Ten years after the first Picnic the Streets, a peaceful citizens’ action where streets of the capital were occupied by people demanding a rebalancing of public space in favour of pedestrians and cyclists, activists staged a sit-in at the Porte de Flandre in Brussels this weekend, RTBF reports.
Strolling through Ghent s medieval centre, it s hard to imagine this dreamy Belgian city was one of capitalism s earliest hubs. Today, it s more cultural than mercantile - prepare to be charmed.
Robert Brenner's influential essay on the origins of capitalism, arguing that the balance of class forces in the countryside was crucial to the rise and dominance of capitalist wage labour relations.