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Regeneration Games (London)

www.freewordonline.com Regeneration Games Unpicking the Olympic regeneration of East London Presented by Mute Magazine Wed 20 Jun 2012, 6:30pm Free Word Lecture Theatre Photo by Alberto Duman Artist,… more →

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Regeneration Games (London)

hecksinductionhour wrote 11 months ago: www.freewordonline.com Regeneration Games Unpicking the Olympic regeneration of East London Presente … more →

Tags: Critical Thought, urban movements (right to the city), owen hatherley, Mute magazine, corporate sponsorship, free word centre, 2012 Summer Olympics, East London, Regeneration

Police Crack Down on Tsagovsky Forest Defenders (May 19, 2012) — 1 comment

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: On May 19, 2012, defenders of the Tsagovsky Forest in the Moscow Region town of Zhukovsky attempted … more →

Tags: activism, film and video, Political Repression, Russian Society, Environmentalism, Russian police state, Tsagovsky Forest, Zhukovsky

The United Russia Guide to Winning Hearts and Minds. Strategy 3: Crash a Protest Demo, Break An Old Man's Arm, Then Have the Police Arrest Bystanders at Random

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: Elderly Man Roughed Up as [Protest] Rally Turns to Boos 15 November 2011 The Moscow Times St. Peters … more →

Tags: Political Repression, activism, Russian Society, urban movements (right to the city), Protests, united russia, destruction of Saint Petersburg, Maxim Dolgopolov, Nikolay Shkalin

"Noblesse Oblige" as a Wrecking Ball (Paradny Kvartal, Petersburg)

hecksinductionhour wrote 2 years ago: Legality of Demolition of Historic Barracks Contested By Sergey Chernov The St. Petersburg Times May … more →

Tags: Russian Society, urban movements (right to the city), destruction of Saint Petersburg, living city, Valentina Matviyenko, class warfare, KGIOP, Noblesse Oblige, Paradny Kvartal

International Leaking Roofs Day (Saint Petersburg)

hecksinductionhour wrote 2 years ago: ROOF LEAKS UNITE RESIDENTS By Sergey Chernov The St. Petersburg Times April 13, 2011 (Issue # 1651) … more →

Tags: Art Exhibitions, activism, Russian Society, urban movements (right to the city), Saint Petersburg, destruction of Saint Petersburg, Valentina Matviyenko, Disaster Capitalism, Polina Zaslavskaya

The Unbearable Lightness of Saint Petersburg

hecksinductionhour wrote 2 years ago: The St. Petersburg Times February 2, 2011 Governor Tries to Remove City’s Historic Status By Sergey … more →

Tags: Russian Society, urban movements (right to the city), Protests, Saint Petersburg, Sergey Chernov, destruction of Saint Petersburg, living city, Valentina Matviyenko, Alexander Sokurov

Goodbye, Gazprom Tower — 1 comment

hecksinductionhour wrote 2 years ago: http://sergey-chernov.livejournal.com/559307.html The St. Petersburg Times Issue #1633, Friday, Dece … more →

Tags: activism, Russian Society, urban movements (right to the city), Protests, Gazprom, Okhta Center, Gazprom Tower, living city, Valentina Matviyenko

And the Gazprom Tower Falls...

hecksinductionhour wrote 2 years ago: http://www.fontanka.ru/2010/12/09/113/ Final Decision Made to Move Okhta Center December 9, 2010  17 … more →

Tags: urban movements (right to the city), Gazprom, Okhta Center, rmjm, Gazprom Tower, Valentina Matviyenko, The Tower: A Songspiel, The Tale of Gazprom Tower, Vesna Tomse

Save the Pavlovsk Experimental Station! (international petition) — 2 comments

hecksinductionhour wrote 2 years ago: Editor’s Note. When we crossposted Food Democracy Now’s petition to save the Pavlovsk Experimental S … more →

Tags: activism, Russian Society, open letters, manifestos, appeals, International Affairs, neoliberalism, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Pavlovsk Experimental Station, Biodiversity

Save the Pavlovsk Experimental Station! (US petition) — 4 comments

hecksinductionhour wrote 2 years ago: Stop the senseless destruction of biodiversity. Save the seeds, save the planet! Act today and save … more →

Tags: activism, Russian Society, open letters, manifestos, appeals, neoliberalism, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Pavlovsk Experimental Station, Biodiversity, Vavilov Institute

The Bulldozer Exhibition (Kadashi, Moscow)

hecksinductionhour wrote 2 years ago: http://mmet.livejournal.com/23276.html Roland Oliphant, “Facing the Bulldozer” (Russia Profile): Act … more →

Tags: activism, urban movements (right to the city), Protests, Kadashi (Moscow), Arkhnadzor, Yuri Luzhkov

The Assault on Gorky Park (Kharkiv, Ukraine)

hecksinductionhour wrote 2 years ago: In an attack sadly reminiscent of the destruction of Submariners Garden in Petersburg two years ago, … more →

Tags: film and video, activism, urban movements (right to the city), Protests, Gorky Park Kharkiv, Gorky Park Kharkov, Viktor Yanukovych, environmental activist Ukraine

Stop Nike from Destroying Miyashita Park! — 1 comment

hecksinductionhour wrote 3 years ago: Call for a Global Day of Action to Protest the Conversion of Miyashita Park into ‘Nike Park’ – … more →

Tags: activism, urban movements (right to the city), Protests, open letters, manifestos, appeals, International Affairs, neoliberalism, Coalition to Protect Miyashita Park, Nike, Nike boycott

The Sale of Saint Petersburg (Lopukhinsky Gardens)

hecksinductionhour wrote 3 years ago: Hundreds Protest Against Hotel Construction The St. Petersburg Times Issue #1556 (17), Tuesday, Marc … more →

Tags: activism, Russian Society, urban movements (right to the city), Protests, destruction of Saint Petersburg, Valentina Matviyenko, Lopukhinsky Gardens, Living City (Petersburg), Green Wave (Petersburg)

Ne Damo Varšavsku!

hecksinductionhour wrote 3 years ago: Riot police arrest 23 in night raid on peaceful protest against the destruction of Zagreb pedestrian … more →

Tags: film and video, activism, urban movements (right to the city), Protests, anti-gentrification movement, Pravo na grad (Zagreb), Zelena akcija (Croatia), Green Action (Croatia), Right to the City (Zagreb)


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