Patreon Preview 187. The Mass Upgrading of Landlords

Published: Aug. 30, 2022, 9:30 p.m.

b'We talk about the booming market for \\u2013 and community organizing against \\u2013 landlord technologies that use invasive surveillance to terrorize tenants and automate evictions. In addition to discussing the broader political economy and social toxicity of this shit, we also introduce a new psycho into the canon.\\n\\nSome stuff we reference:\\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 Automating gentrification: Landlord technologies and housing justice organizing in New York City homes https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/02637758221088868\\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 Automated landlord: Digital technologies and post-crisis financial accumulation https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0308518X19846514\\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 Electronic Fortification in Phoenix: Surveillance Technologies and Social Regulation in Residential Communities https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1078087406292845\\n\\nGrab TMK gear: bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast/ \\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)'