George Gardner III

@ggiii

Housing Rights Attorney. Michigan grad and HUSL alum. Detroit native. 1906.

Brooklyn
Joined April 2009
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    16 hours ago

    Pre-order today!!! “Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics” by and .

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    Jan 11

    Noting all of these goofies referring to a woman dating as she pleases as “being passed around.” The casual misogyny and deep investment heteropatriarchy is boring. They really can’t comprehend a woman making basic AF choices.

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    Jan 5

    So the NYPost already told you...but yes it's true, I DO believe housing is a human right! I'm honored to be nominated to the CPC by an organizer and leader I really admire, Jumaane Williams. Thanks to everyone for the kind words and most of all TY

    The Public Advocate announced today that he is nominating , campaign coordinator for and prominent progressive activist, to serve on the City Planning Commission and bring progressive change to NYC’s growth and development. More:
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    30 Dec 2020

    **End of year thread** This has been a year of writing for me. In the last twelve months, I have written over seventy thousand words in public writing.

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    29 Dec 2020

    This law was won by thousands of New Yorkers organizing and fighting for an When we fight, we win!! Next is

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    26 Dec 2020

    Getting ready for the annual "Kwanzaa is a made-up holiday" bashing by folks who don't seem to realize that every single holiday, by definition, is some shit that someone made up.

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    16 Dec 2020

    With a *$600* relief check, you could pay the median monthly rent for January in approximately zero states.

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    15 Dec 2020

    NEW REPORT! We just dropped the most comprehensive resource written to date about the prison industry, explaining exactly how it started, how it works, and how it harms our communities. Read and share it today!

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    10 Dec 2020

    The death penalty is cruel, barbaric, and ineffective. America lacks the moral and scientific authority to execute its citizens. History will regard our propensity for state-sponsored revenge as the evil that it is.

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    10 Dec 2020

    In 2016, her support of the death penalty was one of the things that made Hillary Clinton a non-starter for me. When I raised this, I was accused by “moderate” Democrats of having a purity test.

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  11. 6 Dec 2020

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    I almost never call people racist, but I have no other way to explain the venom w/ which a segment of the left reacted to my argument that to get disaffected Black ppl to vote, Dems need to reckon w/ how voting faithfully for Dems has made the party indifferent to our demands.
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    6 Dec 2020

    having no choice in internet providers, forcing you to pay $70/month for a slow connection that doesn’t reach your bathroom

    What’s something that’s clearly a scam but Americans have been conditioned to believe it’s “normal”?
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    29 Nov 2020

    Today is the . The UN established it in 1977 in the context of anti-imperial resistance, particularly to the United States, which has been blocking pathways to freedom for Palestinians.

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    29 Nov 2020

    The same people advocating for the cancellation of student debt have been among the loudest advocates for housing as a human right, rent cancellation, and other reforms. But only one of those things can happen by executive order on day one.

    If we can cancel student loan debt, we can also cancel rent. While I support both, it’s important to recognize how classism is reflected in this debt cancellation conversation... 1/
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    29 Nov 2020

    Folks get caught up on what Zillow tells them they can afford, and don't check that the lil mortgage calculator is going off 20% downpayment. Many of us aint got 48k to put down on a house. Which means your rate goes up, AND you now have to add in mortgage insurance cuz u dont

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    22 Nov 2020

    Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we’ll share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.

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    23 Nov 2020

    The book we have been waiting for. Mariame Kaba () on the abolitionist movement. just keeps cranking them out!

    Honored to edit this book of 's writings, for . Edited to show MK's journey as an organizer, intellectual roots of her political work, campaigns she's led/part of, and her constructive criticism of the abolitionist movement.
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    12 Nov 2020

    If you’re having a hard time with glasses fogging or keeping your mask up over your nose, a simple bandaid does wonders. Learned it in the OR. Feel free to share, it may save lives!

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  19. 15 Nov 2020

    “GOOD LOVE deserves an encore...” Word to Cheryl Lynn.

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    13 Nov 2020

    affordable housing is a concrete policy response to gender-based violence -

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