Astra Taylor

@astra.bsky.social

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Writer of books (latest one is END TIMES FASCISM with Naomi Klein), maker of documentaries, schemer with the Debt Collective, editing at Hammer & Hope. "A hugely influential figure on the modern Left" — City Journal

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TODAY: Los Angeles Tenants Launch Historic Utility Strike, Demand City Ban Ratio Utility Billing System Corporate landlords are increasingly using “Ratio Utility Billing Systems” (RUBS) to make utilities expenses opaque, avoid necessary repairs and undermine tenant protections More than 200 tenants across two Los Angeles buildings have signed a petition demanding an end to RUBS LOS ANGELES, C.A. — Today, more than fifty tenants across two Los Angeles apartment buildings will launch a historic utility strike, refusing to pay their landlord Equity Residential — one of the largest landlords in Los Angeles and the United States — for their costly and irregularly priced utility bills.
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