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Including 'Modern Day Protest' at the Bishopsgate Institute with Gobi Sivanthan (2012 Olympic hunger striker); Nadine El-Enany (lecturer, activist, Defend the Right to Protest); and Ian Palmer (38 Degrees). SAVE THE DATE: 18 JULY 2013
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NEW MCP BOOK! 'The Queen vs Trenton Oldfield'
"When the political becomes the personal. It is a fascinating read, rendered without glamour or sensationalism. Trenton is an insightful commentator and not just on the prison system." 5 out of 5 Stars
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All proceeds go directly into covering the 'Crown's costs'.
"In 2012, Trenton Oldfield rose to fame for interrupting the Oxford-Cambridge boat race in a public protest against elitism and inequality. After political intervention, Oldfield was sentenced to six months in prison, which this book – published to help pay for legal costs – describes with passion, insight and a rare openness. In part systemic critique, in part a warm description of his fellow prisoners, this is a hugely thought-provoking (and surprisingly funny) piece of writing. A must-read for those who put him there." Tom Jeffreys, Wild Cultures
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A new run of the recent volume of Critical Cities has just been printed! As inequality and militarisation increases across the globe, could there be a more urgent moment for critical insight into the lives and politics of 21st century cities?
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"Critical Cities volume 3 is a compilation of impressive proportion. Working from the starting point of “city as inequality,” over 40 contributors from all around the globe offer essays and photo-essays, articles, criticism, reflections, and interviews... Coming from a place both within and well beyond the confines of academia, in the end, Critical Cities volume 3 is yet another excellent contribution to the process of imagining our post-capitalist urban futures." John Finn (Book Review Editor, Human Geography: A New Radical Journal)
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#TINAGFESTIVAL | 26-27 JAN 2013
Over 1000 contributors interrogated 'Financial Districts'; 'Legalities of Space'; 'City Means Inequality'; 'Post-Olympics' and 'Insurrections, Riots & Revolutions'. Photos can be seen here. Thank you Rehan Jamil! Programme & Particpants.
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Critical Cities Vol 3 (2012); Critical Cities Vol 2 (2010); and Estate (2010)
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