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The Ideal Communist City (1969) is an English translation of urban concepts advanced by architects and planners from the University of Moscow. The book was first published in a Soviet journal of a communist youth organization in 1960 and was then republished in Italy in 1968. Offering a new way of thinking about mobility, equity and social interaction in neighborhood planning, The Ideal Communist City was a direct response to suburban development and its focus on private spaces for family life: “the new city is a world belonging to all and each” where life is “structured by freely chosen relationships representing the fullest, most well-rounded aspects of each human personality.”

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onFriedrichstrasse,Berlin,commemoratethe historyoftheoncedividedcity,thetightly controlledborderbetweenEastandWestandthe peoplewhosoughttheirwaytofreedomagainstall odds.Ontheupperfoornearthewindow,which overlooksCheckpointCharlie,thereisthesmallest escapecareverused:aBMWIsetta.Klaus-Günter Jacobi(79)regularlyaccompaniesvisitorsthroughthe museumasatouristguide.Whatonlyfewpeopleare awareof:Jacobidoesnotonlyknowallaboutmany escapeattempts,butthatitwashisideatohidea personinsidethetinybubblecarandtocrossthe borderwiththeunnoticedpassenger.Thisishowhis bestfriendmanagedtoescapefromEasttoWest Berlin.Morethan30yearsafterthefalloftheBerlin wall,BMWrecountsthetaleofKlaus-GünterJacobi,his friendManfredKosterandthemini-car,whichhelped ninepeopleescapetheGDR.Thisstoryistheplotof themovie“TheSmallEscape”,whichpremieredon2 October2019asaTVspot,onYoutubeandonother socialmediachannelsoftheBMWGroup.

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movietakestheaudiencebacktotheyear1964. Jacobi’sfamilyhadalreadylefttheEastofthecityin 1958,threeyearsbeforetheconstructionoftheBerlin wall.WhenhisoldfriendManfredKosteraskedhimto helphimescapefromtheGDR,hecameupwithabold plan.HisBMWIsettawastoserveastheescapecar. Themoto-coupémeasuringonly2.30metersinlength and1.40metersinwidthwouldarouselittlesuspicion withthebordersoldiers,orsohehoped.Andeven todayitstillsseemsvirtuallyimpossibletohidea personinsideaBMWIsetta.Thebubblecarisalready averytight tfortwopeopleontheseatsdirectly behindthefrontdoor.Thehidingplaceforhisfriend wasbuiltbehindtheseatbenchdirectlynexttothe engine.CarmechanicJacobicarriedouttheconversion inhisformertrainingworkshopinBerlin-Reinickendorf. Hecutanopeningintothetrimbehindtheseatbench, shiftedtheshelfupwardsandremovedthespare wheel,heatingandair lter.Healsoexchangedthe13litrefueltankfora2-litrecanistertomakespaceforthe hiddenpassenger.

ThemallEscape showshowtheBMW settawas turnedintoanescapecarandhowtherisky bordercrossingplayedout.Thethrillinghistory lessonwasproducedbydirector lexFeil,cameraman haledMohtasebandsetdesignerErwin riebin ollywoodblockbusterstyle.Theprops,costumes, vehiclesandstreetsetswerecreatedinBudapestto stageafaithful sBerlinsetting. checkpoint completewithwallandborderstripwasrecreated resultinginanoppressiveatmospherewhichcontinues togrowthroughoutthecourseofthe lmtothen culminateinahappyend. incetheirinvention, automobileshavebroughtfreedomandself determinationtohumankind. arsbringpeople together.Thisissomethingoneshouldalwaysalso keepinmindinthecurrentdebate.Themovie emphasisesthis.Themovingescapestorywiththe BMW settacanalsobeseenasasymbolofthe invaluablevaluecarsandindividualmobilitycanhave. t sallaboutfreedom,independenceanddreams.Our movierecognisesthedriveandcourageofthepeople whomadethissuccessfulescapepossible ,says ens

Thiemer, eadofBMWBrandManagement. On May ,shortlybeforethebordercrossing closedonmidnight,theBMW settaconvertedby laus nter acobi,rolledunderneaththeopened barrier. hortlyaftercrossing,hefreedhisfriend Manfredfromhishidingplacebehindtheseatbench andtookhiminhisarmsdeliriouswith oy.Thiswasthe onlytime acobi sBMW settawasusedasanescape car,buthisachievementwastoinspireimitators.Eight further citi ensmanagedtoescapetotheWest overthefollowingyearsinasimilarlyconvertedBMW setta.TodaythiscarisondisplayintheBerlinWall Museum.Themovie The mallEscape willalsobea permanentexhibitofthepermanentexhibitionon spectacularescapeattempts.

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Starmerbacks Khan’sULEZscheme

HereisandINTERVIEWTranscriptwithSirKeir Starmer,LeaderoftheLabourParty,speakingto LBC'sHenryRileyatanOctopusEnergysitein Slough-

Key: LBC'sHenryRiley(HR)&SirKeirStarmer (KS)

• HR: “We’rehereinSloughtoday,many workersherewillbecommutingintoLondon, ontheULEZcharge–whichisscheduledto expandfromthe th ugust–that’sgoingto hitmanyworkers,doyoureallythinkit’sthe righttimetobechargingpeople as theLabour ayor Sadi han is recommending,ifpeople’s ehiclesdon’t meetcertainemissionstandards

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Inthelastweekover1000ofthe5000(and counting)FairFuelUKSupportersdeliberately excludedfromtheULEZConsultationresultsbya manipulativeLondonMayor,haveemailedall LabourGLAMembersandcopiedintheLeader, deputyleaderandChairoftheUKLabourParty. Theyaredemandingtoknowwhytheiropinions

werescrapped.Detailsofwhattheysenttothe MayorofLondon'sOffcesandhisParty Memberscanbeseenat: https:// fairfueluk.eaction.org.uk/Khan-Lies

HowardCoxFounderofFairFuelUKsays: “Itis morethansickeningthattheLondonMayor chosetoignoretheConsultationprocesswhere6 outof10respondentsopposedtheexpansionof theULEZintoGreaterLondon.Butit’smade evenworsethatthepotentialnextPrimeMinister ofourcountrybacksSadiqKhan’sdeliberate manipulationofademocraticprocess.Mark Harper,theTransportMinisterandthePrime Ministermuststepinandoverallthedecisionto expandtheULEZanyfurther."

CommentingonSirKeir'sremarks aulS ully t e inisterforLondon said "ratherthanblinding andtriballysupportinghisLabourMayor,KeirStarmer needstospeaktopeopleinOuterLondonwhodon't qualityforthescrapagescheme,don'thavethe extensivechoiceofbusesandtubesthathisown InnerLondonconstituentsenjoyandthereforeremain dependentontheircars".

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