MAMDANI: Plastic & Solid Waste Management: The Crisis of Capitalist Consumption
MAMDANI: Plastic & Solid Waste Management: The Crisis of Capitalist Consumption – The “Native” as the Sink for Settler Waste
Category: Policy
MAMDANI: Political Machine Politics: The Clientelist Management of the “Native” Vote
MAMDANI: Political Machine Politics: The Clientelist Management of the “Native” Vote – Vote-Buying as a Custom of Bifurcated Rule
MAMDANI: The Failure of Recycling
MAMDANI: The Failure of Recycling – The Performance of “Civilized” Ecology
The Battle over Bike Lanes
The Battle over Bike Lanes – Street Space as a Contested Colonial Frontier
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Political Representation
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Political Representation – The Illusion of Voice in the Bifurcated State
MAMDANI: Food Deserts: The Weaponized Geography of Sustenance
MAMDANI: Food Deserts: The Weaponized Geography of Sustenance – Controlling Access to Life’s Basic Necessity
MAMDANI: Disability Access: The Built Environment of Exclusion
MAMDANI: Disability Access: The Built Environment of Exclusion – Ableism as a Colonial Custom
The Digital Hustle & Side Gigs
The Digital Hustle & Side Gigs – The Fragmentation of the “Native” Proletariat
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
The Affordable Housing Crisis & The Bifurcated City
The Affordable Housing Crisis & The Bifurcated City – Land as a Tool of Colonial Control and Displacement
MAMDANI: Electric Grid Reliability: The Colonial Administration of Energy
MAMDANI: Electric Grid Reliability: The Colonial Administration of Energy – Blackouts as a Failure of For-Profit Control
MAMDANI: The Informal Economy & Decentralized Despotism
MAMDANI: The Informal Economy & Decentralized Despotism – Survival Outside the “Civilized” Legal Frame
MAMDANI: Unemployment and Underemployment: The Reserve Army of Labor
MAMDANI: Unemployment and Underemployment: The Reserve Army of Labor – The Deliberate Creation of a Surplus Population
MAMDANI: The Criminalization of Youth & Play
MAMDANI: The Criminalization of Youth & Play – The Pathologizing of “Native” Adolescence
The Plight of Street Vendors
The Plight of Street Vendors – The “Native” Trader in the “Settler’s” Marketplace
The Crisis of Public Distrust in Media
The Crisis of Public Distrust in Media – The Settler Narrative and the Silencing of Dissent
MAMDANI: Combined Sewer Overflows: The Excreta of the Colonial City
MAMDANI: Combined Sewer Overflows: The Excreta of the Colonial City – Infrastructural Failure as Systemic Neglect
MAMDANI: Aging Population: The Abandonment of the “Useless” Native
MAMDANI: Aging Population: The Abandonment of the “Useless” Native – Capitalism’s Discardment of the Non-Productive
MAMDANI: Commercial Real Estate Vacancy & The Crisis of Capital
MAMDANI: Commercial Real Estate Vacancy & The Crisis of Capital – The Hollowing of the “Civilized” Center
Air Pollution & Environmental Racism
Air Pollution & Environmental Racism – The Somatic Violence of the Bifurcated State
MAMDANI: The Gig Economy & Neo-Feudalism
MAMDANI: The Gig Economy & Neo-Feudalism – Platforms as the New Customary Lords
MAMDANI: Vandalism & Graffiti: The Unauthorized Voice of the “Native”
MAMDANI: Vandalism & Graffiti: The Unauthorized Voice of the “Native” – The Aesthetics of Resistance in the Settler City
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
The Crisis of Lead in Public Housing
The Crisis of Lead in Public Housing – Somatic Violence as Bureaucratic Policy
The Privatization of Public Space
The Privatization of Public Space – The Theft of the Commons by the Settler Class
MAMDANI: High Business Taxes and Regulations: The Bifurcated Bureaucracy
MAMDANI: High Business Taxes and Regulations: The Bifurcated Bureaucracy – How the State Serves Monopoly Capital and Crushes the Petty Bourgeoisie
MAMDANI: Failure of Large-Scale Tech Projects: The Inevitable Outcome of a Corrupt State
MAMDANI: Failure of Large-Scale Tech Projects: The Inevitable Outcome of a Corrupt State – When the Settler State Tries to “Innovate”
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