xekolaSorry, but if you think that the "grass is greener" here in #Berlin, think again --
#gentrification and landlord exploitation is off the scale and worsening.
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Frédéric ⏚« Nettoyage social » et « pillage » de Coca-Cola : la réalité du Mondial au Mexique
> Alors que la Coupe du monde de football débutera le 11 juin dans la capitale mexicaine, de nombreux habitants dénoncent un phénomène de « nettoyage social » et d’accaparement par les géants Coca-Cola et Airbnb.
https://reporterre.net/Nettoyage-social-et-pillage-de-Coca-Cola-la-realite-du-Mondial-au-Mexique
#Fifa #Football #CocaCola #Airbnb #Accaparement_de_leau #Gentrification #FdC #RevueDePresse
Urbanism NowA new YoutTube video investigates the paradoxical growth of Bentonville, Arkansas, a thriving hub of culture and infrastructure influenced by the massive philanthropy of the Walton family.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIwslwoQUKY
#urbanism #urbanplanning #Bentonville #WaltonFamily #Gentrification
I spent a week living in Walmart’s socialist utopia
The IDB is hiring a remote learning solutions consultantto support the design, delivery and evaluation of training programs for its Knowledge and Learning Division across Latin America. Apply by June 1.
#urbanism #urbanplanning #Bentonville #WaltonFamily #Gentrification
The Final Straw Radio Podcast | A weekly Anarchist Radio Show & Podcast [Unofficial]National Special Security Events, Homeless Sweeps and Police Militarization
Jo - pièce de résistanceWas just reminded how much rich people came in and took over the very vibrant and exciting hippie area of town (Yorkville) in Toronto, and made it unaffordable, dull, and lifeless.
No one wants to be there. It became a place to be seen instead of enjoyed. It became full of artifice and bereft of culture and growth. Full of the decadence of colonizers, instead of creators.
They are culture killers.
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TinDrumThink it a fair bet this's what's planned for commission housing in Vic
'existing services go down, neighbours move out, you get empty properties, they become worse-looking. The irony of these long-running regeneration schemes is the estates wind up looking much more like the sink estates they were unjustly accused of being'
‘I knew everyone here’: the tower block with 164 boarded-up homes – and a few residents who just won’t leave
Lund Point in east London was once ‘a beautiful community’, according to Tee Fabikun, who has lived there since 1997. Now just four flats are occupied. Why are Fabikun and her friends hanging on? And what happened to the long-promised redevelopment?
podoFor anyone still in town from #rp26, and/or for local Berliners + Kiez comrades, if interested to explore and discuss the intersections betw. #technocolonialism + #techoligarchs + #gentrification + cultural #displacement +#forcedevictions + #krapitalism + #technofascism the XLt Subkultur Tours project might be for YOU ! Contact us to reserve a spot ! And XXXtra info here : https://tinyurl.com/ykjhf72k
CBC WorldWorld Cup heats up gentrification battle in Mexico City
The looming FIFA World Cup is intensifying gentrification in Mexico City, where advocates say landlords are pushing tenants out to convert long-term homes into short-term rentals — hoping to make a quick buck from tourist demand.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7203435?cmp=rss
The looming FIFA World Cup is intensifying gentrification in Mexico City, where advocates say landlords are pushing tenants out to convert long-term homes into short-term rentals — hoping to make a quick buck from tourist demand.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7203435?cmp=rss
