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Shellyne  Bronx  -  presenting photos  about organizing against police violence mostly organizing  teenagers  - some really go reaction …. cliché activism

[01:22:29] : new video  start

 [01:23:39] : kali –  Some visuals  -  hi – trying to figure out here to start  - told the same tings four times this weekend already and wanted to go a bit deeper  - how any oela have read the JACkSON  cushionpuny   how many people have read  “cast in shadows” a report made a year after chokwe died to give an assessment   plus and minuses of what- definitely encourage   to to check  - find on rosa luxemburg and cooperation Jackson

Try to put in perspective 

A framework jus beong     - cooperation Jackson,   which is a part of a  broader strategy we don’t take    - mid objective   what we are trying to  democracy movement  to take over Jackson    part of a vehicle to takes from A to Z  where  you try to go  - Any point  of time in your practice   -need to ajsut shift    objective situation requires   this is a piee  - Am of saing we are halfway y where we cant to be  - We accomplished a few things  cooperation is only three years old made mistake  - Fist r generation analyses   move forward  - A quick piece  for people who don not  ….People assembly  electoral politics   social solidarity economy   particular aspect of the works  - We need to be clear all of thinking panning  development  but execute  - Keep in mind  critical thing    try to lead with your best ideas  best practices – Jackson  push point

[01:23:53] : MXGM  is  too small an organization  I would argue  does all the practice equates to filling material ? no.  there is tremendous ground  to improve - don’t want to give the  impression  because we ben able   win an election o two  we are father down the road than you are  - tremendous room for improvement  - if there was  : if we would , there would be  barricade given the situation that really exist  - are we concretely threatening their fundamental base of power ?  no !  do we have the potential to ?  yes ! something which s is clear  achieve a revolution in this country you need to be clear  what roads you have to travel

[01:26:17] : that being said ... folks are aware that there is Something happening on tuesday election day in jackson - once he wins chokwe the real trouble begins   - conditions in Jackson  are different than 4 years  ago when his father was elected  - far worse     30% of the city unemployed - almost every working class person   is exercised in  practicing some form of  solidary economy for survival nothing to do with theory  - out of necessity not of out preaching how we tap into that and build consciousness

: build metal aid practice in the city  some concerta things we are trying to do   -acquire as much land as we can and put it in  : community land trust    -   there is a form   regulated by the state    bast that is available  -  ultimate goal  - decommodify land.  Period.   and put in direct community democracy control

we are to get in the w  of the developer  and get it  while it is relatively cheap - Problems beginning 

the first thing we did 3 years ago  - with the resource we could gather   ......... first initial round of .property  long term strategy objective ..   Survive work together   live together share   make ends meet – the central piece

[01:30:31]  but : the dynamics is – since we acquire    far  become a more valuable asset to  other people  to  the developer   clean up  farming  other uses  - the value that is there the prices have started to go up  - we don’t have the money of big bank  developers speculator  - very concrete  we hope to have enough consolidated that we articulated and defined the parameters     the program

[01:31:29] : the electoral politics  in my view  is important  -at least in a period of time   there is a level of political control on how our land is used through zoning  not forever  does not mean  - that  we are through or that the state will not come in and intervene

Saca has bent talking more than me  : we just build and not fight  - we should fight and not pay attention to the building   both  and balance   : build your forces and material  base

we don’t fight with these folks ..and it is just a matter  fight  . Thinking we can do without fights  that is an utter illusion

[01:32:36] : were we are at . several major challenges  the real testament is if we are going to survive 7 threats

[01:33:10] :1 -  us defeating this effort to privatize th city  2012 APA  after years of negotiation  slapped  Jackson improved infrastructure  -it needs to be improved   old infrastructure main pipes  150 years  without maintenance : estimated cost 2B$  - Jackson is a city  200000 people  with 600 millions $ budget  8 years of annual budget and sale of water   -accounts for    44% of revenue of the city  if we loose this  we cannot to  hard time doing anything on municipal level  - hopefully someone of you  can help  looking at participatory budgeting

[01:34:58] : 2- medical corridor instituted 10 years ago  Katrina relief money  : major  catalyst of gentrification driver-  tons of speculators   know that M$ ..gi.  diabetes   overweight  heart disease   they know the money will come   : mid-town  they having buying it up  big them  they will evict -: if people can’t pay a lot of bills  - 

