Income Inequality as a Bifurcated State
Income Inequality as a Bifurcated State – How the “Settler” and “Native” Divide Manifests in NYC’s Economy
Category: Policy
MAMDANI: Lobbying Influence: The Legalized Bribery of the Settler Class
MAMDANI: Lobbying Influence: The Legalized Bribery of the Settler Class – How Capital Writes the Laws of the Colony
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Public Bank Branch Closures
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Public Bank Branch Closures – The Financial Desertification of “Native” Neighborhoods
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Public Space Privatization
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Public Space Privatization – The Loss of the Commons to Corporate Control
Gentrification as Settler Colonialism
Gentrification as Settler Colonialism – The Violent Remaking of Urban Space
The Proliferation of Luxury Condos
The Proliferation of Luxury Condos – Monuments to Capital and the Bifurcated Skyline
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: Disparities in Public Health: The Somatic Map of the Bifurcated City
MAMDANI: Disparities in Public Health: The Somatic Map of the Bifurcated City – Life Expectancy as a Measure of Colonial Violence
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Language Access
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Language Access – A Bureaucracy Designed for the “Settler” Tongue
MAMDANI: Affordability of Public Transit: The Poll Tax on the Working Class
MAMDANI: Affordability of Public Transit: The Poll Tax on the Working Class – Mobility as a Commodified Right
Food Deserts & The Control of Sustenance
Food Deserts & The Control of Sustenance – Weaponizing Access to Life’s Basic Necessities
The Student Homelessness Crisis
The Student Homelessness Crisis – The Most Vulnerable “Natives” in the Bifurcated City
The Proliferation of “Quality of Life” Crimes
The Proliferation of “Quality of Life” Crimes – Criminalizing the Customs of the Poor
MAMDANI: The Struggle for Cooperative Economics
MAMDANI: The Struggle for Cooperative Economics – Building Decommodified Spaces in the Capitalist City
MAMDANI: The Battle over Bike Lanes
MAMDANI: The Battle over Bike Lanes – Street Space as a Contested Colonial Frontier
MAMDANI: Displacement & Gentrification: Accumulation by Dispossession
MAMDANI: Displacement & Gentrification: Accumulation by Dispossession – The Settler-Colonial Remaking of Urban Space
MAMDANI: The Power of Real Estate Developers
MAMDANI: The Power of Real Estate Developers – The Architect Class of the Settler City
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Lead in Public Housing
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Lead in Public Housing – Somatic Violence as Bureaucratic Policy
MAMDANI: Language Access Barriers: The Bureaucracy of the “Settler” Tongue
MAMDANI: Language Access Barriers: The Bureaucracy of the “Settler” Tongue – Exclusion as a Customary Rule of Governance
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 Fight for Water Justice
MAMDANI: The Fight for Water Justice – The Colonial Administration of a Life Source
MAMDANI: Potholes and Road Conditions: The Somatic Geography of Neglect
MAMDANI: Potholes and Road Conditions: The Somatic Geography of Neglect – The Managed Deterioration of “Native” Infrastructure
MAMDANI: Dependence on a Volatile Financial Sector: The Hostage Economy
MAMDANI: Dependence on a Volatile Financial Sector: The Hostage Economy – Breaking the Hegemony of Fictitious Capital
MAMDANI: The Digital Surveillance State
MAMDANI: The Digital Surveillance State – The Panopticon as Colonial Administration
MAMDANI: Public School Segregation: The Weaponization of Culture
MAMDANI: Public School Segregation: The Weaponization of Culture – Dividing the Proletariat Through “Choice” and Custom
MAMDANI: The Stagnation of Public Pools
MAMDANI: The Stagnation of Public Pools – The Managed Austerity of Collective Joy
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Teacher Burnout
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Teacher Burnout – The Shock Troops of a Failing Colonial Project
MAMDANI: Air Pollution & Environmental Racism
MAMDANI: Air Pollution & Environmental Racism – The Somatic Violence of the Bifurcated State
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