Past Events
Social Ecology and the Right to the City: From the Middle East to the USA
Posted by Rose Black on
Across the world, a new wave of urban social movements are arising: movements building economic, social, and political alternatives based on solidarity, equality, and participation. At the forefront of these, social ecology is emerging as a rich body of ideas spanning disciplines as diverse as democracy, economics, and urbanism to technology, philosophy, and social development.
Take the City: The Future of Radical Urban Social Movements
Posted by Rose Black on
Since the late 2000s, the majority of human beings have lived in cities. Across the world, a new wave of urban social movements is rising to fight against corporate control, social exclusion, hostile immigration policies, gender oppression, and ecological devastation.
Rent Strike: Housing Activism in the Pandemic
Posted by Rose Black on
We were already suffering from a housing crisis, with landlords and banks jacking up the rents and doing mass evictions. And that was before the pandemic.