The Garbage Disposal Unit

I'm sorry to hear that brother. Next week sounds fine. My condolences. And I didn't remember what day we'd agreed to, sorry.

Yeah, that's an interesting way of putting it. More elite groups ARE increasingly living in the urban cores of our cities, and I suppose this in large part is because people can tell peak oil is coming. I wouldn't be surprised either if in 20 years the slums in the United States and Canada are all in decaying suburbs.

I live in a inner-city neighborhood that was historically very poor and had a Black majority. Over the past twenty years, a variety of white people--some queer punks and some yuppies--have moved into the neighborhood and caused the cost of living to skyrocket, and as a result about half of the former Black residents have been forced to move to more far-flung areas of the city with worse social services. In a word: gentrification. As a white, college-educated queer who recently moved here I'm part of this problem. So the activism that interests me most now is organizing across racial lines to prevent further gentrification of this neighborhood and enable long-time Black residents remain here.

Hey, I edited my post in your thread on thirdwoldism, adding some questions on the topic at hand.

I feel embarrassed like perhaps I should have been aware of LIES, but yeah, I don't think that's the sort of thing I or my friends normally read. I'm not a historical materialist, and I'm not a Marxist. And while I oppose capitalism and the state, I'm not really part of the anarchist scene in my city either, as my interests draw me more towards things like volunteering at organic food coops and queer community centers and less towards clashing with the police and reading Mikhail Bakunin. But I'm open to exploring new perspectives! And part of why I signed up for RevLeft, actually, was I wanted more regular exposure to leftist ideas, and most of my friends (even the ones who identify as "radicals") seem mainly radical in their perspective on identity politics. Which I totally appreciate, but I also want to talk to people who really oppose capitalism and have a compelling critique of it. Anyway, thanks for the messages, Virgin Molotov Cocktail, and I'll take a look at the journal!

"LIES Journal - thoughts?" I don't understand your question. Could you clarify it?