What holds us together, tears us apart

July 2021

The banner image for this month was provided by DC-based mixed-media artist Camila Tapia. You can find their work under the handle @byunnaturalcauses

In this issue

Learning to Love the Machine: Some Assembly Required

Patrick Dalton
Socialists of all stripes should reckon that we may need to rebuild at the local level the very thing we’ve been fighting for years.

Tearing down the highways

Bill Mosley
In a post-carbon future, will urban expressways wither away and revert to urban space?

Unfinished business in the MD Assembly: where is the progressive impulse?

Jimmy Tarlou
A former progressive legislator’s lens on the action at the 2021 session of the Maryland General Assembly: a litany of missed opportunities and unfinished business.

No home in this world anymore: on Maryland's eviction crisis

Stephen Melkisethian
An inside (the courtroom) look at how our legal system can sidestep eviction moratoriums in Montgomery County.

June 10th MPD Police Budget Hearing Roundup

Gary zZz
On Thursday, June 10th, the Defund MPD coalition brought its case for reimagining public safety to the District Council.

Print versus speech in the info trade

Woody Woodruff
An (admittedly old-fashioned) MDC DSA member outlines his skepticism about podcasts. Does the history of peasant rebellions in the 16th century provide clues to their value?