From ancient times, before the recent movement of squares and "Occupy", cities have been key centers of political revolutions where deeper currents of social and political change develop. Therefore, they have been the subject of extensive reflection on the existence of alternative forms of life and society organization. At the same time, they are also centers of capital accumulation and therefore a field of struggle for who has the right to the city and who ultimately determines the quality and organization of everyday life: the contractors and investors or the people?

The book "Rebel Cities" puts the city at the center of the struggle of capital and class struggle, examining cases from Johannesburg to Mumbai and from New York to Athens, as well as the recent movement of occupations and squares in metropolises around the world. By exploring socially and class more just and environmentally friendly ways in which cities can be reorganized, David Harvey argues that they can also be centers of struggle for the overthrow of capitalism.

An important book on the struggles and ideas that develop in the field of the city, space, and the environment; a class and anti-capitalist perspective on urban movements.