Cities of Dignity: Urban
Transformations Around the World
Cities of Dignity is a collective book written by movement-based
contributors from all parts of the world documenting urban
emancipatory transformations: self-determination, urban commons,
food sovereignty, transnational solidarity. The book details the
resistance of Izidora community in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
(Chapter 4); Black-led commons in Birmingham, Jackson, and Detroit
in the U.S. (Chapter 5); the resistance and self-determination of
slum dwellers in Buhj, India (Chapter 9) and Lagos (Chapter 6) to
name a few. Cities of Dignity is also the third publication of the
Global Working Group 'Beyond Development'.