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Occupy Democracy in Parliament Square

A recent protest movement to reuse London’s Parliament Square as a space for political discourse has been met with oppressive policing.

October 29, 2014 - Guardian

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Occupy Sandy: A New Model for Disaster Response?

One of the odd twists of the Sandy aftermath is the repurposing of the Occupy Wall Street apparatus as one of the most effective aid groups operating in New York. Could their work serve as a model for locally-based disaster recovery?

November 12, 2012 - The New York Times

One Year Later, Assessing Occupy Wall Street's Effect on Space

On the one-year anniversary of the beginning of Occupy Wall Street, Richard Sennett looks at the movement's legacy with regards to rethinking public space.

September 17, 2012 - The Nation

Shoring up the Disappearing Public Realm

As libraries and and post offices are replaced by private development while streets and sidewalks lack funding, what can be done to enliven the public realm?

May 27, 2012 - PlaceShakers

The Risks and Opportunities of Globalization as Reflected in Homeownership

Jonathan Massey pens an essay in the journal Places, in which he probes the implications of homeownership as the vehicle by which the microeconomics of household finance and the macroeconomics of a globalized economy are mediated.

February 18, 2012 - Places

Re-Examining the Town Square Test

Used by Condoleezza Rice and George W. Bush to define a key difference between "free" and "fear" states, historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom looks to the global public uprisings of 2011 to prove the validity of the Town Square Test.

January 11, 2012 - Miller-McCune

Occupy D.C.'s Urban Design Model

Evelio Contreras and Philip Kennicott film the Occupy movement transforming MacPherson Square into an urban hub, in one of Washington's central nodal points.

November 11, 2011 - The Washington Post

Cities Want Their Parks Back

In occupied cities across North America, sanitation and noise concerns, as well as conflicts over scheduled public uses of parks, are leading to official efforts to end the protests.

October 27, 2011 - Winnipeg Free Press

Mad U.S.: Top 10 Angriest Cities

Denver was the angriest city in the nation with 12,018 protesters per million, 5000 attending the April 15,2009 Tea Party Protest, and 2000 for the the October 15 Occupy Wall Street protest.

October 20, 2011 - The Daily Beast

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