Urban renewal means Negro removal. –James Baldwin The concept of gentrification was pioneered by the sociologist Ruth Glass (1912-1990) to depict rapidly upscaling London neighborhoods in the 1950s. What she had earlier called a “middle class invasion” became more … Continue reading “Kushnerism: Gaza Gentrification Means Palestinian Genocide”
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History is what the Present is made of
Michael MandibergAn Interview with Matthew Frye Jacobson.
Michael Mandiberg: So tell us about the Historian’s Eye project…
Matthew Frye Jacobson: This started for me back in about 2007-2008. I was trying to think about different ways of getting intellectual work out in the world, continuous with all the writing I’ve done but in a different register. Read more

