The Gig Economy & Neo-Feudalism
The Gig Economy & Neo-Feudalism – Platforms as the New Customary Lords
Category: Policy
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Local Journalism
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Local Journalism – The Silencing of the “Native” Narrative
MAMDANI: Home Rule vs. State Control: The Metropolitan vs. The Settler Sovereign
MAMDANI: Home Rule vs. State Control: The Metropolitan vs. The Settler Sovereign – The Limits of Local Power in a Colonial Structure
MAMDANI: Coastal Flooding & Sea Level Rise: Climate Apartheid in the Bifurcated City
MAMDANI: Coastal Flooding & Sea Level Rise: Climate Apartheid in the Bifurcated City – The Settler’s Wall and the Native’s Flood Zone
MAMDANI: The Erasure of Working-Class History
MAMDANI: The Erasure of Working-Class History – Amnesia as a Tool of Colonial Control
MAMDANI: Food Deserts & The Control of Sustenance
MAMDANI: Food Deserts & The Control of Sustenance – Weaponizing Access to Life’s Basic Necessities
MAMDANI: Food Deserts: The Weaponized Geography of Sustenance
MAMDANI: Food Deserts: The Weaponized Geography of Sustenance – Controlling Access to Life’s Basic Necessity
MAMDANI: The Exploitation of Incarcerated Labor
MAMDANI: The Exploitation of Incarcerated Labor – The Prison as a Plantation
The Crisis of Public Distrust in Media
The Crisis of Public Distrust in Media – The Settler Narrative and the Silencing of Dissent
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: The Battle over Bike Lanes
MAMDANI: The Battle over Bike Lanes – Street Space as a Contested Colonial Frontier
MAMDANI: Affordable Higher Education: The Re-commodification of CUNY
MAMDANI: Affordable Higher Education: The Re-commodification of CUNY – From Public Good to Indentured Servitude
The Stagnation of Public Pools
The Stagnation of Public Pools – The Managed Austerity of Collective Joy
MAMDANI: LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness: The Rejection of the “Non-Conforming” Native
MAMDANI: LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness: The Rejection of the “Non-Conforming” Native – Patriarchy and the Crisis of Social Reproduction
MAMDANI: Public Housing (NYCHA) Capital Backlog: The Deliberate Manufacture of a Crisis
MAMDANI: Public Housing (NYCHA) Capital Backlog: The Deliberate Manufacture of a Crisis – Deferred Maintenance as a Tool of Privatization
MAMDANI: The Struggle for a Post-Capitalist Future
MAMDANI: The Struggle for a Post-Capitalist Future – Beyond Critique: Building the Decolonized City
MAMDANI: Hate Crimes: The Symptom of a Festering Colonial Order
MAMDANI: Hate Crimes: The Symptom of a Festering Colonial Order – The Savage/Victim/Civilizer Triad in Action
The Power of Real Estate Developers
The Power of Real Estate Developers – The Architect Class of the Settler City
Public School Segregation & The Politics of Identity
Public School Segregation & The Politics of Identity – How Culture is Weaponized to Divide the Proletariat
MAMDANI: The Stagnation of Public Pools
MAMDANI: The Stagnation of Public Pools – The Managed Austerity of Collective Joy
MAMDANI: The Struggle Against Food Insecurity
MAMDANI: The Struggle Against Food Insecurity – The Bifurcated Access to Sustenance
The Proliferation of “Quality of Life” Crimes
The Proliferation of “Quality of Life” Crimes – Criminalizing the Customs of the Poor
MAMDANI: The Political Economy of the Migrant Crisis
MAMDANI: The Political Economy of the Migrant Crisis – Beyond the Savior Narrative: Decolonizing Urban Asylum
MAMDANI: Lack of Public Toilets: The Privatization of a Biological Right
MAMDANI: Lack of Public Toilets: The Privatization of a Biological Right – Controlling the “Native” Body in Public Space
MAMDANI: The Exploitation of Home Health Aides
MAMDANI: The Exploitation of Home Health Aides – The Invisible Proletariat of the Care Economy
MAMDANI: Veteran Homelessness: The Abandoned Soldier of the Empire
MAMDANI: Veteran Homelessness: The Abandoned Soldier of the Empire – The “Native” Mercenary Discarded by the Settler State
Gentrification as Settler Colonialism
Gentrification as Settler Colonialism – The Violent Remaking of Urban Space
MAMDANI: The Climate Crisis & The Colonial Response
MAMDANI: The Climate Crisis & The Colonial Response – Green Capitalism as the New “Civilizing” Mission
MAMDANI: Slow Justice System: The Bureaucratic Despotism of the Court
MAMDANI: Slow Justice System: The Bureaucratic Despotism of the Court – The Customary Law of Delay and Pre-Trial Punishment