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Published in: openSecuritySchwarzwohnen: The spatial politics of squatting in East Berlin
East Berlin's squatter movement erupted across the city after the fall of the wall in 1989. But what role did...
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Published in: openSecurityMonuments to resistance
With the rise and repression of popular political protest on the streets of southern Europe, new monuments to...
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Published in: openSecurityCorporate colonisation of new India
Twenty years of corporate colonisation of the Indian countryside has fuelled conflict, forced-urbanisation and the...
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Published in: openSecurityThe poster boys of Kabul
Each year, for one week in September, Kabulis celebrate Martyrs Week. The image war which ensues on the streets,...
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Published in: openSecurityImpossible biographies: migrant life in crisis-Athens
Watch: Short film documenting the everyday life of migrants in Athens. Scapegoated for Greece's crisis and...
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Published in: openSecurityCity forgotten
Watch: Through the eyes of residents, local activists and civil society members, 'City Forgotten' tells the story of...
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Published in: openSecurityTwelve bullets in a man’s body, twelve more in a collective fantasy
Cities have emerged as a key site of popular struggle in post-apartheid South Africa. But with the ANC responding to...
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Published in: openSecurityBeirut's schizophrenic identity
The Syrian civil war is spilling into Lebanon and drawing Beirut’s schizophrenic sectarian identity to the surface.
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Published in: HomeThe protests in Turkey: urban warfare in 'rebel cities'
These are democratic protest movements in societies experiencing rapid change where the public’s demand for better...
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Published in: openSecurityResisting the city
In the face of rapid urban expansion and environmental degradation, the people of Usme, a periurban town of Bogotá,...
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Published in: openSecurityViolence and displacement in suburban Dhaka
A combination of violent rural and urban displacement have produced rings of poverty and exploitation on the...
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Published in: openSecurityLandscapes of emergency
Landscapes of Emergency is a brief glance over the undeclared state of emergency that casts its shadow over the...
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Published in: openSecurityCity bypassed: the casualties of Mumbai's urban renewal
Watch: A short film exploring Mumbai's urban renewal as seen from Byculla, a multicultural inner-city neighbourhood...
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Published in: openSecurityMount Zion: the city within
Rather than submit to the noxious dynamics of Spain’s colossal underground economy, the migrant workers of Mount...
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Published in: openSecurityA crisis of presence: the war on Greek cities
The closure of official channels of debate and establishment of migrant detention camps in Athens, has been the...
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Published in: openSecurityAn uncertain future for Tunis
Two years after the revolution, Tunisians have reclaimed public spaces in the city. But failing municipalities, a...
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Published in: openSecurityEviction Brixton: creating housing insecurity in London
The marketisation of access to housing security is central to the increasingly normative experience of housing...
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Published in: openSecurityMapping racist violence in Athens
In response to growing collusion between the far-right and the police in Athens, a new initiative seeks to map, on a...
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Published in: openSecuritySão Paulo: the city and its protest
While the recent protests in São Paulo are made up of a cross-section of Paulite society 'waking up' to social...
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Published in: openSecurityThe case for city status in post-war Gulu
In northern Uganda, local leaders are pushing for Gulu to receive city status. But does the municipality have what...