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THE SOLUTION TO THE HOUSING CRISIS IS VERY SIMPLE - WPA 2.0

  THE SOLUTION TO THE HOUSING CRISIS IS VERY SIMPLE - WPA 2.0 That is, unionized civil servant architects designing apartment buildings reserved for the poor, to be built by unionized civil servant construction workers and managed by unionized civil servant housing authority workers, said buildings to be government owned, resided in by poor people and low income workers, with rents fixed at 10% of after tax income, with utilities and internet access included in the rent Yes, the powers-that-be will claim "we can't afford it"... but we can afford to spend $1 trillion on bombing people in the Middle East? I don't know about you, but I'd rather house somebody in America than blow up somebody's house in Yemen or the Gaza Strip
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Will NYCHA Survive The Mamdani Era?

  Will NYCHA Survive The Mamdani Era? The Proposed Privatization of Public Housing in New York is Not a Good Deal Will NYCHA Survive The Mamdani Era? The Proposed Privatization of Public Housing in New York is Not a Good Deal Public Housing Residents Face Private Redevelopment | Community Service Society of New York Public Housing Tenants Poised to Reject Private Management or Investment | The City Reporter — NYC News Developers want to privatize New York City Housing Authority, tenants resist – People's World MFJ Speaks Out on NYCHA Development & Privatization - Mobilization for Justice NYCHA Residents Frustrated With Mamdani’s Support for Privatization Program | The Indypendent Opinion: As NYCHA Turns More Public Housing Over to Private Management, Lessons from the UK - City Limits

Mamdani’s White Knight for Troubled Buildings Has Dismal Record of Violations

  Housing Mamdani’s White Knight for Troubled Buildings Has Dismal Record of Violations The city’s Housing Department said a landlord hailed by Mayor Mamdani was part of a group of building owners who had “turned deferring maintenance of rent-stabilized buildings into a profitable business model.” Mamdani’s White Knight for Troubled Buildings Has Dismal Record of Violations | The City Reporter — NYC News

Spain's workers hold a general strike over housing costs before national election

  Spain's workers hold a general strike over housing costs before national election “We won’t stop until we transform this country’s housing model from top to bottom so that houses are for living instead of being at the service of the rentier minority,” said Alicia del Rio, ⁠spokesperson for the Madrid Tenants’ Union, as the strike began at ​midnight. Spain: Housing crisis prompts general strike Spain's general strike demands solutions to housing crisis : NPR Workers launch general strike across Spain over severe housing crisis Clashes erupt in Barcelona after thousands join Spain general strike Millions join Spain’s first general strike in 14 years in protest at housing crisis | Spain | The Guardian Spain's workers strike over housing cost crisis ahead of elections | AP News Spain: Housing crisis prompts general strike Spain: From occupation to general strike - Tempest

SIR NO SIR! how mutinies by American servicemen forced the US military to withdraw from Vietnam

SIR NO SIR!    how mutinies by American servicemen forced the US military to withdraw from Vietnam Sir! No Sir! Trailer #2 Sir No Sir - Displaced Films GI revolts: The breakdown of the US army in Vietnam - Richard Boyle | libcom.org The quiet mutiny (documentary) | libcom.org The Quiet Mutiny | Bullfrog Films: 1-800-543-3764: Environmental DVDs and Educational DVDs GI resistance to the Vietnam War photo gallery | libcom.org The last mutineer | libcom.org The SS Columbia Eagle mutiny, 1970 - Steven Johns | libcom.org Harass the brass: some notes toward the subversion of the US armed forces | libcom.org Stop Our Ship - Wikipedia Unrest at Sea "Stop the Coral Sea!" - Issue 323, Summer, 1986 - Fifth Estate Magazine Soldiers in Revolt: GI Resistance During the Vietnam War - Wikipedia Presidio mutiny - Wikipedia Facing a firing squad: Lessons on dissent from a U.S. intelligence officer who committed mutiny in Vietnam | Milwaukee Independent Was it mutiny among U.S. soldiers in Viet...

Mamdani’s demolition and privitization plan for NYCHA complex in Chelsea spills into DSA

  Mamdani’s demolition and privitzation plan for NYCHA complex in Chelsea spills into DSA “What's happening here doesn't fall under socialist principles,” said Celines Miranda, a 51-year-old tenant activist who grew up in an apartment at the Elliot-Chelsea House. “If you're a socialist, then you support socialist housing.” Mamdani’s redevelopment plan for NYCHA complex in Chelsea spills into DSA - Gothamist