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Published in: TransformationBreakfast in DetroitVisions of Detroit as a "ruined city" have become popular. But volunteers are stepping into the breach to rebuild...
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Published in: openSecurityFootball, politics and protest in BrazilThe protests on the streets of Brazilian cities are by no means anti-Brazil (or even anti-football). Rather, they...
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Published in: openSecurityCopa pra quem?In Belo Horizonte, under the slogan "Copa pra quem?" (Whose Cup?) thousands have taken to the streets, occupied and...
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Published in: openSecurityThe demonstration gamesRecent protests over a bus fare increase signal a major shift in Brazilian society as the growing middle class...
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Published in: openSecurityFraudulent democracy and urban stasis in Turkey
Turkey's urban citizens are standing up against authoritarian governance, and for their right to the city, their...
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Published in: openSecurityWe take back what's ours!
We are the resistance. We are not victims. We are citizens with a duty to defend our commons, and we will not bargain.
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Published in: openSecurityIstanbul in lockdownAnother sleepless night in Istanbul as thousands of people take to the streets to oppose Erdogan's increasingly...
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Published in: HomeHusby and territorial stigma in SwedenThis statement appeared at the beginning of June in the Swedish broadsheet SVD, calling for a public investigation...
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Published in: openSecurityThe pyres of SpringThe riots which besieged Stockholm's suburbs in late May, are not indicative of some ‘exclusion’ from mainstream...
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Published in: HomeToday we are all someone new!
Reclaiming Taksim has shattered AKP's hegemony in deciding what a square is supposed to mean for us citizens,...
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Published in: openSecurityTurkish hopes for a new beginningWhether or not the protestors currently occupying Istanbul's Taksim square can evolve into an effective, open and...
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Published in: openSecurityReclaiming life in the precarious cityDespite the recent crackdown on squatting in the UK and Europe, across the Global North we are now witnessing the...
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Published in: HomeThe Gezi Park occupation: confronting authoritarian neoliberalismGas, gas, gas, it is the only way they deal with problems that come under one heading.
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Published in: openSecurityAfter Syntagma: where are the occupiers now?In 2011, at a time of financial crisis and in opposition to impending austerity measures, Greeks of all ages came...
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Published in: openSecurityPlanning for exclusion in AbujaRigid planning and development controls in Abuja, Nigeria's modern capital, have served to exclude population groups...
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Published in: openSecurityThe myth of resettlement in DelhiSince 2000, activist groups across India have sought to defend slum communities from dispossession in favour of...
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Published in: openSecurityMetronome
A short film exploring emerging social tensions within Athens' public spaces (8 mins).
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Published in: openDemocracyUKByron, Brewdog, and the recuperation of radical aesthetics'Dirty Burger' rebellion versus the experience and traditions of genuine anti-capitalist space. This week's Friday Essay.
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Published in: openSecurityFailed cities?Everyday life in some western cities is often more dangerous than living in so-called 'failed states'. Is it thus...
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Published in: openSecuritySpectacle and surveillance in BrazilThe unprecedented series of mega-events which are set to take place across Brazil in the coming years have lead to...
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Published in: TransformationThirty articles on nonviolent protest
