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Corporate Culture | Christian Eriksson

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March 25, 2013. Middot; by Christian Eriksson. Middot; in Cities. CRONYISM is alive and well on Murkeyside, where the city’s leaders are not that bothered about the prospect of Liverpool losing its World Heritage Site status as long as a gigantic riverside tower blocks, flats ‘n’ car parks scheme gets the go-ahead. August 9, 2012. Middot; by Christian Eriksson. Middot; in Corporate Culture.

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Biography | Christian Eriksson

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Christian Eriksson is a freelance journalist. He has contributed articles to The Guardian, Private Eye, Liverpool Confidential, openDemocracy and New Left Project. He is the Founding Co-Editor of Cod Philosophy. A collaborative blog about the influence of rotten ideas on public debate. Hostile cities, engineering localism and other delusions of urban agriculture. 8216; at the Critical Legal Conference. Stockholm’s Royal Institute of Technology. Edinburgh Fringe Central, Appleton Tower.

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Shiu-ly Some Mistake? | Christian Eriksson

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May 28, 2013. Middot; by Christian Eriksson. Middot; in Journalism. Bonfire of our hopes? Stella Shiu lights temple candles in Yanguan, Zhejiang Province. Photo: Wei Qianjiang. PREVIOUS Eyes have reported on Peel Group’s controversial “Mersey Waters” scheme, which promises to turn the former docklands of Liverpool and Birkenhead into a new Shanghai on the shore of the Irish Sea. Which will, according to the spin, bring hundreds of thrusting Asian businesses to Birkenhead. While compiling an in-depth repo...

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Home | Christian Eriksson

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December 23, 2013. Middot; by Christian Eriksson. Middot; in Journalism. ONE way to deflect scorn from a favoured European tax scam is to point the finger elsewhere. Sunnier stops on the hot money merry-go-round, for example. August 23, 2013. Middot; by Christian Eriksson. Middot; in Journalism. THERE’S a saying in Liverpool: If you look too hard into the past of every developer that comes along, nothing would ever get built. May 28, 2013. Middot; by Christian Eriksson. Middot; in Journalism. May 15, 2013.

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Fiction | Christian Eriksson

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May 13, 2013. Middot; by Christian Eriksson. Middot; in Fiction. AN OBSESSION with the Shard takes a sinister turn when a minor journalist discovers that all he thought he knew was a lie.

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Green Labour | Christian Eriksson

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Hostile cities, engineering localism and other delusions of urban agriculture. September 16, 2012. Middot; by Christian Eriksson. Middot; in Cities. This is a transcript of a talk that I gave at the ‘Gardens of Justice’, Critical Legal Conference at the Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan, Stockholm in Septmeber 2012. Lenin’s Hatred of Allotments. September 10, 2012. Middot; by Christian Eriksson. Middot; in Apocalyptic Belief. Urban Agriculture’s Growing Right Wing. August 20, 2012. Middot; by Christian Eriksson.

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Red Fingers and Green Fists | Christian Eriksson

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Hostile cities, engineering localism and other delusions of urban agriculture. September 16, 2012. Middot; by Christian Eriksson. Middot; in Cities. Talk given at the Critical Legal Conference. Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, 15/09/12. A plaque of Anna Lindhagen, Fjällgatan, Stockholm. The text reads: “We need more justice and beauty in the world, greater organization and justice in the workplace. Only that is worth striving for.” Photo: indie2k. Although rather interesting, the tale is m...

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Housing | Christian Eriksson

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March 25, 2013. Middot; by Christian Eriksson. Middot; in Cities. CRONYISM is alive and well on Murkeyside, where the city’s leaders are not that bothered about the prospect of Liverpool losing its World Heritage Site status as long as a gigantic riverside tower blocks, flats ‘n’ car parks scheme gets the go-ahead.

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Chinese Takeaway | Christian Eriksson

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May 15, 2013. Middot; by Christian Eriksson. Middot; in Journalism. In 2010 David Cameron visited the Shanghai World Expo, flying out with John Whittaker, chairman of Peel Holdings. In a bid to butter-up Chinese investors, Peel paid for Liverpool’s lavish pavilion at the six-month event. Sir Howard will shortly join the board of Liverpool’s mayoral development corporation, a quango set up to do Uncle Joe’s bidding. Newby (left) with Whittaker (right). It’s just one big happy family on Murkeyside! ExUrbe,...

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Frankly Speaking | Christian Eriksson

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March 25, 2013. Middot; by Christian Eriksson. Middot; in Cities. 7/03/13, Issue 1335. Liverpool Waters, a conceptual visualisation. Photo: Rust Studios. CRONYISM is alive and well on Murkeyside, where the city’s leaders are not that bothered about the prospect of Liverpool losing its World Heritage Site status as long as a gigantic riverside tower blocks, flats ‘n’ car parks scheme gets the go-ahead. Readers may remember Newby’s tenure as VC of the University of the West of England, where he came ...