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Housing Is a Human Right: Jacobin Issue 33 Launch
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February 4, 2020
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54:28Now PlayingIn this political moment, we have the opportunity to win recognition of housing as a human right. How can we get there?
A discussion with housing activists and contributors to “Home Improvement,” Jacobin’s thirty-third issue.
Featuring Cea Weaver, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Sam Stein.
Moderated by Karen Narefsky.
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Capitalism has proven itself unable to provide us all with homes, the most basic human need after food and water. The system has continued to perpetuate the inequality that has haunted cities since their inception. We need to find an alternative in our lifetime.
Cea Weaver is Director of Organizing/Campaign Manager at the Upstate/Downstate Housing Alliance. She is also a member of NYC-DSA's Steering Committee.
Daniel Aldana Cohen is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he directs the Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative.
Sam Stein is the author of "Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State, in Verso Books' Jacobin series.
Karen Narefsky is a housing organizer based in New York and a contributing editor at Jacobin.
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