How Cooperation Birmingham went beyond crisis relief to build democracy
28 July 2021
Cooperation Birmingham was envisioned in 2019, when a group of local residents were inspired by visiting members of Cooperation Jackson. Our project aimed to form a basis for a solidarity economy in the city and provide material infrastructure that would allow autonomous community groups to…
For Amsterdam’s experiment in new municipalism to succeed, it must put vague terms into practice
14 June 2021
“There has been something strange [going on] for the last forty years in Amsterdam”, Joost, a community organizer in the west of the city, reflects. He frowns remembering his experiences as part of the squatting movement in the 1980s, when Amsterdam’s streets and neighbourhoods were…