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How Oakland Tenants Forced Their Landlord To Turn Over the Keys

Mathilde Lind Gustavussen Jacobin
The city of Oakland’s longest rent strike has ended in victory for tenants. They didn’t just win necessary repairs or rent control; they decommodified their housing, getting profit-motivated landlords out of the picture altogether.

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