#SandersofSthBrisbane ? Council elections, social movements & the #RighttotheCity

By Anna Carlson

This is the latest episode of Living the Dream - a podcast I participate in as part of the collective blog The Word From Struggle Street. Here we talk about the local council election and the Right to The City and various challanges and contradictions around local movements and struggles,

Submitted by With Sober Senses on June 19, 2016

In this episode of Living the Dream Jon (@JonPiccini ) and Dave (@withsobersenses) chat with Anna – all-round good egg and comrade pivotal to Radio Reversal and Brisbane Free University – about the successful Brisbane City Council election campaign of Jonathan Sri , the opposition to the West Village development and the emergence of struggles around the Right to the City. What’s going on, how do all these pieces fit together and what do they tell us about struggles within-against-and-beyond capitalism for lives of dignity?

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David Harvey – The Right to The City

The Economics of West Village

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(Queensland Government 2016, 37)

 

Queensland Government. 2016. "2016-17 Queensland Budget Papers."

 

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