Check out these excellently straightforward arguments in favor of socialization, of housing in particular, as democratic & affordable instrument to mitigate Berlin's (& other cities') housing crisis Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen Joanna Kusiak 🔴 Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung rosalux.de/en/publication…

📣Call for Papers: "ILLICITIES – City-Making & #OrganizedCrime" 🏙 The special section explores the ways in which heterogeneous governance actors, incl. formal state, private enterprises & organized criminal groups, coproduce cities. Deadline 20 May⏱▶️ bit.ly/3thyHDM

Excited to share our CfP on City-making & #OrganizedCrime #illicities @gi_toc @lsepress. We explore how state, private enterprises & organized criminal groups co-produce cities. What are the effects of illicit liaisons for cities, commons & residents? jied.lse.ac.uk/announcement

👍🏻👏🏼 #Mietendeckel - Eigentum verpflichtet. Wozu? via @sz sz.de/1.5268261

Am Sonntag heißt es #TVOstoppen! Die Pläne für die TVO stammen aus den 1960er Jahren mit dem Ziel einer autogerechten Stadt. Das Ziel sollte jetzt aber eine klimagerechte Stadt sein die auf Rad- und Fußverkehr setzt und einen gut ausgebauten #oepnv hat! robinwood.de/termine/keine-…

How do the dynamics of conflict, violence, and crime—and the governance of security—play out in peripheral urban spaces located in border zones? Hochmüller examines illicit governance in urban space on the Colombia-Venezuela border. Markus Hochmüller wp.me/p68wh0-3rU

Die gesundheitliche, soziale und politische Situation in den Peripherien von #RioDeJaneiro hat sich mit Corona und der rechten Politik verschärft. Mit 3 Basisorganisationen der Baixada Fluminense starten wir diese Finanzierungskampagne betterplace.me/funding-baixad… Frank I. Müller

The health, social and political situation in the peripheries of #RioDeJaneiro has worsened with Corona and right-wing politics. With 3 grassroots organizations of the Baixada Fluminense, we launch this funding campaign betterplace.me/funding-baixad… @janhurra

My favorite compound word today: #Kriegstreiberpazifismus No, not an oxymoron. It names western gov’s double standards in conflict resolution, financing domestic arms industry & waging proxy war to cover-up own imperial interest Jacobin Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock #verhandlungslösung #G7GER

New posts available Protein Matters! Visit our blog proteinmatters.org to read about Veganuary, the impact of industrial scale animal farming on present and future pandemics and visions for alternative dietary protein Mariana Hase Ueta 华玛蔺 Patrick Weir

📣 Hot off the press! 🏙️ Edited by Frank I. Müller and Julienne Weegels (UvA Amsterdam), this #JIED Special Issue explores urbanization and criminal governance. 👉 jied.lse.ac.uk/11/volume/4/is… LSE Press

🏙️ This Special Issue aims at better understanding the material conditions of illicit city-making – #urbanization and #criminalgovernance. Frank I. Müller Julienne Weegels (UvA Amsterdam) ⬇️ doi.org/10.31389/jied.…

Strong piece by M Marouan Weatherhead Center for International Affairs on xenophobia, racism and on how Europe‘s colonial legacy affects the lives of migrants and migratory politics in today’s Northern Africa. Read africasacountry.com/2023/04/the-af…

Kicking off the lecture series on 'State Power in Latin America' today. Thrilled to be welcoming so many brilliant speakers at the Freie Universität Institute for Latin American Studies this Summer Semester. Join us if you are in Berlin!

📣 Out now: 🎙️In the latest #JIED podcast, Frank I. Müller & Julienne Weegels (UvA Amsterdam) discussed #JIED Special Issue ILLICITIES, which explores urbanisation & criminal governance, ft. Lirio Gutiérrez Rivera, Felipe Fernández, & GENI - Grupo de Estudos dos Novos Ilegalismos 🌆🚧 Listen here🎧link.chtbl.com/JIED_CBB