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Greg C
c_shadowspaces
More trespass pass notices handed out to people in tents this morning. They threaten people just trying to survive with 10 thousand dollar fines. These oppressive tactics by the City
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welcome to death row records
mirandaalexis__
I am so tired of white people. And I mean that in the most disrespectful way possible. They will never understand our struggle. They will never understand what it is
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Michael Tae Sweeney
mtsw
I feel like people on the Urbanist side of the left housing wars are too ready to concede the premise that upzonings or new development cause more local gentrification relative
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Uju Anya
UjuAnya
So proud of my 14yo 9th grader. His AP Human Geography teacher asked them to argue "pros and cons" of gentrification. He called the assignment immoral and refused to agree
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Droll Embiid.
GeeDee215
Re: this...whether this works — bc focusing on “police training” tends to get you the same outcomes albeit with slightly different procedures and protocols — it’s important to underline how
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homo-stasis
CandyCornball
Gentrification is aided by police. It’s not just trap yoga and craft beer. That’s the back end. The beginning is the carceral disappearing of our folk and the drain (emotionally,
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Bree Davies
CocoDavies
Finally, an airing of CRUSH's very open secrets. I've long hoped for actual critical discussion of this "festival," instead of the endless cheerleading disguised as "supporting artists!" There's some importan
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Communities of Color United
ccucoalition
ACTION ALERT RE: GENTRIFICATION! VOTE NO ON REZONING MONTOPOLIS!This Thursday, October 15th, city council will vote on a proposal to rezone part of Montopolis (508 Kemp Street). The proposed rezoning
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void wrangler
kaitlynnariel
THREAD: so, I’m not gonna drop names. but there’s a new “lounge” (with gentrification font ) that just opened up in a building which used to house a lovely, grungey
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Ana 🐙💦 🏴
acvalens
Queer public sex is at the heart of a culture war b/t radical queers vs reformists. Under the surface, anti-public sex views are steeped in racism, classism, gentrification, and police
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edwin
blondedfaces
I've gotten into a lot of fights under ignorant tweet replies about how "systematic racism is a myth" or "there are no laws that directly oppress black people", so I
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t.s. #defundOPD 🏴 ☭
anarchotrash
a lot of folks have been asking for resources about housing theory since the #ATUNConvention so i thought i would post my housing/planning books! highly recommend these for anyone interested
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Prithvi Varatharajan
pritvee
enjoying the airy good will as well as irony, in gestures like this: a Post It left in our mailbox. irony being: I may not be resilient enough to survive
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ItsAStreamableLife
ASLifePodcast
#NoConcessions: #ConcreteCowboy film reviewA thread https://streamablelife.wordpress.com/2020/10/24/noconcessions-concretecowboy-film-review/ Ricky Staub directs this film based on his novel "Ghetto Cowboy" which is a snapshot o
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Manuel Rustin
Rustin3000
Our school has been predominantly Black & Latinx for yearssss. Corner of the city. Under-resourced. So-called low-performing. But now we're a magnet school w/ magnet funds and a bunch of
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N. K. Jemisin
nkjemisin
A thought, inspired by this thread by @BBolander, and spurred also by feedback I've heard re THE CITY WE BECAME. Folks. Gentrification is not good for cities, unless you're a
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