The Struggle for a Post-Capitalist Future
The Struggle for a Post-Capitalist Future – Beyond Critique: Building the Decolonized City
Tag: Mamdani
Food Deserts & The Control of Sustenance
Food Deserts & The Control of Sustenance – Weaponizing Access to Life’s Basic Necessities
MAMDANI: High Cost of Living: The Weaponized Market
MAMDANI: High Cost of Living: The Weaponized Market – Making the City Uninhabitable for the Working Class
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: Failure of Large-Scale Tech Projects: The Inevitable Outcome of a Corrupt State
MAMDANI: Failure of Large-Scale Tech Projects: The Inevitable Outcome of a Corrupt State – When the Settler State Tries to “Innovate”
MAMDANI: Lead Water Pipes: The Slow Poison in the “Native’s” Tap
MAMDANI: Lead Water Pipes: The Slow Poison in the “Native’s” Tap – Somatic Violence Through Municipal Inaction
MAMDANI: Food Insecurity: The Managed Scarcity of the Settler State
MAMDANI: Food Insecurity: The Managed Scarcity of the Settler State – Charity vs. the Right to Food
The Crisis of Artist Displacement
The Crisis of Artist Displacement – The Cultural Cleansing of the “Native” Voice
The Childcare Crisis & The Patriarchy of Social Reproduction
The Childcare Crisis & The Patriarchy of Social Reproduction – The Unpaid “Native” Labor of the Settler Economy
The Exploitation of Incarcerated Labor
The Exploitation of Incarcerated Labor – The Prison as a Plantation
The Crisis of Language Access
The Crisis of Language Access – A Bureaucracy Designed for the “Settler” Tongue
The Hollowing Out of Small Businesses
The Hollowing Out of Small Businesses – The Clearing of the “Native” Commercial Landscape
MAMDANI: Struggling Retail Sector: The Corporate Clearing of the “Native” Marketplace
MAMDANI: Struggling Retail Sector: The Corporate Clearing of the “Native” Marketplace – From Community Commerce to Alienated Consumption
MAMDANI: Mental Health Crisis: Pathologizing the “Native” Condition
MAMDANI: Mental Health Crisis: Pathologizing the “Native” Condition – Somatic Governance and the Medicalization of Despair
MAMDANI: The Fight for a Truly Public University
MAMDANI: The Fight for a Truly Public University – Reclaiming CUNY as a Decolonized Institution
MAMDANI: Electric Grid Reliability: The Colonial Administration of Energy
MAMDANI: Electric Grid Reliability: The Colonial Administration of Energy – Blackouts as a Failure of For-Profit Control
MAMDANI: Commercial Real Estate Vacancy & The Crisis of Capital
MAMDANI: Commercial Real Estate Vacancy & The Crisis of Capital – The Hollowing of the “Civilized” Center
MAMDANI: Informal Economy: The Shadow of the Bifurcated State
MAMDANI: Informal Economy: The Shadow of the Bifurcated State – Survival Outside the “Civilized” Legal Frame
MAMDANI: Gentrification as Settler Colonialism
MAMDANI: Gentrification as Settler Colonialism – The Violent Remaking of Urban Space
MAMDANI: Public Bathroom Shortage: The Criminalization of Biological Need
MAMDANI: Public Bathroom Shortage: The Criminalization of Biological Need – Privatizing the Most Basic Human Function
The Battle over Bike Lanes
The Battle over Bike Lanes – Street Space as a Contested Colonial Frontier
MAMDANI: The Battle over the Budget
MAMDANI: The Battle over the Budget – Austerity as the Political Choice of the Settler State
MAMDANI: The Fight for Water Justice
MAMDANI: The Fight for Water Justice – The Colonial Administration of a Life Source
NYC Childcare Arrives: A $2-a-Day Revolution or a Phased Pilot?
NYC Childcare Arrives: A $2-a-Day Revolution or a Phased Pilot? – The Hill analyzes what Mamdani’s 2K program actually means for working families and the broader national debate on childcare
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: Supply Chain Vulnerabilities: The Island Colony’s Peril
MAMDANI: Supply Chain Vulnerabilities: The Island Colony’s Peril – Dependence and the Crisis of Basic Goods
The Opioid Epidemic & The Geography of Despair
The Opioid Epidemic & The Geography of Despair – Pharmaceutical Capital and the Somatic of Colonial Violence
Tuberville’s “Enemy Inside the Gates” Rhetoric Ignites Senate Firestorm
Tuberville’s “Enemy Inside the Gates” Rhetoric Ignites Senate Firestorm – Comparing a Muslim mayor to 9/11 attackers, a GOP senator faces bipartisan rebuke
First Lady’s Social Media Likes Raise Questions and Draw Sharp Debate
First Lady’s Social Media Likes Raise Questions and Draw Sharp Debate – Reports that Rama Duwaji endorsed contested posts about October 7 spark scrutiny of the mayor’s household