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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: 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: openSecurityMetronomeA short film exploring emerging social tensions within Athens' public spaces (8 mins).
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Published in: openSecurityBeyond the ghost townThe collapse of Spain's property-led economy stands to highlight the intense yet fraught relationship between...
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Published in: openSecurityThe return of the state to the Parisian banlieueEight years since the 2005 Parisian riots and French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announces a ‘return of the...
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Published in: openSecurityThe battle for space in Barcelona: the 'rose of fire'Beyond indignation and in the wake of a housing market crash, a series of daily battles are taking place on the...
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Published in: openSecurityDevelopment and dissent in China's 'urban age'As China enters an 'urban age' for the first time in its entire history, a new set of urban conflicts over identity,...
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Published in: openSecurityThe politics of neglect in post-Mubarak CairoThe politics of neglect which has long governed Cairo's expansive informal spaces looks set to remain well into the...
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Published in: openSecurityGreetings from Athenian democracyThe rise of Golden Dawn as a political force on the streets of Athens has provided the Greek state the opportunity...
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Published in: openSecurityOn strategies of spatial resistance in PalestineThe recent international coverage of the Bab Al-Shams camp depicted the demonstrators as mirroring Israeli settler...
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Published in: openSecurityFoucault’s boomerang: the new military urbanismAs our planet urbanizes more rapidly than ever before, an insidious set of boomerang effects, linking security...
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Published in: openSecurityNotes from Athens: Political build-upPhoto-essay: Freelance filmmaker Ross Domoney, recounts his experiences over the past two years covering protest and...
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Published in: openSecurityNotes from Athens: Social meltdown
Film: Dr Dimitris Dalakoglou details the social meltdown taking place in Greece from May 2010 to the current date....
