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Illustration of Agony Uncle's advice about gentrification. BY EMMA PEER

12 Sep 2023 3 minute read

Agony Uncle: Am I contributing to gentrification?

‘I was pushed out due to rising rents; now I'm inflicting the same on others. What should I do?’ Our in-house ethics advisor...

Ada Colau arrives at a municipal elections rally.

24 May 2018 5 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

Reclaiming the city

In the Barcelona area, local governments and citizens are transforming municipal politics, finds Luke Stobart.

Building and Dwelling, by Richard Sennett.

1 Mar 2018 4 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

A feast of reading: March books

Reviews include: Deport, Deprive, Extradite, by Nisha Kapoor; Building and Dwelling, by...

Mexico’s anti-gentrification saint

1 Dec 2017 1 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

Mexico’s anti-gentrification saint

Two artists have invented a saint to protect residents from gentrification. Yohann Koshy reports.

8 Feb 2017 5 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

An ‘Informational Right to the City’?

What rights do citizens have, not just to public and private spaces, but to their digital equivalents? Mark Graham...

2 Feb 2017 3 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

Homeless in a city of empty properties

News of squatters in a Russian oligarch’s London house gives Mari Marcel Thekaekara pause for thought.

19 Apr 2016 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Bangalored: death of a dream

Mari Marcel Thekaekara reflects on how Bangalore mutated from charming town to the city that never sleeps.

1 Apr 2016 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

The freedom of the city

Trust between communities is being rebuilt, writes Ruby Diamonde.

9 Feb 2016 5 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Switching on to energy democracy

Popular participation, social ideals and ecological sustainability are key attributes of sustainable systems, Claire...

14 Dec 2015 7 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Why we should feel positive about Paris

Though the deal was a dud, this was no Copenhagen, argue Jess Worth and Danny Chivers.

12 Dec 2015 4 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

COP21: From frontlines to redlines photo gallery

This New Internationalist photo gallery presents events from frontline struggles against climate change...

9 Dec 2015 3 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Climate justice means energy democracy

No matter the outcome of COP21, London moves forward with campaign for local power, writes Adriana Swain.

29 Nov 2015 1 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Global Climate March: pictures from around the world

People marching in France, Germany, South Africa and elsewhere on 29 November 2015, part of New Internationalist's...

27 Nov 2015 4 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

To the (inflatable) barricades!

Hundreds of people from the climate justice movement have remained in Paris determined to defy the protest ban, Jamie...

13 Nov 2015 3 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

The right to live and work in a ‘world-class’ city

Some residents and workers are more welcome than others, as Saranel Benjamin explains.

1 Nov 2015 3 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Letter from Bangui: Penthouse and pavement

The city is getting a facelift - but not everyone will benefit, writes Ruby Diamonde.

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