MAMDANI: The Crisis of Lead in Public Housing
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Lead in Public Housing – Somatic Violence as Bureaucratic Policy
Category: Policy
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: Quality of Life Issues: The Criminalization of “Native” Existence
MAMDANI: Quality of Life Issues: The Criminalization of “Native” Existence – Trash, Noise, and Rodents as Symptoms of Systemic Neglect
MAMDANI: Pension Liabilities: The Fiscal Blackmail of the Settler State
MAMDANI: Pension Liabilities: The Fiscal Blackmail of the Settler State – Austerity’s Justification and the Theft of Workers’ Deferred Wages
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: Loss of Small Businesses & “Character”: The Corporate Clearing of the “Native” Marketplace
MAMDANI: Loss of Small Businesses & “Character”: The Corporate Clearing of the “Native” Marketplace – From Community to Chain Store Alienation
MAMDANI: Public Housing (NYCHA) Crisis: The Deliberate Neglect of the “Native” Reserve
MAMDANI: Public Housing (NYCHA) Crisis: The Deliberate Neglect of the “Native” Reserve – Deferred Maintenance as a Tool of Dispossession
MAMDANI: The Student Debt Crisis & The Indentured “Native”
MAMDANI: The Student Debt Crisis & The Indentured “Native” – Debt as a Mechanism of Control and Discipline
MAMDANI: The Childcare Crisis & The Patriarchy of Social Reproduction
MAMDANI: The Childcare Crisis & The Patriarchy of Social Reproduction – The Unpaid “Native” Labor of the Settler Economy
MAMDANI: The NYPD as a Colonial Police Force
MAMDANI: The NYPD as a Colonial Police Force – Governing the “Natives” Through Force and Custom
MAMDANI: Plastic & Solid Waste Management: The Crisis of Capitalist Consumption
MAMDANI: Plastic & Solid Waste Management: The Crisis of Capitalist Consumption – The “Native” as the Sink for Settler Waste
MAMDANI: Extreme Income Inequality: The Bifurcated City
MAMDANI: Extreme Income Inequality: The Bifurcated City – The “Settler” and “Native” Economic Divide
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 Crisis of Social Reproduction
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Social Reproduction – The Unpaid “Native” Labor that Fuels the “Settler” City
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Public Bank Branch Closures
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Public Bank Branch Closures – The Financial Desertification of “Native” Neighborhoods
Air Pollution & Environmental Racism
Air Pollution & Environmental Racism – The Somatic Violence of the Bifurcated State
The Climate Crisis & The Colonial Response
The Climate Crisis & The Colonial Response – Green Capitalism as the New “Civilizing” Mission
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 Mental Health Services
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Mental Health Services – Pathologizing the “Native” Condition
MAMDANI: The Struggle for Cooperative Economics
MAMDANI: The Struggle for Cooperative Economics – Building Decommodified Spaces in the Capitalist City
The Fight for Universal Healthcare
The Fight for Universal Healthcare – Decommodifying the Right to Bodily Integrity
MAMDANI: Racial & Ethnic Tensions: The Divide-and-Rule Strategy of the Settler State
MAMDANI: Racial & Ethnic Tensions: The Divide-and-Rule Strategy of the Settler State – Manufacturing “Native” against “Native”
MAMDANI: The Digital Panopticon in Schools
MAMDANI: The Digital Panopticon in Schools – Disciplining the “Native” Youth for a Future of Control
MAMDANI: Street Vendor Regulation: The Persecution of the Petty “Native” Trader
MAMDANI: Street Vendor Regulation: The Persecution of the Petty “Native” Trader – The Customary Law of Harassment and Exclusion
MAMDANI: Air Pollution & Environmental Racism
MAMDANI: Air Pollution & Environmental Racism – The Somatic Violence of the Bifurcated State
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 Weaponization of “Tough on Crime” Rhetoric
MAMDANI: The Weaponization of “Tough on Crime” Rhetoric – Manufacturing the “Savage” to Justify Despotism
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: The Digital Surveillance State
MAMDANI: The Digital Surveillance State – The Panopticon as Colonial Administration