Bertie Russell is a Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield’s Urban Institute and a member of Plan C. He tweets @alterurbanist
Internationalism and the New Municipalism
In moving together, municipalist movements are already demonstrating internationalism — in the “old” sense of working together across boundaries. Yet this internationalism provides the crucible for working towards internationalism in a “new” sense…
October 9, 2018
Radical Municipalism: Demanding the Future
We’re aware that we can’t look to anyone but ourselves to start generating forms of political activity that both overcome the unwelcome return of nationalism, and that genuinely increase the prospects for just, ecologically sound and equitable ways of organising our societies. These will necessarily be aimed at the end of capitalism and the nation-state, and towards democratically organized societies held in common.
July 3, 2017
How Progressive Cities Can Reshape the World — And Democracy
From A Coruña to Valencia, Madrid and Zaragoza, these municipal movements are the direct efforts of citizens rejecting the old mode of doing politics, and starting to effect change where they live.
March 17, 2017