This is a fantastic article about a movement that at its root is anarchism at its best. A phrase that has echoed in my head for over 40 years "
small is beautiful" rises like a favorite melody and warms my heart. This is a feel good story.
Municipalism works at the local scale. In an age of xenophobic discourses that exclude people based on national or ethnic criteria, municipalism constructs alternative forms of collective identity and citizenship based on residence and participation. Municipalism is pragmatic and goal-based: in a neoliberal system that tells us 'there is no alternative', municipalism proves that things can be done differently through small, but concrete, victories, like remuncipalizing basic services or providing local ID schemes for undocumented immigrants. Municipalism allows us to reclaim individual and collective autonomy; in response to citizen demands for real democracy, municipalism opens up forms of participation that go beyond voting once every few years.
A new international municipalist movement is on the rise – from small victories to global alternatives | openDemocracy:
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