The Digital Panopticon in Schools
The Digital Panopticon in Schools – Disciplining the “Native” Youth for a Future of Control
Category: Policy
The Fight for Water Justice
The Fight for Water Justice – The Colonial Administration of a Life Source
MAMDANI: High Energy Costs: The Somatic Tax on the “Native”
MAMDANI: High Energy Costs: The Somatic Tax on the “Native” – The Commodification of Heat and Light as a Tool of Discipline
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: Migrant & Asylum Seeker Crisis: The Limits of “Sanctuary” in the Settler State
MAMDANI: Migrant & Asylum Seeker Crisis: The Limits of “Sanctuary” in the Settler State – The Political Manufacture of a “Crisis”
MAMDANI: The Exploitation of Home Health Aides
MAMDANI: The Exploitation of Home Health Aides – The Invisible Proletariat of the Care Economy
The Non-Profit Industrial Complex
The Non-Profit Industrial Complex – The NGO as a Colonial Administrator
The Crisis of Public Bathrooms
The Crisis of Public Bathrooms – The Privatization of a Basic Biological Need
MAMDANI: The Digital Divide & Technological Colonialism
MAMDANI: The Digital Divide & Technological Colonialism – Data as the New Customary Land
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: The Student Homelessness Crisis
MAMDANI: The Student Homelessness Crisis – The Most Vulnerable “Natives” in the Bifurcated City
The Power of Real Estate Developers
The Power of Real Estate Developers – The Architect Class of the Settler City
Historic Trump-Mamdani White House Meeting Signals Pragmatic Approach to NYC Governance
Historic Trump-Mamdani White House Meeting Signals Pragmatic Approach to NYC Governance – Democratic Socialist Mayor-Elect and President Find Common Ground on Affordability Crisis
MAMDANI: Illegal Conversions & Overcrowded Housing: The “Native’s” Response to a Housing Desert
MAMDANI: Illegal Conversions & Overcrowded Housing: The “Native’s” Response to a Housing Desert – Survival Strategies in the Settler Colony
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: The Crisis of Airborne Illness & Ventilation
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Airborne Illness & Ventilation – Somatic Violence in the “Native” Workplace and School
MAMDANI: Homelessness: The Most Visible Failure of the Bifurcated State
MAMDANI: Homelessness: The Most Visible Failure of the Bifurcated State – The “Uncitizen” and the Right to the City
MAMDANI: The Subway Crisis & The Contradictions of Collective Life
MAMDANI: The Subway Crisis & The Contradictions of Collective Life – Infrastructure as a Site of Class Struggle
MAMDANI: Subway Crime & Perception of Safety: The Managed “Disorder” of the Native’s Commute
MAMDANI: Subway Crime & Perception of Safety: The Managed “Disorder” of the Native’s Commute – Policing vs. Public Good in the Urban Core
MAMDANI: Gang Violence: The Decentralized Despotism of the Colony
MAMDANI: Gang Violence: The Decentralized Despotism of the Colony – When the State Abdicates, Warlords Rise
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Public Distrust in Media
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Public Distrust in Media – The Settler Narrative and the Silencing of Dissent
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: “Missing Middle” Housing: The Enforced Segregation of Urban Form
MAMDANI: “Missing Middle” Housing: The Enforced Segregation of Urban Form – How Zoning Creates a Bifurcated Residential Landscape
The Crisis of Artist Displacement
The Crisis of Artist Displacement – The Cultural Cleansing of the “Native” Voice
MAMDANI: Public Bathroom Shortage: The Criminalization of Biological Need
MAMDANI: Public Bathroom Shortage: The Criminalization of Biological Need – Privatizing the Most Basic Human Function
MAMDANI: The Tourism Economy & Cultural Appropriation
MAMDANI: The Tourism Economy & Cultural Appropriation – The “Settler” Gaze and the Theming of Native Life
MAMDANI: The Political Economy of the Migrant Crisis
MAMDANI: The Political Economy of the Migrant Crisis – Beyond the Savior Narrative: Decolonizing Urban Asylum
MAMDANI: Affordable Higher Education: The Re-commodification of CUNY
MAMDANI: Affordable Higher Education: The Re-commodification of CUNY – From Public Good to Indentured Servitude
MAMDANI: The Digital Hustle & Side Gigs
MAMDANI: The Digital Hustle & Side Gigs – The Fragmentation of the “Native” Proletariat