Nonprofits could never: Three members of the autonomous West Side Tenants Association/WSTA discuss the evergreen problem of charity; what movements gain by putting collectivism before individualism; how knowing your neighbors is the most effective and meaningful survival tactic; and the inspiration we all get from past solidarity work in the Bay, like the thousands of people who came together around the I Hotel in the 1970s.

• West Side Tenants Association (also on Instagram)

• The Worst Evictors of San Francisco and Oakland

• Past episodes mentioned:

  Should Social Movement Work Be Paid? f/ Dean Spade

  How City College Got Free f/ James Tracy

  Landlord Tech Watch f/ Erin McElroy