[01:36:48] : 3- football stadium   Jackson state university and downtown area : football is  a religion in southern state if they touch it   -  trying to figure that out  : confederate e  rebel  mascot ....  now governor bryan ... : 10000 black people  displace  to build stadium  convention  center

[01:39:14] : 4 - flood downtown and create a lake  - project since 81  - now trump in office   they are again at it - create a lake to allow gambling on water as law allows

[01:40:47] : 5 - our school system is about to be privatized  -  Jackson is failed three years  - the game is set

[01:41:36] : 6- capital corridor  Mississippi   - we lost this year  - create a special district if in the city that governor controls   with his owns police  force the zone covers everything hou see here  90%  labor  governor Bantustan - the land is very sensitive to our project - you are all familiar with this in nyc

[01:43:03] : 7 - Airport takeover

Saca  : seeing the mal of yellow space  - it is not the whole space   resistance and  strategic place - as you see  building this defense along here  for west and South Jackson  it is a big theme  sites of resistance

kali went into the community land trust  - interesting what the difference a e  hwo expensive  it is - Jackson  around how inexpensive land has been  -  beg your properties   -  am wondering if   - part of the conversiton cooperation Jackson is involve d  right to the city and rosa Luxembourg foundation  how movements are using  - usually in the us  is making homes affordable - ability to make  housing poemerntaly affordable

Shellyne  Bronx  - that scale you show on the map is crazy  i don’t thing there is a place on NYC where we can put our hands on - CLT is a liberal conversation theme  mayors is for ti  etc.. - our people don’t speak that language  we are tenant - what is the difference in the geography?  - my grandparent came to work in in factories   we do not have same relationship to the land  - my grand ma  raise 4 generation in the same apartment - how do get people to get ownership - : tyranny of landlords - for us a city is a little hard  NYC everybody wants to own something - you got people   displace   - you are agains development and revitalization - now we have to fight the housing party ? - city is using middle income  - with people that dont see themselves staking ownership

you guys have ths cooperative model that reorganize concept of ownership - i do want to stay here - i have been thinking    that is a very different  dynamics how that works

[01:53:54] *** Gyasi  joined  conversation. ***

[01:54:03] : welcome gyasi :-) taking notes for memory

[01:54:33] Gyasi Thank you!!!

Saca   J - there is a huge cultureship  ..... ownership is generational  -   bootstraps  -  de commodifying land   we have to work on culturehsip

Shellyne  Bronx  -  we make these ..usual activist ...  different kind of energy : you can get people to listen radicalize  willing to cease  take it to the next level   be small business owners   i don know how it can work in the Bronx - my experience small business are petit bourgeoisie - small business  service workers   might be in the move  - young people get ?

 ( kali we might make that move)

tension between generation -there is no conversation - responsibility of guiding young people has been left to the police - how to break that ? : take care as elders block by block ? the terrain is so different- : 120 Young people - challenges on the ground

Saca  -  i hear you saying that although there are those challenge your organization says you have the right to stay : we don not need developers to come  we have capacity  - skills  history - for us to be able to share that history connect and learn form - being able to reclaim - the family sharing those skills  - has been deconstructed in so many ways  In J too   - people is about the police and safety  as a symptom - that is what came to mind when you talked  - open it up  - participatory democracy  solidary economy engage in electoral politics

[02:03:59] : Man  personal concern as Bronx resident  -metro line  put stops in the line more aggressive gentrification : maintain control or ownership on our block is cifriticil for me - they are selling the Bronx - it is happening - simulutaisoslyu form yankee stadium  extension of university

Shellyne  Bronx  we are grossly understaffed running form firre to fire

[02:08:40] : person far away  -  economics  and politics  we hear about - speak more about how people act

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[02:40:04] : man audience  from spain - ant eviction  movement  it become PAH  -  try to resolve the problems  of those who are evicted  - space where people got together  human bonding  very strong  generated  network    reactivate   shame the banks pressing the bank to get a better deal - permanent staff  ngo - very strong in Madrid in Barcelona  ended up with coalition - are still fighting

electoral strategy did work coalition  partys  PAH  do  not have the majority

[02:43:23] : other man am really curious about the napa?    -in NYC you have some many articles preventing us from getting near to where you are  -  easily sell out on a development proposal that exist to a scale incredible

[02:44:14] : Saca - in the South  foundations are not existing   - folks in the NY and California have so much more access to foundations  - we thing this should be redistribution and at the same time the NGO industrial complex

[02:45:13] : kali - we do not have the problem to the extent it exist in newyor and californan we have a force that helps clarify issues  ..  stop