---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stacco Troncoso <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 6:33 PM Subject: Common space for exchange: cities in transition and citizen struggles To: [email protected] Here's an article Ann Marie wrote on a recent event gathering some of the Spain-based civil society coalitions which won the local elections in most major cities and how it applies to the electoral landscape in France, the EU and beyond. I think you will find it relevant. If you like it, please share: http://commonstransition.org/common-space-for-exchange- cities-in-transition-and-citizen-struggles/ "But, what do the movements find when they ask the people what they want? The people are still outraged and anxious. They want assurances of security, to finally get out of the economic crisis. What happens when those who’ve moved to municipal government want rupture, but the people want restoration? The people say they want to "go back to the way things were", but not only is that impossible, things were not really so good - but memories are short. This is the key of the extreme right, this ideological message. What’s needed is more empathy." How has activism in Spain produced new political platforms that are victorious in municipal elections? Are there stories, lessons, methods or tools that can be shared or translated to other contexts? How might these support the growing movement in France? -- Strategic direction steward P2P Foundation <http://p2pfoundation.net/>. Director of content commonstransition.org Co-founder guerrillatranslation.org -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/