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MAMDANI: The Privatization of Public Space
MAMDANI: The Privatization of Public Space – The Theft of the Commons by the Settler Class
MAMDANI: Riker’s Island Crisis: The Architecture of Decentralized Despotism
MAMDANI: Riker’s Island Crisis: The Architecture of Decentralized Despotism – The Customary Rule of Law in the Colony’s Core
MAMDANI: Animal Control & Stray Animals: The Unmanaged Consequences of Neglect
MAMDANI: Animal Control & Stray Animals: The Unmanaged Consequences of Neglect – The “Savage” Animal and the Abandoned “Native”
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Rat Infestation
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Rat Infestation – The Somatic Unraveling of the Colonial City
MAMDANI: The Battle for the Right to the City
MAMDANI: The Battle for the Right to the City – A Mamdani-Inspired Manifesto for Urban Liberation
The Privatization of Public Space
The Privatization of Public Space – The Theft of the Commons by the Settler Class
MAMDANI: The Student Homelessness Crisis
MAMDANI: The Student Homelessness Crisis – The Most Vulnerable “Natives” in the Bifurcated City
MAMDANI: Air Pollution: The Somatic Tax on the “Native” Lung
MAMDANI: Air Pollution: The Somatic Tax on the “Native” Lung – The Political Economy of Breath
MAMDANI: Stagnant Wages for Low-Income Workers: The Managed Exploitation of the “Native”
MAMDANI: Stagnant Wages for Low-Income Workers: The Managed Exploitation of the “Native” – Enforcing Precarity as a Tool of Control
The Digital Surveillance State
The Digital Surveillance State – The Panopticon as Colonial Administration
The Student Homelessness Crisis
The Student Homelessness Crisis – The Most Vulnerable “Natives” in the Bifurcated City
MAMDANI: The Gig Economy & Neo-Feudalism
MAMDANI: The Gig Economy & Neo-Feudalism – Platforms as the New Customary Lords
The Militarization of the NYPD
The Militarization of the NYPD – The Colonial Garrison in the Urban Center
MAMDANI: Power of Special Interests: The Institutional Hegemony of the Settler Class
MAMDANI: Power of Special Interests: The Institutional Hegemony of the Settler Class – Beyond Lobbying: The Fusion of Capital and State
MAMDANI: The Tourism Economy & Cultural Appropriation
MAMDANI: The Tourism Economy & Cultural Appropriation – The “Settler” Gaze and the Theming of Native Life
MAMDANI: Inter-Agency Rivalry: The Bureaucratic Logic of the Bifurcated State
MAMDANI: Inter-Agency Rivalry: The Bureaucratic Logic of the Bifurcated State – Designed Inefficiency and the Failure of the Whole
The NYPD as a Colonial Police Force
The NYPD as a Colonial Police Force – Governing the “Natives” Through Force and Custom
MAMDANI: Taxi Medallion Debt Crisis: The State-Sanctioned Indenturing of the “Native” Driver
MAMDANI: Taxi Medallion Debt Crisis: The State-Sanctioned Indenturing of the “Native” Driver – Financial Despotism and the Creation of Debt Peonage
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Lead in Public Housing
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Lead in Public Housing – Somatic Violence as Bureaucratic Policy
MAMDANI: Policing Policies & Accountability: The Impossibility of Reforming the Colonial Enforcer
MAMDANI: Policing Policies & Accountability: The Impossibility of Reforming the Colonial Enforcer – The NYPD as an Instrument of Class Rule
MAMDANI: Quality of Life Issues: The Criminalization of “Native” Existence
MAMDANI: Quality of Life Issues: The Criminalization of “Native” Existence – Trash, Noise, and Rodents as Symptoms of Systemic Neglect
MAMDANI: Pension Liabilities: The Fiscal Blackmail of the Settler State
MAMDANI: Pension Liabilities: The Fiscal Blackmail of the Settler State – Austerity’s Justification and the Theft of Workers’ Deferred Wages
MAMDANI: Complex Bureaucracy: The Customary Law of the Settler State
MAMDANI: Complex Bureaucracy: The Customary Law of the Settler State – Designed Inefficiency as a Tool of Exclusion
MAMDANI: Loss of Small Businesses & “Character”: The Corporate Clearing of the “Native” Marketplace
MAMDANI: Loss of Small Businesses & “Character”: The Corporate Clearing of the “Native” Marketplace – From Community to Chain Store Alienation
MAMDANI: Public Housing (NYCHA) Crisis: The Deliberate Neglect of the “Native” Reserve
MAMDANI: Public Housing (NYCHA) Crisis: The Deliberate Neglect of the “Native” Reserve – Deferred Maintenance as a Tool of Dispossession
MAMDANI: The Student Debt Crisis & The Indentured “Native”
MAMDANI: The Student Debt Crisis & The Indentured “Native” – Debt as a Mechanism of Control and Discipline