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Posted on October 20th, 2009 under Right to the City, movements, evictions & demolitions, action. Tags: call for solidarity, DAL, Right to the City. Comments: None

http://bashne.net/
Petition against the Construction of the Okhta Center Tower (Saint Petersburg)
We, the undersigned, would like to express our opposition to the planned construction of the 396-meter-tall Okhta Center skyscraper in Saint Petersburg.
We believe that construction cannot be allowed to go ahead. Erecting a building of this height would irreversibly ruin the Petersburg cityscape, which is [...]

Posted on September 14th, 2009 under Uncategorized, Urgent calls and petitions, Russia. Tags: Capitalism, Right to the City, urban speculation. Comments: 4

Line in front of the business-centre “Karelia”, where the the public hearing over the planed “Gazprom city” took place
See more photos:
Photo reportage part 1
Photo reportage part 2
The pubic hearing on “Gazprom city” in St. Petersburg was scheduled on Sept. 1st, the traditional begining of the russian school year. But neither this important day for Russian [...]

Posted on September 14th, 2009 under Right to the City, Russia, transactions & privatisations. Tags: Capitalism, Right to the City, urban speculation. Comments: None

Climate Camp Site Taken at Blackheath, Greenwich in London.
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http://www.youtube.com/user/climatelife

http://london.indymedia.org/articles/1978
On the 26 August 2009 hundreds of Climate activists converge on Blackheath in Greenwich for the set up of the 2009 London Climate Camp. Groups gathered at locations across the city for midday, awaiting instructions to be sent by SMS which led them in stages towards the [...]

Posted on August 27th, 2009 under Climate Camp, Right to the City, movements, UK, repression, action, squats. Tags: Access to Land, Capitalism, G20, reclaiming spaces, Resistance, Right to the City. Comments: None

In Sulukule, after heavy public pressure it seems that the responsible housing administrations (TOKI) now give the solidarity groups the chance to propose a an alternative plan. We urgently need international support at this critical moment.
Attached please find the urgent call and sample letter.
urgent-call-for-sulukule
sulukule-dayanisma-mektubu
solidarity-with-sulukule-studio
Thanks for your kind solidarity.
Aysim Turkmen
6 August, 2009

URGENT CALL FROM [...]

Posted on August 14th, 2009 under countries, Turkey. Tags: call for solidarity, eviction, Resistance, Right to the City. Comments: None

By now we all know about the mess that was the eviction of the Climate Camp In The City, which was Climate Camp’s genuinely novel idea to set up home in Threadneedle Street - the heart of London’s banking district, over the G20 summit.

Posted on May 12th, 2009 under G20 London, Right to the City, Uncategorized, movements, UK, repression, evictions & demolitions, action, squats. Tags: G20, Resistance, Right to the City, repression. Comments: None

TEAR DOWN THE WALLS! RAISE THE ROOFS!
HOUSING MARCH @ G20 MELTDOWN 1 APRIL … meet at Cannon Street at 11AM
On April the 2nd the world’s leaders are meeting in London for the G20 summit. In the wake of the banking crisis, they are meeting to try to salvage a tottering system, which is aimed at [...]

Posted on March 27th, 2009 under Foreclosure, Right to the City, Uncategorized, movements, UK, repression, evictions & demolitions, action, squats, transactions & privatisations. Tags: G20, housing, London, Right to the City. Comments: None

Copy below is the text for the callout from London about the G20 Meltdown on April 1st 2009.

Posted on February 28th, 2009 under movements, UK, action. Tags: Capitalism, G20, housing, land, London, meltdown, Right to the City. Comments: 1