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Racism: NatGeo, Housing, Crossword

Mar 14, 2018

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March 14, 2018 Dustin Seibert wrote about his personal experiences with the Nat Geo: Why the colonizers at National Geographic want you to accept their apology for being racist AF – theGrio Let me see if I can find the photos I have of a 1930s issue of the Nat that I had, before I…

Re: Oakland’s Homeless Americans Die Uncounted As Mayor Protects Illegal Immigrants

Mar 13, 2018

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Source: Oakland’s Homeless Americans Die Uncounted As Mayor Protects Illegal Immigrants I found that article on an aggreagtor, and replied to it, rather than the original. So I posted the response here, figuring it wouldn’t get approved. I then found the original, and looked at the comment section. Zerohedge commenters are a bunch of libertarians…

Recent Mean and Hateful Comments on YouTube Anti-Gentrification March Video

Mar 7, 2018

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I don’t know why, but there is so much hate and rage on YouTube. I have a video from a Defend Boyle Heights anti-gentrification march, and there are some pretty mean comments.

On the Precipice of Another Great Depression

Mar 6, 2018

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As we stand on the precipice of the cliff overlooking another Great Depression, we need to consider that the Depression wasn’t only rough on the working class. It was also a period of extreme racism, not only by people to each other, but by the government against communities of color. As the government started to…

USCIS New Anti-Immigrant Mission Statement

Feb 22, 2018

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Another brick in the fascist wall that Trump is building. The mission statement of the USCIS has change to become an anti-immigration agency. Source: U.S. agency’s new mission statement: America no longer a ‘nation of immigrants’

The Current Effort to Deny Citizenship to Undocumented Immigrants or Spouses Has a Precedent

Feb 20, 2018

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https://twitter.com/tsengputterman/status/966103266491846660 This Conor F. is part of *the* *press*. He writes for The Atlantic, which is a liberal magazine/website. He should know better, or someone there should be schooling him. He doesn’t know that Asian people were denied a path to citizenship from 1868 to 1952 century. Eighty-four. 84 years of (at least some) immigrants…

Good Summary on Bastard Urbanism

Feb 20, 2018

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This feels like a good snapshot of why so many organizations are uniting against SB 827, the upzoning law that gives away a lot of value to landowners and developers, without capturing that value, and without protecting tenants. via The Most Dangerous Myth I’m also looking into the history of property ownership by people of…

Long Beach Rent Control Research and Links

Feb 17, 2018

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This page is a summary of research conducted to understand the movement for rent control in Long Beach. Long Beach is large city with around 60% renters, located in LA County adjacent to Orange County. It’s long been a conservative/centrist city government, but has shifted more liberal in the past couple decades. The downtown area…

Libertarians on Immigration

Feb 15, 2018

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I was reading some random web pages, and came across an article (not linked) advocating that libertarians should support immigration controls. It was a baffling article, and stuck in my craw, because the old school libertarians were for open borders. They’re way past where the Democrats and some socialists are. They’re way over in anarchy-land.

The Size of Mayan Civilization Compared to the Size of Los Angeles, CA

Feb 7, 2018

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The mapping of around 60,000 buildings in the Mayan Biosphere Reserve of Guatemala has revealed a civilization much larger than previously estimated, at an estimated 10 million people. See how this compares to Los Angeles County, an area with 10 million people.