<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hello David, et al;<div><br></div><div>I have just finished reading a very interesting book on tenants, by Ricardo Trajan.</div><div>It is called: The Tenant Class.</div><div>Yes, this tends to be a Marxian type analysis of the conflicting interests of landlords ( capital) and tenants ( workers ). Higher rents make higher profits.</div><div><br></div><div>The review from our Toronto Public Library website says:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="tpl-label" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: "Open Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", Arial;">Summary/Review:</span><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: "Open Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", Arial; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"> "In this trailblazing manifesto, political economist Ricardo Tranjan places tenants and landlords on either side of the class divide that splits North American society. What if there is no housing crisis, but instead a housing market working exactly as intended? What if rent hikes and eviction notices aren’t the work of the invisible hand of the market, but of a parasitic elite systematically funneling wealth away from working-class families? With clarity and precision, Tranjan breaks down pervasive myths about renters, mom-and-pop landlords, and housing affordability. In a society where home ownership is seen as the most important hallmark of a successful life, Tranjan refuses to absolve the landlords and governments that reap massive profits from the status quo. The tenant class must face powerful systems of disinformation and exploitation to secure decent homes and fair rent. Drawing upon a long, inspiring history of collective action in Canada, Tranjan argues that organized tenants have the power to fight back."--</span><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jun 7, 2023, at 12:05 PM, Greg Gillis via craic <craic@lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr">Thank you, David, very informative and hopeful that Francis is encouraging reform to the global economy.<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font size="2">Greg</font></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 9:50 PM David Walsh via craic <<a href="mailto:craic@lists.integralshift.ca">craic@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg4264950218376600707">
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<div class="m_4264950218376600707WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif">Good article!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif">David
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif"><a href="http://david@dwalsh.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">david@dwalsh.ca</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,13,171)"><a href="http://%0bWe%20need%20to%20take%20sides%20in%20tenants'%20rent%20strike%0d#Toronto%20Star%0Dhttps://www.thestar.com%C2%A0›%20Opinion%20›%20Contributors" target="_blank"><br>
<b><span style="font-size:15pt">We need to take sides in tenants' rent strike</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="m_4264950218376600707MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://%0bWe%20need%20to%20take%20sides%20in%20tenants'%20rent%20strike%0d#Toronto%20Star%0Dhttps://www.thestar.com%C2%A0›%20Opinion%20›%20Contributors" target="_blank"><span id="cid:188969a07f54cff311"><image001.png></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Toronto
Star</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="m_4264950218376600707MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://%0bWe%20need%20to%20take%20sides%20in%20tenants'%20rent%20strike%0d#Toronto%20Star%0Dhttps://www.thestar.com%C2%A0›%20Opinion%20›%20Contributors" target="_blank">https://www.thestar.com ›
Opinion › Contributors<u></u><u></u></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="m_4264950218376600707muxgbd"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,117,122)">3 days ago — </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(77,81,86)">Faced
with skyrocketing rents and the endless housing debates that accomplish little, organized tenants are going on </span><em><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(95,99,104);font-style:normal">rent strike</span></b></em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(77,81,86)">.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)"><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/thorncliffe-park-tenants-rent-strike-above-guideline-rent-increases-1.6864130" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(26,13,171);text-decoration:none"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:15pt;color:rgb(26,13,171);text-decoration:none">Another group of Toronto tenants refuses to pay rent, this ...</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><u></u><u></u></span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/thorncliffe-park-tenants-rent-strike-above-guideline-rent-increases-1.6864130" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><span id="cid:188969a07f55b16b22"><image002.png></span></span><span class="m_4264950218376600707vuuxrf"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);text-decoration:none">CBC</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,13,171);text-decoration:none"><u></u><u></u></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><cite><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(77,81,86);font-style:normal"><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/thorncliffe-park-tenants-rent-strike-above-guideline-rent-increases-1.6864130" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(77,81,86);text-decoration:none">https://www.cbc.ca</span><span class="m_4264950218376600707apx8vc"><span style="color:rgb(77,81,86);text-decoration:none"> ›
news › canada › toronto › thornc...</span></span><span style="color:rgb(26,13,171);text-decoration:none"><u></u><u></u></span></a></span></cite></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="m_4264950218376600707muxgbd"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,117,122)">18 hours ago — </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(77,81,86)">More
than 100 tenants in a Thorncliffe Park apartment complex have stopped paying </span><em><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(95,99,104);font-style:normal">rent</span></b></em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(77,81,86)"> to </span><em><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(95,99,104);font-style:normal">protest</span></b></em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(77,81,86)"> proposed
above-guideline </span><em><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(95,99,104);font-style:normal">rent</span></b></em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(77,81,86)"> increases of ...<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_4264950218376600707myvuie" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background:white">
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<span style="font-size:15pt">What are rent strikes — and do they work?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></a></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; background: white;"><span class="m_4264950218376600707MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://%0bWhat%20are%20rent%20strikes%20—%20and%20do%20they%20work?%0dhttps://www.cbc.ca%C2%A0›%20news%20›%20canada%20›%20rent-strike-tenan...%0d" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca ›
news › canada › rent-strike-tenan...<span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u><u></u></span></a></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; background: white;"><span class="m_4264950218376600707muxgbd"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,117,122)">12 hours ago — </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(77,81,86)">In
Toronto, about 200 residents of a highrise are on </span><em><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(95,99,104);font-style:normal">strike</span></b></em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(77,81,86)"> —
they're refusing to pay </span><em><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(95,99,104);font-style:normal">rent</span></b></em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(77,81,86)">. It's their
form of </span><em><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(95,99,104);font-style:normal">protest</span></b></em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(77,81,86)"> against the owners of ...<u></u><u></u></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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