Interestingly enough, it seems like a large part of the reason that makes it so difficult for a disruptive response to occur is, paradoxically, the history of revolt in Detroit. In Detroit, working class conflict has entirely reconfigured the urban landscape. The riots of the 1960s were a catalyst for white flight and the subsequent loss of business investment and decline in home equity. The factory struggles of the following decade were followed by years of deindustrialization and unemployment, as factories moved to areas that lacked dedicated and confrontational workplace movements. In short, Capital responded to the popular struggles of the past decades by transforming Detroit into a desolate landscape of empty streets and abandoned buildings. In this environment it is difficult to imagine many places for people to spontaneously congregate, because people are spread so far apart, separated by blocks and blocks of vacant lots and foreclosed homes.
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Archive Audio Images RSS FeedThis is just a collection of things I think are neat.
A general overview of 'things I think are neat':abandonment/the post-industrial midwest, anarchism (syndicalism, insurrectionalism, etc), race/ethnicity (esp. defining/constructing the boundaries of whiteness), gender, class (talking/thinking about class generally seems to be an underrated activity), health care (access to, the experience of obtaining, etc), art, science fiction, punk music, conservative talk radio and anthropology (which probably incorporates almost everything else about people).
