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Sep 26, 2014 from these experiences, dispatches against displacement draws out a vision of what alternative urbanism might look like if our cities were developed by and for the people who bring them to life and keep them running. Author of the recent book, dispatches against displacement, he is also a poet and coauthor of hillbilly nationalists, urban. For most of the past twenty years, housing activist and dispatches against displacement author james tracy has been a professional housing activist. San francisco is being eroded by waves of cash flowing north from silicon valley. Field notes from san franciscos housing wars, paperback by tracy, james. Be the first to ask a question about dispatches against displacement. His classes combine popular education and traditional teaching techniques in order equip students with the skills needed to understand the political system and how to engage with it strategically for positive change.
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