Reclaiming whose city?

A fortnight ago, Mule reported on the arrest of six people who had squatted the disused Kro2 bar on Oxford Road against plans to turn the site into a Tesco – and more broadly against the steady “corporate takeover” of the city centre. How does the recent criminalisation of squatting relate to Manchester’s shifting character? And what are the underlying forces behind these changes?

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