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The Rastafari in Britain

Writing Community-Engaged History

February 17, 2020 • by Aleema Gray

When future generations study the pages of history, seeking to understand the growth and development of black community histories, what will they find? Will they remember a history that contributed to our understandings of dominant ideologies and visions of social change? Or will they recall its failures, and its inability ...

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Vertical Horizons

The Shard, a Spectacle of Capital in the City?

September 24, 2018 • by Tom Wolseley

In a city I have lived in for 30 years a transformation is occurring. It is at once obvious, in its massive demolition and construction, yet beyond my experience and understanding. It is easy to simply identify this change with a new sublime of global capital. I live and work between ...

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“No Gods, No Masters”

Antisemitic tropes and utopian ideals in imagining and resisting capitalism

June 28, 2018 • by Judith Suissa

This piece was prepared for a short talk as part of “Navigating finance and the imagination: A collaborative theoretical walking tour ”, an event organized by Max Haiven and Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, that took place in London in April 2018. Participants in this interdisciplinary event drew on Cornelius Castoriadis’ work to explore ...

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The City and the City

A Post-Financial Counter-Imaginary for London

June 18, 2018 • by Steven Taylor

London’s status as a world financial centre is central to the current imaginary of the city as projected by PR firms, web sites such as visitlondon.com or ‘official’ promoters of tourism like London & Partners. In this representation of London, the capitalized City - the financial district or ‘Square Mile’ ...

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The Origins of Mutuality

How worker co-operation has emerged and re-emerged over time in the City of London

April 27, 2018 • by Ed Mayo

Ask people what they appreciate about London, and money is outranked by the people, the culture, the opportunities and even the parks and green spaces. But when it comes to the City of London, all people remember is finance. My contribution is to unpick some of this association by telling a ...

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Navigating Finance and the Imagination

A walking tour event

April 12, 2018 • by Lucas Ballestín

On April 14, a temporary assembly of activists, artists and interdisciplinary academics will drift together through the City of London to explore the intersections of finance and the imagination in the historic district of English (and global) wealth and power. With over 15 presentations on topics ranging from algorithms to architecture, ...