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.
Cities Against the Wall
Two years into its governing mandate, how is Spain’s municipalist movement fighting back against the impositions of global capital?
Commons in the time of monsters: How P2P Politics can change the world, one city at a time
Can Commons and P2P practices offer viable solutions for our present and future social, political and ecological crises? This is the story of how it's done.
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.
The Commons Collaborative Economy explodes in Barcelona
In 2016 Barcelona, it is well understood that the “Sharing Economy” is a flawed model, while the Commons Collaborative Economy is a totally different game: An in-depth overview of Procomuns a 3 day event on Policies, Technology and Economies of the Commons.
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.
Integrating activism into governance institutions
The idea of the commons as an organising principle has moved from the streets to the heart of the European political establishment.
Stephanie Rearick on Mutual Aid Networks and Local Solidarity
"The aim of Mutual Aid Networks is to redesign work. To apply what we know about economic and community building tools to creating a new vision for work."
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