{"product_id":"we-live-here-detroit-eviction-defense-and-the-battle-for-housing-justice","title":"We Live Here: Detroit Eviction Defense and the Battle for Housing Justice","description":"\u003cb\u003eA graphic novel featuring uplifting stories of combatting--and beating--calls for their eviction in Detroit, showing how everyday people are fighting to stay in their homes, organizing with their communities, and winning.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Live Here!\u003c\/i\u003e is a graphic novel biography of the members of the local activist group Detroit Eviction Defense combatting--and beating--calls for their eviction. By illustrating the stories of families struggling against evictions, the book gives a voice to those who have remained in Detroit, showing the larger complexities at work in a beleaguered city. These are everyday people fighting back, organizing with others, going into the streets, and winning their homes back. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat will Detroit look like in the future? Today cheap property entices real estate speculators from around the world. Artists arrive from all over viewing the city as a creative playground. Billionaires are re-sculpting downtown as a spot for tourism. But beyond the conventional players in urban growth and development, Detroit Eviction Defense (DED) members--like others engaged in place-based struggles all over the country--are pushing back, saying in effect, \"we live here, we've been here, there is no Detroit without us.\"\r","brand":"Jeffrey Wilson, Bambi Kramer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44454589825260,"sku":"9781644212424","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781644212424.jpg?v=1708906615","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/we-live-here-detroit-eviction-defense-and-the-battle-for-housing-justice","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}