Hello everybody and welcome back to Rev Left Radio. On today's episode we have on

Tracy and Leonardo who authored the book Abolish Rent, How Tenets Can End the Housing

Crisis.

They are also the co-founders of the LA Tenants Union, which is a really successful,

really inspiring movement based out of LA that is fighting

for tenants, you know, survival and community against the housing crisis and landlords, the

corrupt government, etc.

This conversation is incredibly detailed, wide-ranging.

They're both brilliant and they're equipped not only with theoretical knowledge, but with the wisdom that can only

be forged through real organizing experience.

So this is an essential listen for anybody at all engaged in or interested in becoming engaged in the

tenant union struggles creating your own tenant union fighting against you know

the the depredations of the housing crisis in your community etc but also for people

who organize more broadly there's so many incredibly important strategic and tactical points

made so many crucial connections with all these seemingly disparate problems and

issues in our society wrangling them all together and showing how they're

all deeply and inexorably connected and so much more. I really found that and ways. So I'm very excited to release this episode and to encourage people to go check out

the book and learn from the example set by the comrades in the LA Tenants Union. And as always, if you like what we do here at Rev Left Radio, you can support us at patreon.com

forward slash Rev Left Radio.

We are 100% listener funded, always have been, always will be, and it makes a huge difference in me and my

producer's lives. So without further ado, here's my conversation with Tracy and

Leonardo about their newest book, Abolish Rent, How Tenants Can End The Housing Crisis. abolish rent, how tenants can end the housing crisis.

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