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David Gilbert’s fame, already widespread due to his own accomplishments, grew last year when his son, Chesa Boudin, ran for and won the office of San Francisco district attorney. Chesa emphasized during his campaign that he had grown up visiting his parents in prison and learning the cruelty of imprisonment to prisoners and their families. When Chesa tweeted this photo last August, he wrote: “Flashback to 1985 on one of countless prison visits to my dad. In this one, I’m rocking the homemade Rosa Parks t-shirt! Her legacy is a testament to the fact that racial justice will never be achieved unless we have the courage to rock the boat.”

Free David Gilbert: It’s that time of year again, Clemency 2020

David Gilbert, now 76, is in Shawangunk Correctional Facility in his 40th year of a life sentence. In the interests of justice, mercy and the good of society, he and countless others deserve to be released.

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Beyond Plague Urbanism
by Andy Merrifield
Over the centuries, humans have survived tragedy through the incredible stoicism of not moving, of standing one’s ground, of resisting, of engaging in tremendous creativity. Perhaps we can use the time alone to think collectively, to reflect together on how we might reconstruct the public realm of our cities.
“Your Economics Professor is almost Certainly a Charlatan”
by Michael D. Yates
Mary Filippo began in 2004 to audit economics classes in the hope that she could “learn something about globalization. Does it really help people in developing countries? What are its downsides?” She did not learn these things.

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