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Reclaim RI has joined thirteen current and former tenants of slumlord Jeff Butler to file a federal RICO suit alleging a conspiracy to rent horrific apartments and then brazenly retaliate against tenants for complaints or organizing. Story from Wheeler Cowperthwaite in Providence Journal below.

New Dig: powerful convo w Aslı Bâli and gabrielwinant on complexities and contradictions of emerging conjuncture. The fascist authoritarianism of Trump’s second coming; the Dem establishment collapse; the resurgent left. Recorded live from Socialism Conference! thedigradio.com/podcast/notes-…



This is what happens when working-class tenants get organized. They were living in mold, sewage, and silence, until they weren’t. No more begging slumlords for decency, they’re dragging them into court. Props to Reclaim RI and the tenants. They had every reason to give up but

NYC is in the middle of an affordability crisis of essentials like food now exacerbated by Trump’s austerity policies eroding SNAP. Zohran Kwame Mamdani’s municipal grocery stores are an important experiment. The old ways have failed. Policy innovation is necessary to pave a way out.
