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Tenants’ unions: building dual power in the neighborhood
22nd December 2019For centuries, workers have organized themselves in order to collectively resist the oppressive and exploitative forces of capital. From the early 1900s to the current day, the most common form of worker organizing has been the labor union. With the rise of urbanization, over half...
Barcelona: crisis austerity and socio-political change
20th June 2016This case study of Barcelona is particularly interesting for a number of reasons. On one hand, for the strength of the participatory and collaborative tradition of Barcelona. On the other hand, because Barcelona has become particularly important since the local elections of May 2015, which...
What’s it like for a social movement to take control of a city?
11th May 2018We can chart a new path forward by grounding that vision in the lessons learned from past struggles and an understanding of how hierarchy is the shared root of oppression. But this can all feel a bit intangible without clear examples. To get an idea of what...
What would a city designed by women be like?
6th November 2019Cities are supposed to be built for all of us, but they aren’t built by all of us. Every city in the world has been designed and built by men. But what if the other half had a go? Barcelona might be able to give...
Municipalism and the feminization of politics
21st July 2017The new municipalist agenda is proving its capacity to provide effective responses to the demands for greater democracy at the local level. Furthermore, there is another, complementary argument for municipalism: it has the potential to feminize politics in a way that political action at the...
How the “15-minute city” will transform work
29th September 2020Even before the coronavirus crisis, a key topic of debate among town planners was how to create a sustainable, healthy urban environment that is easy to get around by either walking or cycling. The idea of the 15-minute city. A concept developed by Sorbonne Professor...
Project Eject, the people’s assemblies, and the question of autonomy
19th December 2017Many people throughout the United States have been inspired by the gains of the social movements in Jackson over the past decade. And many have been extremely confused and disappointed by the apparent “internal” strife that has erupted within and between factions of the progressive...
Coronavirus may change city designs
2nd April 2020The coronavirus pandemic has already changed many aspects of life. How we travel, how we work and how we live. Experts warn it may even change how some of our cities will look and operate in the future. Photo: Zoltan Tasi
Grenoble, France: Citizen participation in water utility delivers low tariffs for its poorest residents
3rd December 2018Elected officials and environmental activists mobilised in Grenoble in the 1980s and 1990s to prove that corruption was involved in many deals, and set up an alternative, municipal entity to take back and run the water utility. Remunicipalisation took place in 2001, and opened the...
Model of a code of conduct for a non-violent organisation
10th March 2020INDEX 0. JUSTIFICATION 1. SITUATIONS COVERED BY THIS DOCUMENT 2. PREVENTION 3. CODE OF CONDUCT 3.1. OUR VALUES. WHAT IS OK. 3.2. WHAT IS NOT OK. EXAMPLES. 4. LINES OF ACTION IN THE EVENT OF SITUATIONS OF VIOLENCE 0. JUSTIFICATION This document proposes two lines...
Dual power: a strategy to build socialism in our time
31st December 2018The Libertarian Socialist Caucus of the Democratic Socialists of America has reached consensus as to the broad outlines of a revolutionary strategy that fits our current context and material conditions. The article depicts the notion of dual power and the need to build it, as...
A European network of rebel cities?
5th June 2016In Europe, it is the cities that once again lead the way as places of radical innovation and democratic renewal – and provide answers to the challenges we face in our continent. Photo: Soloman Soh