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by Luis Aponte-ParÞs This is a story of an important “advocacy planning” experience during the late sixties in New York City. Its importance is twofold: to add a missing chapter in the history of “progressive planning,” and to gain a critical understanding of ethnic-centered planning as it was articulated during the early period of the […]
By Mel King Where there are no limits to growth visions of plenty abound; where visions of plenty abound growth is unlimited; mind set is critical the 8 straight up sets limits, lazy * on its side is infinite See. The political climate of this nation is exemplified by the politics of scarcity, which pits […]
by Teresa CÜrdova The historical memory and contemporary reality of Chicanos from Aztlšn are of people taking our space. In Aztlšn (the part of the Southwest that the U.S. took through its war with Mexico), there is evidence of the historical struggle to hold on to the land. Battles are still being waged over land […]
by Ellen Pader While much has been written about federal legislation designed to dismantle public housing, relatively little has been written about legislation designed to eviscerate the Fair Housing Act (FHA), which gives legal protections against discrimination in housing choice. Much of what has been written deals with the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) and […]
by June Manning Thomas and Marsha Ritzdorf If urban planning is to support the equitable distribution of public goods and services, it must recognize and address the dismal conditions of millions of Americans who are poor or people of color. The primary focus of contemporary planners and planning students should be on finding and advocating […]
by Marie Kennedy Racism continues to present the thorniest of challenges to progressive community development planners. The problems that were on the front burner for decades – residential and school segregation, housing and job discrimination – remain unsolved, and what limited progress has been made promises to be rolled back in the face of the […]
Pedagogy Planning’s Radical Project: What’s the Pedagogy? by Leonie Sandercock Housing Putting Housing on the Unions’ Agenda by Chris Baker, Annica Cooper, Sahyeh Fattahi, Paula Bingham Goldstein, Jimmy Gomez, Daniel Inlender, Jacqueline Leavitt, Erika Licon, and Paula Sirola Post-modernism/Planning The Postmodern Opportunity for Planning by Paul Niebanck Iraq and War The Bombing of Iraq: U.S. […]
[quote] “In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations.” -From the Great Law of the Iriquois Confederacy [/quote] Privatization and Planning The Fall/Winter New York Planners Network Forum featured three sessions on Privatization that brought out some important issues for progressive planners. This isn’t just […]
By Howard Zinn [Immediately after President Clinton announced the bombing of Iraq, Mother Joneswww.mojones.com called Boston University historian Howard Zinn and asked for his take. After a few minutes, he sent this forceful accusation.] President Clinton has just told another lie, this time not about the relatively trivial matter of his sexual activities, but about matters […]
By Edward W. Said It would be a mistake, I think, to reduce what is happening between Iraq and the United States simply to an assertion of Arab will and sovereignty on the one hand versus American imperialism, which undoubtedly plays a central role in all this. However misguided, Saddam Hussein’s cleverness is not that […]
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