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Book SynopsisHow do individuals and organisations move beyond the boundaries of constitutional or legal constructs to challenge neoliberalism and capitalism? As major urban areas have become the principal sites of poor and working-class social upheaval in the early twenty-first century, the chapters in this book explore key cities in the Global South. Through detailed case studies, Urban Revolt unravels the potential and limitations of urban social movements on an international level.
Trade Review"A superb addition to the literature on the contemporary global crisis and its micro manifestations." Patrick Bond, BRICS: An Anticapitalist Critique "What emerges from this collection is a complex picture of resistance, which nevertheless provides nuanced hope for a universalist project of social transformation.... The result is often a refreshing and accessible journey into urban revolts that the reader may have less familiarity." Leo Zeilig, Struggles Today: Social Movements Since Independence “Read this to be inspired by stories of city-based resistance in some of the most difficult conditions possible.” –Socialist Review
"A superb addition to the literature on the contemporary global crisis and its micro manifestations." —Patrick Bond, BRICS: An Anticapitalist Critique "What emerges from this collection is a complex picture of resistance, which nevertheless provides nuanced hope for a universalist project of social transformation.... The result is often a refreshing and accessible journey into urban revolts that the reader may have less familiarity." —Leo Zeilig, Struggles Today: Social Movements Since Independence
Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Urban Revolt in Africa Chapter 1: Thembelihle, South Africa Burning, Hope Rising Chapter 2: Community and Worker Responses to the Marikana Massacre Chapter 3: Makoko Stilt Slum settlement of Migrant Artisans on the Lagos Part II: Urban Revolt in Asia Chapter 4: Political Economy of Mass Dispossession: Neoliberal urbanism, Struggle for Justice and the Case of Nonadanga Eviction in Kolkata Chapter 5: Urban expansion and slum clearance in Mandala community of Mumbai from 2012-present Chapter 6: Privatization of Mumbai Airport: Evictions, Resistance, and Rehabilitation Chapter 7: The Struggle of Urban Poor against Forced Eviction in Jakarta, Indonesia Part III: Urban Revolt in Latin America Chapter 8: Mexico: The Ayitzonapa Massacre: Mexico Popular Protests and the new landscapes of indignation Chapter 9: The Uruguayan Recycler’s Union: Clasificadores, Circulation and the Challenge of Mobile Unionism Chapter 10: Strategies for Militants in Violent Zones: urban revolt, and social movement adaptions in Rio de Janeiro- Brazil Chapter 11: Policing protest in contemporary Brazil: class and race bias in State repression against activists
