Master Plan for Havana: An Encounter with Julio César Pérez Hernández

By Regula Modlich “Havana Cuba: A New Master Plan” reads the flier for Julio César Pérez Hernández’ lecture in Toronto, Canada. What progressive planner wouldn’t do a double take? Havana, the “David” nation of approximately 2.2 million residents that fought, won and still struggles to build an alternative…

Categories: Spring 2009

Integration Exhaustion, Race Fatigue and the American Dream

By Chester Hartman and Gregory D. Squires When the federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 was being debated, Senator Walter Mondale famously stated that “the reach of the proposed law was to replace the ghettos with truly integrated and balanced living patterns.” But the nation has had a long,…

Categories: Spring 2009

The Apartheid Bubble in the Desert

By Tom Angotti Dubai, United Arab Emirates Part Two in a series on urban apartheids. Las Vegas, Walt Disney World and Miami rolled into one and then jacked up on steroids. That’s Dubai, the maximum enclave and theme park of global capitalism. Its monumental malls, skyscrapers and millionaire condos loudly announce this brash newcomer to the global…

Categories: Spring 2009