Tepito: no thanks, first world Gustavo Esteva on the puzzle of autonomy in 1990s Tepito, an inner-city community in Mexico City, which prefers to manage its own affairs,…
The housing monster - prole.info A beautifully illustrated book by prole.info which takes one seemingly simple thing - a house - and examines the social relations around it. From…
The food-aid racket A former international development worker outlines how the industry has nothing to do with meeting human needs.
Not yet special enough: Special Economic Zones, part 1 Gurgaon workers news examine plans for a new Special Economic Zone in the Gurgaon area, India, 2007.
The real estate of urban wasteland in India Gurgaon workers news on development projects and company policies in India in January 2010.
Somalia: Development by other means - Wildcat Article analysing the war in Somalia in the early nineties, and the destruction of pre-capitalist social relations there through both military…
Neither the march nor the money are ours Abahlali baseMjondolo press release in response to media confusion between Abahlali and the World Bank sponsored NGO Slum Dwellers International (SDI), critiquing mainstream development discourse. A press release from SDI is also provided.
1971-1974: Green bans by builders in Australia A history of the massive campaign of industrial action by building workers which protected the environment and local communities by enacting…
The Kelly's Bush green ban, 1971 A short account of how construction workers saved the Kelly's Bush area of park land in Australia from development by refusing to work, and …
Communism is the Material Human Community: Amadeo Bordiga Today - Loren Goldner Goldner assesses Bordiga's analysis of the nature of the 'socialist' countries, and the centrality…
Crossrail and Spitalfields Following on from Corporate Watch's coverage of how Channel Tunnel Rail Link contractor Skanska is ignoring the concerns of local Stratford residents about dust pollution, we have been contacted by local residents who report of similarly damaging proposals in the East End of London.
