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About this episode

Preview of Tompkins Square Park: Operation Class War on the Lower East Side created in 1992 by Paper Tiger Television. We won't give it all away here, but suffice it to say that the NYC Government, police, developers and the local mainstream media have been caught in the act of forcibly gentrifying New York's Lower East Side. This tape looks at Tompkins Square Park, the homeless problem of the neighborhood, and the Riot of ྔ and events leadin g to the closing of the park, through local radio, video and community activists. Relevant to anyone who lives in contemporary urban society.

• Release Date

  Aug 27, 2007

• Runtime

  04:01