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New horizons in urban organizing for democratic power

What Russian Left Parties Say About Belarus, and reports from Brazil, Sudan, London, Kenya, India, France and Morocco

What we thus need is a strong discussion in how local governments, particularly in cities, can influence technology in a progressive direction.

Issues that Barcelona en Comú is tackling come up against limitations set by Catalan and Spanish law. The city lacks authority to regulate housing, although the city has created new affordable housing, has successfully limited the reach of Airbnb...

This is the near-dystopian endpoint of the neoliberal city: gargantuan corporations forcing cash-strapped cities to publicly bid against each other with tax breaks, subsidies and crass public relations campaigns