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The Goonies: A Working Class Struggle against Luxury Development

The Goonies is the story of disrupting a luxury development project and how the working-class neighborhood, known as the Goon Docks, fights it. This central theme runs throughout the movie, following the plot of the Goonies, a ragtag group of working class kids, struggling to save their community. Similarly PUEBLO, a coalition of grassroots organizations […]

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Eastie DSA Letter to Mass Dems

“We will also expand programs to prevent displacement of existing residents, especially in communities of color; create affordable and workforce housing; and preserve neighborhood-serving nonprofit organizations and small businesses.” — Democratic National Committee 2020 Platform The location that Mass Dems is using to screen the Democratic National Convention, Suffolk Downs, is at the center of […]