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The Regeneration Siege in Central Hackney

Photo-essay relating the ‘culture-lead’ regeneration of central Hackney to the police siege in nearby Marvin Street. Originally published in Mute magazine (Summer 2003)

The Re-Occupation

In protest against evictions, sell offs and corruption in Hackney, East London, a group of locals, activists and squatters reoccupied a café, successfully preventing its demolition by developers.

Anthony Iles and Benedict Seymour report on this unusual counter-attack against the neoliberal ‘regeneration’ of the city. First published on metamute.org, November 2005

Shoreditch and the Creative Destruction of the Inner City

Are the creative industries really the secret of inner city rebirth? Text by Benedict Seymour, Winter 2004

The (Rise and) Fall of the Creative Class

Critique of creative regen guru Richard Florida's latest book. By Benedict Seymour, Autumn, 2005

Creative Clusters & Creative London

The Creative London scheme aims to repeat the Shoreditch effect all over the city. Are they kidding or is this just an empty threat? Article by David Panos, Summer, 2004

Drowning by Numbers, or The Non-Reproduction of New Orleans

Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath constituted a vast and exemplary act of gentrification with striking parallels to the less spectacular process of state-sponsored looting in cities across the planet. Article by Benedict Seymour, Spring 2006