Monthly Archives: April 2021

LEFEBVRE IN THE AGE OF COVID — Lessons from The Urban Revolution and Paris Commune

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Andy Merrifield

  This essay was originally posted at Monthly Review Online on 28th March 2021  Henri Lefebvre’s The Urban Revolution (1970) quietly celebrated its 50th birthday under lockdown, and our greatest ever urban revolution, the Paris Commune (1871), just toasted its 150th. … Continue reading →

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GOGOL’S NOSE

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Andy Merrifield

Today, 212-years ago, on April Fool’s Day, the writer Nikolai Gogol was born in the Ukraine. As his birthdate might suggest, Gogol was never a man to miss an opportunity to joke, and in this essay I pay homage to … Continue reading →

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