Gentrification is the systematic process of displacing poor people from a community and replacing them with more affluent people, all in the interest of profit. It has become a primary local policy of the representatives of the ruling class and is clearly carried out by the state. While it is clearly a policy, it is also an outcome of the capitalist approach to housing and development. Profit is king. People’s livelihoods and well-being are not considerations.

A serious socialist program for housing must unequivocally reject the idea that gentrification is a process caused primarily by an influx of white wealthier people and fancy coffee shops. They more serve as symbols that gentrification won. By the time wealthy people and coffee shops show up, the behind-the-scenes work for gentrification has already taken place. We should begin to correctly frame gentrification as a violent function of the capitalist model. A clear political alternative that can unify working-class people of all nationalities and keep housing affordable and safe for all is the answer.

Read the full article here: https://www.breakingthechainsmag.org/not-just-rich-people-and-cafes-toward-a-socialist-understanding-of-gentrification/

Not just rich people and cafes: Toward a socialist understanding of gentrification

recorded at 21 Union Ave in the Summer of '20

written and performed by Damien Scalise

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Dear God, Please Teach Me How To Write A Song.

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Follow (2016) is a one-movement string quartet that represents the anxiety, ambivalence, and confusion that human beings experience in life. The piece starts with a line played by viola, which is the protagonist of this piece. The other three strings are the anxiety that surrounds the persona (viola). When one is under great pressure, there is a fine line between sensitivity and insanity. As the level of anxiety increases, the persona loses its self, and the entire ensemble merges into another state of mind. The persona's mind is ever-changing just as human's mind is. However, throughout the piece, which consists of five parts, the anxiety is always present in different forms, whether it is obvious or not.

Originals

Follow (2016) for String Quartet

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Mix for our @threadsradio radio show by @adamtuch
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11/12/18 - Int'l Winners w/ adammmmmmmmmmmm

first single from upcoming album "Horse Pony"

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