Rebel Cities: From The Right To The City To The... May 2026

In his influential 2012 book, , David Harvey argues that the city is the primary site for anti-capitalist resistance. He builds on Henri Lefebvre's 1968 concept of the "right to the city"—not just as a right to access what exists, but as a collective power to fundamentally reshape urban life and the urbanization process. Key Themes & Features

: Harvey illustrates how capitalism uses urbanization as a tool to absorb surplus capital, often leading to "accumulation by dispossession" where the poor are displaced to make way for high-value development. Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the...

: Using examples from Johannesburg and Mumbai to New York and São Paulo, Harvey argues that urban rebellions are no longer localized events but part of a global struggle against neoliberalism. Discussion & Critical Perspectives In his influential 2012 book, , David Harvey

From the Right to the City to Urban Revolution - Paramjit Singh, 2014 : Using examples from Johannesburg and Mumbai to

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