local struggles in world of crashes
Interview to Manuel Castells by Occupied London at http://www.occupiedlondon.org/castells/
An article by Laura Burkhalter and Manuel Castells explores the urban dimension of the current economic crisis at http://www.archinect.com/images/uploads/Beyond_the_Crisis_-_Towards_a_new_Urban_Paradigm.pdf
German Alliance “We do not pay for your crisis!” is an open organization launching an action/day the 17th of September 2009 to discuss local possibilities and initiatives for solidarity against the crisis.
Text in German
http://www.kapitalismuskrise.org/
Lecture by David Harvey at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, april 2009
The Urban Roots of the Fiscal Crisis
How many fiscal disruptions over the last thirty years have been urban/property led?
Why does this particular one takes the form it does?
In what ways does this fits into a Marxist theory of urbanization under capitalism?
Spring/Summer 2009 Issue 12 in urbanism
As the housing liberation movement grows, Take Back the Land is featured in many US and International news / watch the videos here:
At the occasion of G 20 protests in London, March/April 2009, the group “London Housing Action Now” produced a leaflet about the current housing and financial crisis, focussing on the U.K. Read
HOUSING IS A RIGHT, NOT A COMMODITY…
Two US comrades investigate the tent city in Sacramento, California
I’ll be around in the dark. I’ll be ever’where. Wherever there’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever there’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there. I’ll be in the way guys yell when they’re mad…An’ when our folks [...]
Original transcript appeared on a Brian Mier article, reporting from the WSF in Belem for Vice Magazine :
BELEM - INTRODUCING DAVID HARVEY (LITERALLY), NOW FIND OUT WHY YOU LOST YOUR JOB
http://vice.typepad.com/vice_magazine/2009/02/belem—introdu.html#more
- editor note : Thanks to Patrick Bond for sharing this article -
From: Bretton Woods Project
Despite being billed as a ‘Bretton Woods 2′ meeting, the first G20 heads of state meeting in Washington in mid-November agreed little of substance, and was criticised for an opaque, closed preparation process.
The next G20 Heads of State meeting will be in London on 2 April 2009.
Under the following five headings, immediate [...]
In light of the shifting implementation of the $700 billion financial bailout legislation, the Partnership to Preserve Affordable Housing wants to renew our call to federal legislators to address the more than 60,000 units of affordable multi-family re!ntal housing that have been overleveraged in New York City.