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Published in: democraciaAbiertaCOVID-19, Barcelona, and immigrants: The city as a refuge in times of uncertainty?Barcelona's actions in the field of immigration in the midst of the pandemic are the product of a long history that...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionPutting the ‘public’ back into public servicesAmsterdam is one city among many where economic democracy on a municipal level is taking off.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Which municipalism? Let's be choosyWhat exactly are we talking about when we refer to the “new municipalism” or “municipalist transformation” as...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The rising tide for the democratic control of water in BarcelonaBarcelona’s battle to take its water company back under public ownership is reaching its climax in the courts and at...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?"We need a feminist constitution"How is anyone going to go to work if no-one does the ironing, cooks, or looks after the children? I think putting...
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Published in: HomeTeam Syntegrity 2017: edging towards a more liveable worldIs it really enough to ‘like’, ‘follow’, and ‘retweet’ each other’s posts and updates? Or do we need something more...
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Published in: HomeOn gender and migrationMore than through any other lens, migration foregrounds gender as a construct that is also at once a process in the making.
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Published in: HomeFace to faceAs an anthropologist and ethnographer, I attempt to gain access to the participants’ memories in the way I would...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Reinventing urban democracy in BarcelonaBarcelona's citizens are setting aside the historical baggage of the nineteenth and twentieth century struggles of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Let's win back Barcelona!Guanyem Barcelona is a citizen platform that has embarked on a mission to solve the current Spanish political crises...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?El Banc: squatting as urban struggle in BarcelonaNew forms of urban struggle have been emerging in Barcelona. The reconstruction of the Can Vies social centre, half...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The right to the city: the inspiring free space of Can ViesThe social centre of Can Vies in Barcelona, occupied by squatters since 1997, achieved global recognition when plans...
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Published in: openSecurityVictims no longer: Spain’s anti-eviction movementFor over four years, the Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH) have responded to a national housing crisis...
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Published in: openSecurityMount Zion: the city withinRather than submit to the noxious dynamics of Spain’s colossal underground economy, the migrant workers of Mount...
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Published in: openSecurityThe battle for space in Barcelona: the 'rose of fire'Beyond indignation and in the wake of a housing market crash, a series of daily battles are taking place on the...
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Published in: HomeHomage to Catalonia (revisited)As Catalans massively take to the streets of Barcelona to demand independence, we are reminded that the Catalonian...
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Published in: HomeCatalonia-Spain: DeadlockSeptember 11: the world - and Spain - is taken by surprise with the images of over a million people marching down...
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Published in: HomeTributes to Fred Halliday 1946 – 2010Fred Halliday, great scholar, international fighter for justice and openDemocracy columnist, died on 26 April 2010....
