Jon Silver

Professor of Urban Geography | Deputy Director @Urban_Inst |

[Jon Silver @InvisibleMapper]

@NoSaudiToon @tribunemagazine Great work!

[Jon Silver @InvisibleMapper]

I wrote this for @tribunemagazine five years ago, but remains just as valid today...

"The takeover of football clubs by state-capitalist ventures must be more vigorously resisted by the Premier League and supporters groups"

https://t.co/5blRq3BpFl

[Jon Silver @InvisibleMapper]

@NoSaudiToon @tribunemagazine @NUFC @NewcastleCC Yes, I found this very surprising for many reasons but also know there are some other active landowners around the stadium. There are also Saudi investments across the region that are worth noting

[Jon Silver @InvisibleMapper]

Just a reminder for anyone interested in Abu Dhabi in Manchester. We conducted a forensic investigation into the deal with a range of findings that seem more relevant than ever....land deals, tax payments, offshore companies + 'sweetheart deals'

https://t.co/CVSRnDAcRQ

[Neil Gray @NeilGray00]

My book is now published in the UK. I'm definitely not the emotionally manipulative type but I'm in hospital just now and I think you should buy it out of pure pity for me. @CommonNotions

[Jon Silver @InvisibleMapper]

@jamezist

[Jon Silver @InvisibleMapper]

Extraordinary for the PM to be defending the Abi Dhabi state project at this moment

“Well I would be really concerned to lose them. They’ve been such a huge partner in the building of modern Manchester. Obviously, the building of Manchester City into the global force that it is”

[Jon Silver @InvisibleMapper]

How a great English city sold itself to Abu Dhabi’s elite – and not even for a good price

https://t.co/xQc4YKBfLs

[AbdouMaliq Simone @XazaarAdjame]

Our book is open access, click the link:
https://t.co/2EMMmcb3o6

[Defend Our Juries @DefendOurJuries]

BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside @andyburnham’s Labour Party conference.

UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns.

Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.

[Jon Silver @InvisibleMapper]

Burnham has tied himself closely to the UAE-UK relationship, now as the PM, according to FT

in July he spoke w/ UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan + began by thanking him “for his country’s investment into Manchester + the incredible impact it has had on the city”

[Jon Silver @InvisibleMapper]

Some big implications of the ruling beyond the football club given Abu Dhabi's significant integration into the political economy of Manchester 👇

[Jon Silver @InvisibleMapper]

'Brand Manchester' + 'Brand Abu Dhabi' became entwined through football and then across the political economy of the city with our leaders always enthusiastic, willing partners.

Now is the time to have some important debates about the future of the city...

[Jon Silver @InvisibleMapper]

Call for Papers
AAG 2027 // NYC
Critical Geographies of the Infrastructure Corridor

https://t.co/7cAjAQnLpC

Alan Wiig + I are excited to bring together a dialogue centring corridors in geographic scholarship + debate. Please do circulate and think about submitting a paper