Forthcoming in Antipode 47(4) in September 2015, and available online now, Katie Wells' "A Housing Crisis, a Failed Law, and a Property Conflict: The US Urban Speculation Tax" is a fine contribution...
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Video abstract – Katie Wells talks about "A Housing Crisis, a Failed Law, and a Property Conflict: The US Urban Speculation Tax"
New Antipode papers available now
The first two issues of Antipode 47 have now been sent to the publishers. They'll be available in Wiley Online Library in early 2015; the papers, though, can be read now. There are great essays in...
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Video abstract – 'Housing Goes South: Constructing Securitized Mortgages for the Poor in Mexico'
Forthcoming in Antipode 47(2) in early 2015, and available online now, Susanne Soederberg's Subprime Housing Goes South: Constructing Securitized Mortgages for the Poor in Mexico offers a timely...
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Occupy Homes MN: The anti-foreclosure movement builds solidarity among debtors
by Sara Nelson, University of Minnesota At 4 am on Monday 25 May, officers of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department raided the home of the Cruz family in south Minneapolis, busting through the...
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Geographies of a debtors’ strike
by Sara Nelson, University of Minnesota The question of how to build an effective movement amongst indebted students and homeowners has been central to ongoing campaigns that have grown out of...
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Return of the living debt
by Sara Nelson, University of Minnesota In the turbulent aftermath of the financial crisis, one recent development is particularly startling: the resurrection, without warning and from an unknown...
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