The Anti-Landlord Tradition You Never Learned About

Renaissance fairs, housing cooperatives, and Newark’s efforts to expand affordable homeownership have a lot in common. Today Auto Asphyxiation cycles through how people can create institutions that distribute power differently. The market is neither natural nor organic. Economic man is a sociopath and WE are NOT. From the collective governance of housing co-ops to public programs that help residents build COMMUNITY wealth outside speculative real estate, we examine alternatives to ownership models centered on profit extraction. Who controls our community resources matters and we can SHARE all of this. There are various cooperative forms that can transform residents from exploited consumers to stewards and co-creators of this beautiful sub/urban life.

Also, we’d like to invite you to our October 15 event at 6:30 p.m. The NEW JERSEY PREMIERE Close Encounters of the 34th Avenue Kind: The Story of an Open Street, a documentary by renowned filmmaker and street advocate Clarence Eckerson, Jr. The film tells the story of New York City's celebrated 34th Avenue Open Street in Jackson Heights, Queens, exploring how public space can be transformed into a place for mobility, community, and civic life.

TICKETS HERE.

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