As a continuation of the
other day's post on the Municipalist electoral coalitions which took power in several Spanish cities, here's an in-depth interview I conducted with Ahora Madrid's heads of transparency and citizen participation.
We spoke at length about citizen participation, transparency, the Commons, a 60 million-euro participatory budget, the persistent misunderstanding that Podemos equals Ahora Madrid or Barcelona en Comú, how to bring “open source logics” to city governance, and the difficulties of institutional encroachment for those used to consensus-oriented assembly spaces. I think that this is very relevant material for the ECA, and an valuable resource for any commons-based electoral strategy that goes beyond pandering to existing party structures. Check it out in the link below.
That's it. Happy solstice/holidays/take your pic everyone. Looking forward to seeing you all again next year.
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