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Inflation is the economist/politician’s enemy - except when it’s house price inflation… But homeowners stand to benefit from rising house prices, of course, and most vote.   Is that why the housing affordability crisis just gets worse and worse?

🔴 Somos miles llenando Madrid para exigir nuestro derecho a una #ViviendaDigna #9FTomamosLaCalle ¡Que nos escuchen bien fuerte! #EnMadridQuieroVivir

Finalitzem el @congreshabcat amb una nova organització nacional Prepareu-vos especuladors i rendistes: passem a l'ofensiva

📚 News! With Guillaume Dumont we are organizing a Paper Development Workshop on 'Housing, Illegality and Criminal Actors' at the CCDP on 9-10 September 2025. ➡️ To apply, send us a 500 word abstract & a short bio by March 31st. 👉 Full CfP at rb.gy/dzk23x

El 5 de abril tiene que ser un día histórico. Miles de personas tomando las calles de todas las ciudades para exigir que se acabe con el negocio de la vivienda 🙌

I have a chapter on housing activism in this interesting book (I share my chapter on demand and on my webpage). taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.…

If interested on squatting, this open-access book offers key insights. It covers its theorisation as a movement, its autonomist politics, relevant socio-spatial structures, types of squatting, legalisation, and criminalisation issues. Free download here miguelangelmartinez.net/?Squatters-in-… pic.x.com/6tld4AOr5c

Interesting research on squatting and discourses on urban (in)security in Milan, by Giacomo Pozzi: Very sneaky crimes. Squatting, urban security, and class anthropopoiesis in Milan (Italy). (And other articles on European debt in the same issue). berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/…

1. 🔥Ya está aquí Poder Inquilino‼️ En este libro analizamos cómo funciona el rentismo y cómo el alquiler nos empobrece. Pero también explicamos que nos podemos organizar, pasar a la ofensiva y desobedecer a los caseros. Un manual de organización inquilina hacia la huelga 🧵

One year ago, this massive book (600 pages) was released. The line-up of contributors is simply amazing! Free download from LibGen and Z-Library, but it can also be bought at 50% discount with the AAG50 code until April 30. e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/resea…

Visiting fellowships at SCAS (Uppsala, Sweden). Apply by 2 June 2025. swedishcollegium.se/fellowships/ca… #urban #Sociology

Interested on Bourdieu's sociological theory of class? A Marxist critique may shed light on its weaknesses (and strengths): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08… Free access via michaelamccarthy.net/writing/

Universities that are complicit with the genocide of Palestinians: tni.org/en/article/the…

Francesca Ru (the doctoral student I am supervising) has written a brilliant article about the collapse of buildings in Marseille and the grassroots reactions to claim for the truth, reparations, and prevention, in the context of the housing crisis. jacobin.com/2025/05/france…

Why social science matters? Social science is highly relevant to helping us understand and manage many of the issues facing society, the environment, the economy and places. More evidence and arguments here: acss.org.uk/what-is-social… #sociology

Many sociologists who read The Sociological Imagination perhaps overlooked the brilliant The Power Elite by the same C. Wright Mills. From his analysis in the 1950s to present Trump's dystopian times, this article dissects some of the key trends. newrepublic.com/article/193892…

Next week in Frankfurt, and online, if interested: Challenges and opportunities for contemporary housing activism. Meetings with Master and Doctoral students too. Looking forward to it!

Call for Papers: Contested urban policy: breeding concrete utopias. Berlin, 30 September – 2 October 2025. Submission deadline: 30 June 2025. tu.berlin/en/planningthe… #urban #sociology

What thinking sociologically really means? Editor-in-Chief Carin Runciman shares insights from The Sociological Review’s editors about how they choose the scholarship that shapes the Journal. thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/june-… #urban #sociology

Ya está impreso y distribuido nuestro nuevo libro!! Y a un precio muy asequible :)