Harvey links the idea of the right to the city to Marxist theory and argues that the excluded
protesters should be striving for the collective right to shape everything about the city - not
just improvements in their individual status.
Harvey acknowledges that, while signs of revolt are everywhere, the urban and peri-urban
opposition movements are not closely coupled. But if they did come together, he asks, what
should they demand? His answer is greater democratic control over the production and use
of the surplus.
protesters should be striving for the collective right to shape everything about the city - not
just improvements in their individual status.
Harvey acknowledges that, while signs of revolt are everywhere, the urban and peri-urban
opposition movements are not closely coupled. But if they did come together, he asks, what
should they demand? His answer is greater democratic control over the production and use
of the surplus.
