
tracy rosenthal
@tracyrosenthal_
writer and organizer • The New Republic, The Nation, The Baffler & elsewhere • Abolish Rent is OUT NOW from Haymarket Books
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https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent 24-08-2011 21:33:47
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One of the greatest tenant organizing victories in LA history—though not all demands were met, Hillside Villa Tenants Association’s 5+ years-long rent strike, supported by L.A. Tenants Union CCED #ChinatownIsNotForSale, not only prevented evictions, but also won years of affordability, with tons of rent debt erased.


Big wins for the tenants movement in LA this week. The five-year Hillside Villa Tenants Association rent strike is over, with the landlord forgiving over $700,000 of rental debt for 20 tenants — and zero evictions. And we won Lupe Breard’s eviction case this morning. L.A. Tenants Union CCED #ChinatownIsNotForSale




“The NY Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”.



The The New York Times continues its self-invalidation tour… How many Ivy League degrees does it take for you to figure out Uganda is in Africa? Zohran Kwame Mamdani