Category: Articles
Urban Landscapes in the 21st Century: Can Eco-Cities Tackle Climate Change and Pollution?
Turning Point talked with municipal officials, grass roots organizers, researchers, and residents in the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas to map out urban strategies for adaptation to climate change and to find out more about the prospects of finding an alternative to the current, ecologically devastating forms of urbanization.
Building Alternative Universities in the Midst of War and Revolution
Three universities, several higher education institutions, and academies are now operating in northeast Syria. However, the real challenge is not simply to build schools and universities, but to develop an entirely new educational system with a philosophy based on new sociological principles.
Breaking a Rule to Create a Chance: The Story of Quarticciolo Ribelle
Quarticciolo as a neglected suburb shares the stories of many other peripheries in Italy, but what Quarticciolo Ribelle is writing is a possible alternative plot, a different story.
A European Coalition Urges to Take Action Against the Housing Crisis
There is only one path against incessant dispossession: regrouping and working together to maintain or to gain housing justice. Further, we need to expand our efforts to restructure housing property regimes.
“Almost Impossible for Locals to Live”: Barcelonians Fight Against Touristification
The various associations do not stop with the problem of tourism. They are pushing for a comprehensive rethinking of the city, highlighting how touristification has tremendous consequences for residents, primarily on the cost of living and housing prices, making it almost impossible for locals to live in the city.
The Cost of Popularity: Lisbon’s Housing Crisis
In 2023, Lisbon received 5.6 million foreign visits, a record-high number. Behind this glamorous facade, the city is facing one of its fiercest battles: a housing crisis.
Exarcheia Under Siege: The Battle Against Gentrification in Athens
The fight against the transformation of the neighborhood is a daily struggle made by people who only arm themselves with the strength of their political convictions to fight. By their daily presence in the neighborhood, and by their sheer determination, they manage to resist property developments, sometimes successfully, sometimes at a loss.
The Politics of Force: Militarized Care and Disaster Recovery in Acapulco
The involvement of the National Guard in Acapulco’s reconstruction is part of a broader shift toward militarization in Mexico, representing a significant transfer of power to the armed forces and solidifying their role as major political and economic players in Mexico for the foreseeable future.
Facing the Human Cost of Ecocide: The Environmental Destruction of Gaza Will Last Generations
The destruction of Gaza’s environment is more than an ecological disaster. It has created deadly conditions that will keep killing Palestinian civilians even if the bombs stop falling.
Squashed by Climate Change and Turkey’s Ecocidal Warfare, Northern Syria Fights the ‘Worst Drought in 70 years’
The fragile state of Syria’s ecology and agriculture has been weaponized by the warring factions of the civil war, often without a clear military objective, targeting the environment and civilian population. For neighboring Turkey, ecocidal attrition has become a prominent feature of its cross-border operations.