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Category Archives: Economic Justice

The Wisdom of #ByeAnita: On Political Perfection and Radical Strategy

March 28, 2016by Benji Hart 4 Comments

Earlier this month, Chicago’s state’s attorney Anita Alvarez was decisively voted out of office. Her key role—not merely in covering up the murder of Laquan McDonald, but in regularly defending […]

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Economic Justice, Education, Ethnic Studies, Liberalism

When Police Kill Us, We Don’t Need To Apologize

January 4, 2016by Benji Hart 6 Comments

“There are good cops” is a desperately reassuring refrain we hear regularly in the movement for Black lives. Indeed, we are often the ones who say it. When a cousin of […]

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Economic Justice, Ethnic Studies, Liberalism

Radical Gentry: Activism and Displacement

September 16, 2015by Benji Hart 4 Comments

I’m Black. I’m queer. I’m from a wealthy family. I’m formally educated. I did not grow up in the city in which I currently live. I work for a nonprofit […]

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Economic Justice, Ethnic Studies, Liberalism, Queer Power

An Open Letter from a Black Man to His White Family in a Moment of Violence

August 28, 2015by Benji Hart 12 Comments

To the white people I share home with, I’ve gotten degrees. I’ve been published. I’ve spoken at academic gatherings. I’ve taught classes and workshops. I’ve built up a resume. I’ve […]

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Economic Justice, Ethnic Studies

#BlackOutPride Action Disrupts Chicago Pride Parade

June 28, 2015by Benji Hart 34 Comments

Happening Now: Members of the Black queer community of Chicago are disrupting the Chicago Pride Parade. Here is their public statement: On this day in 1969, Sylvia Rivera, a Boricua […]

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Economic Justice, Ethnic Studies, Queer Power

In Support of Baltimore: Or; Smashing Police Cars Is Logical Political Strategy

April 26, 2015by Benji Hart 219 Comments

As a nation, we fail to comprehend Black political strategy in much the same way we fail to recognize the value of Black life. We see ghettos and crime and […]

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Economic Justice, Ethnic Studies

Can We Build an Anti-Policing Movement that Isn’t Anti-Police?

December 29, 2014by Benji Hart 7 Comments

Last week my immediate family came out with my friends and me to their first protest since the fatal shooting of Mike Brown. They were interested in getting involved in the […]

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Economic Justice, Ethnic Studies

Escape the Academy: Militancy and the University

July 20, 2014by Benji Hart 9 Comments

I was lucky enough to share a meal a few weeks ago with a current student at my alma mater, who was embroiled this last year in a struggle over […]

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Economic Justice, Education, Queer Power

Club Life: Consumption, Addiction and Being Queer

May 24, 2014by Benji Hart 4 Comments

I first started going to strip clubs when I was about nineteen years old, ushered in by my close high school friends who had begun working there as dancers. This […]

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Economic Justice, Queer Power

Why Now?: A New Whole Foods and the Future of Job Justice

September 7, 2013by Benji Hart Leave a comment

‘We need jobs’ has been the call for decades. Impoverished communities, neighborhood organizations, nonprofits and even local government have long argued for the importance of employment opportunities in battling poverty, […]

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Economic Justice

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