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Never not organizing: long resistance and the fight against gentrification in Pilsen, Chicago

In: A Research Agenda for Gentrification

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  • Winifred Curran
  • Euan Hague

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Resistance is not about any one project or tactic, but rather is a constellation of practices and events that creates an alternative of what a neighborhood could be and who it should serve. This requires what we call “long resistance”, a sustained and multi-faceted engagement with community-building and contestation that utilizes a full array of tools in the community organizing toolbox, from direct action to electoral politics. We illustrate one such case of long resistance by detailing the history of struggle at one site in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, a predominantly Mexican-American neighborhood on the lower west side. Through decades of activism around housing justice, activists have reshaped the conversation around urban development, leading to successful organization against market rate housing and the city’s commitment to build affordable housing on the site.

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  • Winifred Curran & Euan Hague, 2023. "Never not organizing: long resistance and the fight against gentrification in Pilsen, Chicago," Chapters, in: Winifred Curran & Leslie Kern (ed.), A Research Agenda for Gentrification, chapter 7, pages 129-149, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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