Protest and Resistance in Los Angeles Chinatown

Description

This photoessay contains images of various forms of resistance and protest against gentrification, displacement, and evictions in Los Angeles Chinatown in 2019.

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Image of celebration at Ai Hoa Market

Ai Hoa Celebration

This is a photo from the CCED celebration of Ai Hoa's departure on 11/9/19. Ai Hoa was the last full service grocery store in Los Angeles Chinatown, but was pushed out of the neighborhood after real estate developer Tom Gilmore purchased the building and informally evicted the store.

March for Affordable Housing

This is a photo from a march for affordable housing in Los Angeles Chinatown in May 2019.

Atlas Capital Protest

This photo is from an August 2019 CCED protest of Atlas Capital, a real estate developer looking to build in Los Angeles Chinatown.

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November 15, 2019

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Raymond Fang. 15 November 2019, "Protest and Resistance in Los Angeles Chinatown", Center for Ethnography, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 25 November 2019, accessed 19 December 2024. http://centerforethnography.org/content/protest-and-resistance-los-angeles-chinatown