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Date Published: 5/22/2010 Planners Network calls on planners to resist the odious Arizona Immigration Law As progressive planners who are committed to opposing social injustice and discrimination, we strongly condemn the Arizona immigration law (SB 1070). The law, which requires police officers to establish the resident status or citizenship of individuals deemed “reasonably suspicious” opens […]
By Richard Pithouse It’s often assumed that the international reach of big multinational institutions like the World Bank and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), along with many of the NGOs allied to them, needs to be matched by a counter internationalism from below. In the richer parts of the world, where there is better access to transport and communication […]
By Nikhil Aziz (A shorter version of this article was published by CommonDreams.org on March 16, 2010.) Some of the advice for how Haiti ought to rebuild after the earthquake sounds hauntingly familiar, echoing the same bad development advice that Haiti has received for decades, even before the nation faced its current devastating situation. To avoid repeating the past failures, we […]
From the Homeownership Trap to Alternative Forms of Tenure and Financing by Michela Zonta Peter Marcuse and Critical Planning Peter Marcuse at 80: His Extraordinary Contributions to Progressive Planning by Clara Irazábal and Susan Fainstein What We Can Learn from Peter Marcuse: “Think Critically, Act Critically!” by Jacqueline Leavitt Changing Times, Changing Planning: Critical Planning […]
Reviewed by Pierre Clavel New York for Sale, winner of the Paul Davidoff Award for the “best book in planning” from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, is a landmark book, maybe a masterpiece, on progressive planning in the United States. In it, Tom Angotti documents the transformation of the city from one in which a chaotic, bureaucratized government could […]
By Lynn Lewis Picture the Homeless is a decade-old grass roots membership organization of homeless New Yorkers, and a member of the coordinating committee of the New York City Right to the City Alliance. We have targeted the powerful Chase Manhattan Bank to press for real changes in the way people are housed, as one […]
By Clara Irazábal and Susan Fainstein Peter Marcuse is known throughout the world as a leading scholar and practitioner of progressive planning, but he has also been an outstanding member of Planners Network since it was founded in 1975. Peter is an attorney, a practicing planner and a teacher of planning. He is truly one of the most multifaceted, […]
By Michela Zonta Open the newspaper on any day of the week and you will most likely come across a headline such as “U.S. Unemployment Rate at 26-Year High,” “Hundreds of Workers Laid Off,” or “Area Foreclosures Increase,” along with news about business closures, bankrupt financial institutions and increasing rates of homelessness. Such headlines and news are not very different from […]
Mobilizing Hope and Obama by Tom Angotti The Right to the City Alliance: Time to Democratize Urban Governance by Jacqueline Leavitt, Tony Roshan Samara, Marnie Brady Sticking It to the Banks and Keeping Residents in Their Homes by City Life/Vida Urbana’s Bank Tenant Association Dear Dr. Dollar by Arthur Macewan Columbia University’s Expansion and the […]
By Brian Paul In 2003 Columbia University announced its plan for a new campus in West Harlem and promised a collaborative partnership with the local community. Looking back at Columbia’s troubled and racially charged relations with Harlem, Columbia University President Lee Bollinger proudly proclaimed that “Columbia is a different neighbor now…We want to stay here […]
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