Not That Portland

This week we're talking with organizer and activist Jess Falero of People's Housing Coalition of Maine about their experience with houselessness and the arcane and cruel systems Portland and many other cities have in place to punish people for not having a house, and the work organizations are doing to combat that injustice.

This week is part 2 of our talk with Syd-Avitia Jacques and Sherri Lysy of Maine Renters United about the impact of last November's rent control referendum, how to organize with your neigbors to make your landlords uncomfortable, and basically everything housing related you could want. Remember, being a landlord is not a job!

This week we've got part 1 of our talk with Syd-Avitia Jacques and Sherri Lysy of Maine Renters United about the impact of last November's rent control referendum, how to organize with your neigbors to make your landlords uncomfortable, and basically everything housing-related you could want. Remember, landlords are parasites on society!

Part two of this interview. Title: Live Together, Die Alone parts 1&2 with Em Burnett and Jack O'Brien Description: Organizers Jack O'Brien and Em Burnett speak about the history of the People First Portland Movement and what it means for the residents and workers of Portland, Maine. People First Portland started as a DSA-led campaign to implement broadly popular regulations aimed at attacking the root causes of austerity on the municipal level by the process of citizen's referenda. Four out of the five referenda put on the ballot in November 2020 by People First Portland passed, including rent control, green construction regulations, a fifteen-dollar minimum wage (with additional hazard pay), and a ban on police use of facial recognition technology. This swift and decisive victory suddenly made Portland, a city of 67,000 in southern Maine, one of the most progressive in the United States.  Em and Jack speak about working on the campaign with the volunteers of People First Portland, the response by the city council and un-elected City Manager, as well as the opening of Portland's City Charter. The last of which opens up further possibilities for widening the aperture of public policy on the city level.    CORRECTION: Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution by Peter Kropotkin was first Published in 1905, not 1875.

  Organizers Jack O'Brien and Em Burnett speak about the history of the People First Portland Movement and what it means for the residents and workers of Portland, Maine. People First Portland started as a DSA-led campaign to implement broadly popular regulations aimed at attacking the root causes of austerity on the municipal level by the process of citizen's referenda. Four out of the five referenda put on the ballot in November 2020 by People First Portland passed, including rent control, green construction regulations, a fifteen-dollar minimum wage (with additional hazard pay), and a ban on police use of facial recognition technology. This swift and decisive victory suddenly made Portland, a city of 67,000 in southern Maine, one of the most progressive in the United States.  Em and Jack speak about working on the campaign with the volunteers of People First Portland, the response by the city council and un-elected City Manager, as well as the opening of Portland's City Charter. The last of which opens up further possibilities for widening the aperture of public policy on the city level.    CORRECTION: Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution by Peter Kropotkin was first Published in 1905, not 1875.