The Subway Crisis & The Contradictions of Collective Life
The Subway Crisis & The Contradictions of Collective Life – Infrastructure as a Site of Class Struggle
Category: Policy
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Public Bathrooms
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Public Bathrooms – The Privatization of a Basic Biological Need
MAMDANI: Mayoral Accountability: The Strong Mayor as Colonial Governor
MAMDANI: Mayoral Accountability: The Strong Mayor as Colonial Governor – The Concentration of Power in the Bifurcated State
MAMDANI: The Proliferation of Luxury Condos
MAMDANI: The Proliferation of Luxury Condos – Monuments to Capital and the Bifurcated Skyline
MAMDANI: Unaffordable Childcare: The Patriarchal Custom of Social Reproduction
MAMDANI: Unaffordable Childcare: The Patriarchal Custom of Social Reproduction – The Unpaid “Native” Labor Fueling the Settler Economy
MAMDANI: The Privatization of Public Education
MAMDANI: The Privatization of Public Education – The Corporate Takeover of “Native” Socialization
MAMDANI: Commercial Real Estate Vacancy: The Hollowing Core
MAMDANI: Commercial Real Estate Vacancy: The Hollowing Core – The Crisis of the “Settler” Economy and an Opportunity for Reclamation
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Political Representation
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Political Representation – The Illusion of Voice in the Bifurcated State
The Crisis of Traffic Violence
The Crisis of Traffic Violence – The Sacrifice of the “Native” Body to the Automobile
MAMDANI: Civil Service System Inflexibility: The Bureaucratic Custom of the Settler State
MAMDANI: Civil Service System Inflexibility: The Bureaucratic Custom of the Settler State – Rigidity as a Tool for Maintaining the Status Quo
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: 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: Disability Access: The Built Environment of Exclusion
MAMDANI: Disability Access: The Built Environment of Exclusion – Ableism as a Colonial Custom
The Non-Profit Industrial Complex
The Non-Profit Industrial Complex – The NGO as a Colonial Administrator
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Elder Care
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Elder Care – The Abandonment of the “Useless” Native
MAMDANI: The Hollowing Out of Small Businesses
MAMDANI: The Hollowing Out of Small Businesses – The Clearing of the “Native” Commercial Landscape
MAMDANI: Aging Infrastructure: The Somatic Unraveling of the Colonial City
MAMDANI: Aging Infrastructure: The Somatic Unraveling of the Colonial City – Deferred Maintenance as a Form of Systemic Neglect
The Plight of the Psychiatrically Disabled
The Plight of the Psychiatrically Disabled – The Ultimate “Useless” Subject in the Capitalist City
MAMDANI: The Plight of Street Vendors
MAMDANI: The Plight of Street Vendors – The “Native” Trader in the “Settler’s” Marketplace
MAMDANI: The Erasure of Tenants’ Rights
MAMDANI: The Erasure of Tenants’ Rights – The Customary Law of the Landlord Class
Riker’s Island & The Architecture of Decentralized Despotism
Riker’s Island & The Architecture of Decentralized Despotism – The Customary Rule of Law in the Colony’s Core
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Language Access
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Language Access – A Bureaucracy Designed for the “Settler” Tongue
The Struggle for Park Equity
The Struggle for Park Equity – The Bifurcated Geography of Recreation and Green
The Subway Fare & The Poll Tax on the Poor
The Subway Fare & The Poll Tax on the Poor – Monetizing the Right to Movement
The Gig Economy & Neo-Feudalism
The Gig Economy & Neo-Feudalism – Platforms as the New Customary Lords
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