April 25, 2012
CUNY Graduate Center
Rebel Cities: Occupation, the Commons and Urban Democracy
Long before the Occupy movement, modern cities have been both the central sites of capital accumulation and of revolutionary politics, where deeper currents of social and political change rise to the surface. Struggles over who controls access to resources and space become struggles over who dictates the quality and organization of daily life--is it the financiers and developers, or the people?
In 2011, these struggles erupted worldwide, from the Middle East to Greece and Spain; from Italy and London to Chile; and of course, throughout the United States. David Harvey and David Graeber, the theorists of the Right to the City and of Occupy, will discuss their travels to different worldwide revolts in this past year, as well as strategies and tactics for transforming radical action into an urban revolution. In 2011, urban America's became a site of anti-capitalist resistance; in 2012, how can this resistance grow?
6.30pm – 9.00pm
CUNY Graduate Center
365 5th Ave , Large Auditorium
New York, NY 10016 United States
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CONTEST: Win tickets to Wednesday's Sold Out Discussion between David Harvey and David Graeber
Did you miss the opportunity to register to attend "Rebel Cities: Occupation, the Commons and Urban Democracy," David Harvey and David Graeber's talk at CUNY Grad Center this Wednesday?
Never fear, now's your chance to win tickets to the sold out event. We're giving away front-row seats to two lucky Harvey fans, who write to us with the following:
Write to us in the comments section of this blog post with your favorite David Harvey quote. No more than four lines, please, and with title of book, page number and copyright date. If your quote is from an article, please include name of publication, page number and copyright date.
We'll choose two people at random to win. To be considered, your quote must appear in the comments section of this blog post. Winners will be announced Wednesday, April 25th at 12pm.
Good luck!
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From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution: David Harvey’s April 10th Brian Lehrer Show interview
Yesterday morning acclaimed theorist David Harvey was featured as a guest on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show, holding court on the commons, urban democracy and what he means when, in his new book Rebel Cities, he asserts that we must create a politics around the principle of just cities.
Listen to the interview by clicking this link.
One of the last questions Professor Harvey answered was whether war is inevitable--part of Brian Lehrer's ongoing "End of War" series. Click here to listen to his thoughtful response.
... and visit the Brian Lehrer Show to listen to the segment in full.
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Verso launches David Harvey’s Rebel Cities with Brian Lehrer appearance, CUNY Grad Center discussion with David Graeber
In New York and London, gentrification transforms previously low-income neighborhoods into playgrounds for the rich, while foreclosures have pushed scores of Americans out of their own homes. Land grabs for urban spaces inhabited by the poor and disenfranchised worldwide--from the favelas of Rio to the slums of Mumbai--further entrench the vast divide between the holders of capital and the dispossessed.
David Harvey's new book Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution explores the future of this radically unstable world. Unveiling a vision of the city as a social, political and liveable commons, Harvey pinpoints cities as the focus for anti-capitalist resistance, arguing that the definition of the right to the city is itself an object of struggle--and that this struggle must proceed in tandem with concrete efforts to materialize it.
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Harvey, D. (2003). The Right to the City. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 27(4), 939.