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Winter 2008 New Urban Planning?

Contextualizing Radical Planning: The 1970s Chicano Takeover in Crystal City, Texas by Jonathan Thompson Supporting Resident-Led..

January 28, 2008

A Housing Tour in South Africa

By Beth Maclin At the entrance to the squatter camp sits a bright green chemical toilet, accented with a gray top and door. A narrow lane..

January 3, 2008

Venezuela’s Communal Councils and the Role of Planners

By Clara Irazábal and John Foley The December 2007 referendum proposing constitutional reforms in Venezuela, discussed in the Fall 2007..

January 3, 2008

Progressive Planning Profile: Jacqueline Leavitt

Note: With this profile of Jacqueline Leavitt, Progressive Planning Magazine starts what will be an ongoing series examining the work of..

January 3, 2008

Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo: De la Protest Política a la Acción Social en el Habitat Popular

Por Alejandro Rofman Es bien conocida la trayectoria de la Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo en la Argentina. Actualicemos, brevemente,..

January 3, 2008

From Political Protest to Housing Activism: The Association of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina

By Alejandro Rofman In 1977, in the midst of Argentina’s military dictatorship, a group of mothers of young people who were disappeared..

January 3, 2008

Contextualizing Radical Planning: The 1970s Chicano Takeover in Crystal City, Texas

By Jonathan Thompson In 1970, radical Chicano activists swept into office in Crystal City, Texas, taking control of almost all of the..

January 3, 2008

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