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Category Archives: Gentrification
WPFW To Hold Town Hall Amidst Alexandria’s Gentrification
Listen to WPFW’s Latino Media Collective: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 “I hope this Monday the 20th we can make our voices heard [and] somebody can listen to us,” activist Hector Pineda Martinez told Oscar Fernandez, … Continue reading
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Occupy DC Fights to Stop Eviction
If evictions continue to be this costly there’s likely to be fewer of them. Tuesday, law enforcement used no less than forty-five officers and thirty vehicles to evict a woman from her house in northeast D.C. For good measure, … Continue reading
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Banks Don’t Need Homes, People Do: The Case of Deborah Harris
(A shorter version of this piece was published in Union City, the AFL-CIO Washington DC Metro Council’s newsletter.) A sign in the lobby of JP Morgan Chase’s homeownership office in downtown D.C. read, “Banks don’t need homes, People do!” Sitting … Continue reading
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D.C. to host International AIDS Conference Amidst City’s Epidemic
Listen to Larry Bryant on Voice of Russia Radio [Audio clip: view full post to listen] It’s been more than twenty years since the International AIDS Conference was last held in the U.S. That’ll change in July when an expected … Continue reading
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Alexandria’s Trail of Tears
Listen to Edwin Pineda and others testify [Audio clip: view full post to listen] This world was made by god for every human being, not only for the rich and other companies like JBG. – Edwin Pineda, age 10 “This … Continue reading
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West End Resident Hector Pineda, Planning Commissioner Donna Fossum Debate Development and Displacement
Listen to West End resident Hector Pineda debate Alexandria Planning Commission’s Donna Fossum on Voice of Russia Radio [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Interview by Pete Tucker, written report by Chris Lewis (@Chris_Lewis_) Hold on to your houses. … Continue reading
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May Day: Past and Present
Listen to labor professor Bill Barry and organizer Tai Smith on Voice of Russia Radio [Audio clip: view full post to listen] “When people who are religious get in tough situations they go read the Bible. I go read labor … Continue reading
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Alexandria’s Wild, Wild West End: JBG Development Threatens to Displace Thousands
Listen to Pete on WPFW 89.3 FM’s Latino Media Collective [Audio clip: view full post to listen] “It’s disappointing. It’s disgusting. It’s a failure of government.” – Esteban Garces Developer JBG and the city of Alexandria plan to demolish more … Continue reading
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One City In Crisis: D.C. Faces Large Deficit (Despite Talk of Surplus)
Listen to budget director Eric Goulet and DCFPI director Ed Lazere [Audio clip: view full post to listen] At a Ward 4 candidates forum Tuesday night, Councilmember Muriel Bowser said she’s proud of her 2011 vote to oppose raising taxes on the District’s … Continue reading
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Release Betty Noel
Listen to Herb Harris, and Councilmember Alexander: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] “The corporate influence… that is undermining the City Council is in full display with this nomination,” D.C. Consumer Utility Board chairman Herb Harris told TheFightBack Wednesday at … Continue reading
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