The Plight of Street Vendors
The Plight of Street Vendors – The “Native” Trader in the “Settler’s” Marketplace
Category: Policy
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
The Battle over Public Libraries
The Battle over Public Libraries – The Last Truly Democratic Space Under Siege
The Digital Hustle & Side Gigs
The Digital Hustle & Side Gigs – The Fragmentation of the “Native” Proletariat
MAMDANI: General Feeling of “Anonymity” and Isolation: The Alienation of the Bifurcated Metropolis
MAMDANI: General Feeling of “Anonymity” and Isolation: The Alienation of the Bifurcated Metropolis – Loneliness as a Political Condition in the Settler City
MAMDANI: The Struggle over Zoning (ULURP)
MAMDANI: The Struggle over Zoning (ULURP) – The Ritual of Colonial Consent
The Crisis of Teacher Burnout
The Crisis of Teacher Burnout – The Shock Troops of a Failing Colonial Project
MAMDANI: The Informal Economy & Decentralized Despotism
MAMDANI: The Informal Economy & Decentralized Despotism – Survival Outside the “Civilized” Legal Frame
The Tourism Economy & Cultural Appropriation
The Tourism Economy & Cultural Appropriation – The “Settler” Gaze and the Theming of Native Life
MAMDANI: The Privatization of Public Space
MAMDANI: The Privatization of Public Space – The Theft of the Commons by the Settler Class
MAMDANI: Riker’s Island Crisis: The Architecture of Decentralized Despotism
MAMDANI: Riker’s Island Crisis: The Architecture of Decentralized Despotism – The Customary Rule of Law in the Colony’s Core
MAMDANI: Animal Control & Stray Animals: The Unmanaged Consequences of Neglect
MAMDANI: Animal Control & Stray Animals: The Unmanaged Consequences of Neglect – The “Savage” Animal and the Abandoned “Native”
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Rat Infestation
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Rat Infestation – The Somatic Unraveling of the Colonial City
MAMDANI: The Battle for the Right to the City
MAMDANI: The Battle for the Right to the City – A Mamdani-Inspired Manifesto for Urban Liberation
The Privatization of Public Space
The Privatization of Public Space – The Theft of the Commons by the Settler Class
MAMDANI: The Student Homelessness Crisis
MAMDANI: The Student Homelessness Crisis – The Most Vulnerable “Natives” in the Bifurcated City
MAMDANI: Air Pollution: The Somatic Tax on the “Native” Lung
MAMDANI: Air Pollution: The Somatic Tax on the “Native” Lung – The Political Economy of Breath
MAMDANI: Stagnant Wages for Low-Income Workers: The Managed Exploitation of the “Native”
MAMDANI: Stagnant Wages for Low-Income Workers: The Managed Exploitation of the “Native” – Enforcing Precarity as a Tool of Control
The Digital Surveillance State
The Digital Surveillance State – The Panopticon as Colonial Administration
The Student Homelessness Crisis
The Student Homelessness Crisis – The Most Vulnerable “Natives” in the Bifurcated City
MAMDANI: The Gig Economy & Neo-Feudalism
MAMDANI: The Gig Economy & Neo-Feudalism – Platforms as the New Customary Lords
The Militarization of the NYPD
The Militarization of the NYPD – The Colonial Garrison in the Urban Center
MAMDANI: Power of Special Interests: The Institutional Hegemony of the Settler Class
MAMDANI: Power of Special Interests: The Institutional Hegemony of the Settler Class – Beyond Lobbying: The Fusion of Capital and State
MAMDANI: The Tourism Economy & Cultural Appropriation
MAMDANI: The Tourism Economy & Cultural Appropriation – The “Settler” Gaze and the Theming of Native Life
MAMDANI: Inter-Agency Rivalry: The Bureaucratic Logic of the Bifurcated State
MAMDANI: Inter-Agency Rivalry: The Bureaucratic Logic of the Bifurcated State – Designed Inefficiency and the Failure of the Whole
The NYPD as a Colonial Police Force
The NYPD as a Colonial Police Force – Governing the “Natives” Through Force and Custom
MAMDANI: Taxi Medallion Debt Crisis: The State-Sanctioned Indenturing of the “Native” Driver
MAMDANI: Taxi Medallion Debt Crisis: The State-Sanctioned Indenturing of the “Native” Driver – Financial Despotism and the Creation of Debt Peonage