Oct 20, 2007Urbanization, Gentrification, Homelessness Neil Smith: Gentrification in Berlin and the Revanchist State Neil Smith, author of the seminal book "The urban frontier" (1996) and countless articles on gentrification, spatial scales, globalization and state...
Sep 11, 2007Surveillance, Gentrification American Political Science Association: Drop the § 129a charges The urban section of the American Political Science Association (worldwide membership: over 15.000) passed a resolution to condemn the charges...
Sep 07, 2007Security, Surveillance, Gentrification Neil Smith: German GWOT Misfire [from The Nation, September 24, 2007 ] [german version is here: http://einstellung.so36.net/en/ps/296] The signs from Europe on the...
Aug 24, 2007Security, Surveillance, Gentrification RC21 demands to drop charges The influential Research Committee on Urban and Regional Development (RC21) of the International Sociological Association (ISA) sends a letter of...
Aug 23, 2007Security, Surveillance, Gentrification American Sociological Association: Letter to the Federal Prosecutor We just received a letter of support from the governing council of the American Sociological Association, representing over 14.000 sociologists in...
Aug 16, 2007Security, Surveillance, Gentrification Open letter to the Generalbundesanwaltschaft against the criminalization of critical academic research and political engagement On 31st July 2007 the flats and workplaces of Dr. Andrej H. and Dr. Matthias B., as well as of five other persons, were searched by the police. Dr....
Aug 10, 2007Security, Surveillance, Gentrification Don't use the G-Word: Criminalization of critical academic research in Germany We learned last week that two of our friends and colleagues, Andrej H. and Mathias B., are charged with “membership in a terrorist association...
