Municipalism - The People Are The Power

Episode 17 of Redneck Gone Green

Hi folks,

It’s Jackrabbit!

David is out this week but, worry not, we’ve got a great interview we recorded with Kate Shea-Baird, an activist with the Spanish Municipalist movement since 2014 and a member of the executive team of Barcelona EnComu (Barcelona in common) from 2017 to 2021. Please join us Tuesday November 28th at 6pm Eastern 3pm Pacific here on our Youtube channel. Our Rumble livestream will post 24 hours before the show on our channel, so please keep an eye out for it. Make sure you are subscribed to Youtube and are following on Rumble.

Ada Colau the day before winning her seat as mayor of the 2nd largest city in Spain

In 2015, Barcelona EnComu’s Ada Colau - a housing rights activist - won her election to become mayor of Barcelona, Spain’s 2nd largest city. Barcelona En Comú’s guiding document was drawn up through citizen participation and its policy priorities included radicalizing democracy, stopping evictions, fighting touristification, returning the city’s water company to the people, and reducing economic inequalities between neighborhoods.

In 2019, Ada Colau won a second term as mayor. However, she lost her attempt at a 3rd term this year. We’re looking forward to asking Kate both about the accomplishments and the challenges that faced these activists who came to power.

Here are some resources to learn more about Barcelona EnComu:

Guide to building a citizen’s electoral movement

Great Waging Nonviolence article leading up to the 2023 election (with quotes from Kate)

I will be in studio during the episode to respond to your questions, so please do join us Tuesday for an excellent conversation with Kate Shea-Baird. See you then!

Be well,

;-jackrabbit