Arch Nemesis

This episode, I share my conversation with the excellent organizer, Shakelia Bolden, who coordinates operations at St. Louis Mutual Aid. We discussed a wide range of topics on theory and practice of mutual aid, why it's necessary, and what that has looked like in St. Louis.

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You can find Shakelia and St. Louis Mutual Aid on their website.

The resource guide constructed by Shakelia in partnership with SQSH is here.

Articles on the White House and the end of pandemic from the Washington Post and NY Times (2021)

Death Panel and Health Communism by Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant.

Death Panel's History of Section 504 Part One and Two

The book Shakelia referenced in our discussion, Pleasure Activism

Welcome to the first episode of Arch Nemesis! I talk with my friend Sarah Watkins, Lead Field of Organizer of what is now Tenants Transforming Greater St. Louis.

We talked about the basics of tenant organizing, the housing struggle in St. Louis, and what just housing might look like.

Some references from our conversation:

Vice article about the landlord convention in St. Louis.

Kansas City Fed article about price increases.

Article about FTC complaint about egg prices.

NLIHC Out of Reach Report.

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