European Municipalist NetworkMigrants make cities. #MunicipalistMonday β for International Migrants Day - turns to Seven Sisters Market in North London aka 'Latin Village'. Here migrants from South America trail-blaze pathways to democratically and locally organising against gentrification.
Mid-October EMN's #OpenCall participants met in Naples to share strategies, strengthen connections and build collaborations. This also offered a chance to delve into Naples' inspirational urban commons. #MunicipalistMonday celebrates take homes from those incredible spaces.
Today's #MunicipalistMonday looks to Cape Town's inspirational Reclaim the City movement β a movement fighting for universal justice, especially in the realm of housing, whilst struggling against spatial apartheid (an ongoing legacy of historic injustice).
How can young people make change? How can we transform their energy and aspirations into tangible actions? Today's #MunicipalistMonday tackles these questions β looking at Youthstok, a program developed by SocLab (BiaΕystok, Poland) and supported by EMN. #emnAwardedProject
Jackson Rising (2018) provided must-read know-how for a previous #MunicipalistMonday on how to co-create a democratic local public assembly.
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#MunicipalistMonday 𧡠looks at tips & tools for running a democratic neighbourhood assembly. π₯π₯ It draws wisdom from Cooperation Jackson, Zagreb je NAS!, Naples Urban Commons, EMN's FoP group, Belo Horizonte's Muitas, Barcelona En Comu, Feminise Politics Now! & many more.
Today's #MunicipalistMonday 𧡠showcases Cooperation Jackson, who are β"Building a solidarity economy in Jackson, Mississippi, anchored by a network of cooperatives and worker-owned, democratically self-managed enterprises."
https://cooperationjackson.org/
https://cooperationjackson.org/
How can we escape corporate control? How can we create universal access to medicines, vaccines and other drugs?
One of the #emnAwardedProjects tackled these big questions. Exploring medicine as a commons β a key theme for municipalism.
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One of the #emnAwardedProjects tackled these big questions. Exploring medicine as a commons β a key theme for municipalism.
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#MunicipalistMonday focuses on Turkey denying Rojava water, 1 of many Turkish atrocities. For International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War & Armed Conflict. & We'll explore Rojava's women reirrigating their lands. #JinJiyanAzadi
This week's #MunicipalistMonday thread explores how happiness is revolutionary. This was one of our #emnAwardedProjects by Cambiamo Messina dal Basso (Let's change Messina from below) or CmdB for short. Messina is the third largest city in Sicily.
Many #MunicipalistMondayπ§΅s explored how occupying space is vital to build power municipalist power from Brussels to Belgrade & beyond. On this theme, today's #MunicipalistMonday explores the longest running factory occupation in Italy's history.
#GKN #JustTransition
#GKN #JustTransition