Miguel Robles-Durán is an urbanist and Marxist urban theorist working at the intersections of urban political-ecology, unitary urbanism, and the design of social and environmentally just urban processes. He is a tenured Associate Professor of Urbanism at The New School / Parsons School of Design in New York City. Robles-Durán is founding partner and co-director of Urban Front, a transnational consultancy for urban justice. He is also a founding board member of The Shape of Cities to Come Ins ...
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Neofascism is not an anomaly—it is capitalism’s inevitable mutation, an authoritarian adaptation designed to secure power amid escalating crises. As financialized dispossession deepens, cities have become battlegrounds where capital and the state militarize governance, weaponize land, and suppress dissent. Yet, resistance remains fragmented, and wi…
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[S4E01] Neofascism, Housing & Urbanization Stay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.org Cities After… with Prof. Miguel Robles-Durán. A radical exploration into the capitalist contradictions of our urban world, and the many anti-capitalist futures to come. In this thought…
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Politics In Motion Live #1: From the Labor Theory of Value to Homelessness. Q&A with David Harvey and Miguel Robles-Durán
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Politics In Motion Live #1: From the Labor Theory of Value to Homelessness. Q&A with David Harvey and Miguel Robles-Durán Stay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.org Join David Harvey and Miguel Robles-Duran for a compelling Patreon discussion on the intersections of pol…
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[S3.5E06] Profiting From The Homeless Cities After… with Prof. Miguel Robles-Durán. A radical exploration into the capitalist contradictions of our urban world, and the many anti-capitalist futures to come. The number of people experiencing homelessness has been increasing dramatically worldwide. This crisis has worsened in the past decade due to u…
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[S3.5E05] Why More Housing is NOT the Fix to the Housing Crisis! Cities After… with Prof. Miguel Robles-Durán. A radical exploration into the capitalist contradictions of our urban world, and the many anti-capitalist futures to come. This episode is the second of several to come where Politics In Motion will be re-publishing some of the previous pr…
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Stay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.org Cities After… with Prof. Miguel Robles-Durán. A radical exploration into the capitalist contradictions of our urban world, and the many anti-capitalist futures to come. This episode is part 2 of 2, where Prof. Robles-Durán atte…
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Stay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.org Cities After… with Prof. Miguel Robles-Durán. A radical exploration into the capitalist contradictions of our urban world, and the many anti-capitalist futures to come. This episode is the first of several to come where Politic…
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[S3.5E02] Municipalism pt.1 - On its Anarchist Origins Stay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.org Cities After… with Prof. Miguel Robles-Durán. A radical exploration into the capitalist contradictions of our urban world, and the many anti-capitalist futures to come. Thi…
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[S3.5E01] The WORK FROM HOME Reset: Office Work and the Looming Real Estate Crisis Stay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.org Cities After… with Prof. Miguel Robles-Durán. A radical exploration into the capitalist contradictions of our urban world, and the many anti-cap…
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