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  • Sick in the city

    Sick in the city

    The COVID-19 pandemic exposed spatial conditions as opposed to pure population density as key factors in how infection travels through a city.

  • A face in the crowd

    A face in the crowd

    Marshall Berman, the celebrated political philosopher and urbanist, died ten years ago this month. His deep commitment to a Marxist humanism, a 'Marxism with soul', has much still to teach us.
  • The Case for Walking Slowly

    The Case for Walking Slowly

    The illusion of speed is the belief that it saves time, but Frédéric Gros finds that if anything, haste accelerates time, especially when it comes to walking.

  • The radical politics of pirates

    The radical politics of pirates

    We will always love pirates, as long as there are powerful people to be resisted and causes of social justice to be fought for.”

  • A Platform of Fear

    A Platform of Fear

    R. Trebor Scholz proposes worker self-management and ownership as an antidote to digital labour practices such as Uber’s ‘deactivation’ of drivers.