Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution
“Whose streets? Our streets! InRebel CitiesDavid Harvey shows us how we might turn this slogan into a reality. That task—and this book—could hardly be more important.”—Benjamin Kunkel, author ofIndecisionand a founding editor ofN+1“David Harvey provoked a revolution in his field and has inspired a generation of radical intellectuals.”—Naomi Klein“Forensic and ferocious.”—Owen Hatherley,Guardian“Harvey’s clarion demand [is] that it is ‘we,’ not the developers, corporate planners, or political elites, who truly build the city, and only we who can seize back our right to its control.”—Jonathan Moses,Open Democracy“Intellectuals in the Occupy movement [will] appreciateRebel Cities’descriptions of the historic and international parallel of urban struggles to reclaim public space and build culture, and be intrigued by Harvey’s musings on how to grow a lively, resilient revolutionary anticapitalist movement.”—Publisher's Weekly“A consistent intelligent voice of the left.”—Edwin Heathcote,Financial Times