Agone 38/39 - Cities and Social Resistances

Gentrification has turned into a global project of social cleaning. In Brussels, Bangalore, Ougadougou, Marseilles, Beijing the local elites are legitimating a war against the poors in the name of progress, economic development and global economy. Real estate may then take over (and destroy) the cities hiding behind the ideological mist of sustainable development, citizenship and even art.