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Mobility Justice: The Politics of Movement in an Age of Extremes

by Mimi Sheller

Mobility justice is one of the crucial political and ethical issues of our day
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles

by Mike Davis

A fiercely elegant and wide-ranging history of L.A.’s Dickensian extremes and Pynchonesque conspiracies

15 posts
Municipal Dreams

by John Boughton

A narrative history of council housing—from slums to the Grenfell Tower

2 posts
Vertical

by Stephen Graham

A revolutionary reimagining of the cities we live in, the air above us, and what goes on in the earth beneath our feet

15 posts

What Goes Up

by Michael Sorkin

A radical architect examines the changing fortunes of the contemporary city

1 post
A Walk Through Paris

by Eric Hazan

A walker’s guide to Paris, taking us through its past, present and possible futures

8 posts
The Zad and NoTAV

by Mauvaise Troupe Collective

Vivid account and reflection on two struggles that are at the heart of the contestation of neoliberal technocracy and the state

19 posts
Verso 2017 Mixtape

by Verso Books

FREE ebook collection of extracts from our top books of 2017

Extrastatecraft

by Keller Easterling
“An extraordinary guidebook to the politics of infrastructure in the contemporary world.” —Stephen Graham, author of Cities Under Siege
22 posts
In Defense of Housing

by David Madden and Peter Marcuse

In every major city in the world there is a housing crisis. How did this happen and what can we do about it?

16 posts
Last Futures

by Douglas Murphy

Whatever happened to the last utopian dreams of the city?

14 posts
A History of the Barricade

by Eric Hazan

How the French invented the barricade, and its symbolic impact on popular protests throughout history

25 posts

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