See this Commons Transition article. An excerpt:
These
newcomers to the municipal political scene identify with the Commons. [...] A perusal of their programmes and of the manner
in which they were developed demonstrates that this is not simply an
empty phrase, but the reference to the Commons introduces instead a new
political discourse and horizon and, above all, a new way of ‘doing’
politics. [...] On analysis, the new political culture they aim for is
rooted in the tradition of
urban
struggle now revisited and improved on the basis of the citizen
movements that originated in the 2008 financial crisis, the indignados
of 2011, and the successive ‘waves’ (mareas) that followed in the
housing, health, education, culture and urban ecology sectors. The
tradition of self-management and ‘self-government’ often rooted in
libertarianism and long known as ‘municipalism’ has been revisited by
the culture and practices of the many anti-growth, ecological,
alter-globalisation, and cultural movements inspired by the spirit of
the Indignados of 2011 with an impressive mastery and intelligent use of
new technologies and audiovisual media."
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