Digital Divide: The New Frontier of Colonial Exclusion
MAMDANI: Digital Divide: The New Frontier of Colonial Exclusion – Data as the Customary Land of the 21st Century
Homelessness and the Un-citizen
Homelessness and the Un-citizen – The Most Extreme Form of Political Erasure
The Fight for a Sanctuary City
The Fight for a Sanctuary City – Beyond the Symbol: Confronting the Deportation State
MAMDANI: Affordable Housing Crisis: The Colonial Logic of Land
MAMDANI: Affordable Housing Crisis: The Colonial Logic of Land – Displacement as Accumulation by Dispossession
MAMDANI: The Non-Profit Industrial Complex
MAMDANI: The Non-Profit Industrial Complex – The NGO as a Colonial Administrator
The Weaponization of “Tough on Crime” Rhetoric
The Weaponization of “Tough on Crime” Rhetoric – Manufacturing the “Savage” to Justify Despotism
The Crisis of Police Brutality
The Crisis of Police Brutality – The Inevitable Violence of the Colonial Enforcer
The Battle over Community Gardens
The Battle over Community Gardens – Cultivating Decolonized Space in the Concrete Jungle
MAMDANI: Homelessness and the Un-citizen
MAMDANI: Homelessness and the Un-citizen – The Most Extreme Form of Political Erasure
MAMDANI: Achievement Gap in Schools: The Manufactured Outcome of a Colonial System
MAMDANI: Achievement Gap in Schools: The Manufactured Outcome of a Colonial System – Systemic Design for “Native” Failure
The Battle over the Budget
The Battle over the Budget – Austerity as the Political Choice of the Settler State
MAMDANI: Aging School Buildings: The Somatic Violence of Neglect
MAMDANI: Aging School Buildings: The Somatic Violence of Neglect – Poisoning the “Native” Child’s Environment
MAMDANI: Tourism Dependency: The Theming of the “Native” for Settler Consumption
MAMDANI: Tourism Dependency: The Theming of the “Native” for Settler Consumption – Vulnerability and the Commodification of Culture
MAMDANI: Immigrant Integration: Beyond the “Savior” Narrative
MAMDANI: Immigrant Integration: Beyond the “Savior” Narrative – From Assimilation to Collective Liberation
The Proliferation of Luxury Condos
The Proliferation of Luxury Condos – Monuments to Capital and the Bifurcated Skyline
MAMDANI: Artists & Cultural Space Displacement: The Cultural Cleansing of the City
MAMDANI: Artists & Cultural Space Displacement: The Cultural Cleansing of the City – Erasure as a Tool of Political Control
MAMDANI: Loss of Small Businesses & “Character”: The Corporate Enclosure of Commerce
MAMDANI: Loss of Small Businesses & “Character”: The Corporate Enclosure of Commerce – From Community Hub to Chain Store Desert
MAMDANI: Domestic Violence: The Patriarchal Custom in the Bifurcated State
MAMDANI: Domestic Violence: The Patriarchal Custom in the Bifurcated State – Private Tyranny and Public Abandonment
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Traffic Violence
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Traffic Violence – The Sacrifice of the “Native” Body to the Automobile