The City Taking the Commons to Heart
Ghent is engaging with the Commons by re-imagining its structures around citizen participation, the sharing of resources, and ‘translocal’ cooperation.
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Changing Societies through Urban Commons Transitions
A report examining the rise of the urban commons as both a bottom-up emergence by citizens/commoners and a radical municipal administrative configuration.
A Commons Transition Plan for the City of Ghent
Michel Bauwens documents the emergence and growth of the Commons in Ghent and suggests the bests public policies to support commons-based initiatives.
Cities Against the Wall
Two years into its governing mandate, how is Spain’s municipalist movement fighting back against the impositions of global capital?
This is how people power wins an election: the story of Ahora Madrid
How do you win an election? According to Ahora Madrid’s activist councillors, the key is keeping it real - with real openness and participation.
Common space for exchange: cities in transition and citizen struggles
How has activism in Spain produced new political platforms that are victorious in municipal elections? These are the stories of the cities in transition.
Imagining the (R)Urban Commons in 2040
Commons scholar Silke Helfrich invites you to take a walk through an environment that we can co-create: The (Rural) Urban Commons of 2040.
The Commons Have Come to Town
The Commons have come to Barcelona to promote a Good Life that redefines economic and social policies, municipal responsibilities and democratic practices