Take Back the Land! : Land, Gentrification, and the Umoja Village Shantytown

Evictions and housing insecurity aren’t new issues in this country; since the beginning of European colonization of the Amerikas, displacement, forced encampment, and enslavement have been critical to sustaining the wealth of a small number of white male settlers. The foundation of this U.S. occupation has always rested on the practices of extraction and expansionism, building over anyone who dares to challenge the corporate elite's gross mismanagement of the land. The call to “free the land” is not simply about grass, water, or territory; it’s a call for reclamation: of culture, autonomy, and community control. This week on Race Capitol, co-host Nomi Isaac sits down with Haitian-born Pan-African theorist, organizer, and author of the book “Take Back the Land: Land, gentrification, and the Umoja Village Shantytown,” Max Rameau. We discuss the links between policing and housing--and reflect on how a small community of housing insecure people launched a 6-month long occupation to protest against gentrification in FL. In the spirit of Black August, we open the show with words + a call to action from New Afrikan prisoner, Shaka Shakur.

You can listen to Take Back the Land! : Land, Gentrification, and the Umoja Village Shantytown online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Take Back the Land! : Land, Gentrification, and the Umoja Village Shantytown is an episode from Race Capitol by Race Capitol.

This episode is 01:21:16 long.

This episode was published on Aug 11, 2021.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Race Capitol when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.