Municipalism pt.1 - On its Anarchist Origins

[S3.5E02] Municipalism pt.1 - On its Anarchist Origins Stay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.org Cities After… with Prof. Miguel Robles-Durán. A radical exploration into the capitalist contradictions of our urban world, and the many anti-capitalist futures to come. This episode is part 1 of 2, where Prof. Robles-Durán discusses a growing trust in left-leaning urban activism towards Municipalist principles. As its name implies, Municipalism is a political ideology that promotes the reconfiguring the local level of government, or the municipality, as the site of political organization and decision-making. Advocating for political power to be held solely by ordinary citizens who are municipally organized and globally connected through confederations. Despite significant planetary challenges and ideological controversies across the left political spectrum, Prof. Robles-Durán is convinced that variations of Municipalist politics are a crucial goal for building an anti-capitalist future. __________________________________________________________________________ Miguel Robles-Durán is an urbanist and Marxist urban theorist working at the intersections of urban political-ecology, unitary urbanism, and the design of social and environmentally just urban processes. He is a tenured Associate Professor of Urbanism at The New School / Parsons School of Design in New York City. Robles-Durán is founding partner and co-director of Urban Front, a transnational consultancy for urban justice. He is also a founding board member of The Shape of Cities to Come Institute, a New York City based co-learning and strategizing platform for urban activism. Robles-Durán's work with the New York City and Rotterdam-based design cooperative Cohabitation Strategies (CohStra) has been influential to the contemporary development of socially-engaged forms of urban practice. __________________________________________________________________________ Follow Politics in Motion: Website: https://www.politicsinmotion.org Patreon: https://patreon.com/PoliticsinMotion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PoliticsInMotion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politicsinmotion/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@politicsinmotion Twitter: https://twitter.com/politicsnmotion Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Politics-in-Motion/100092557227878/ Follow Miguel Robles-Durán’s projects: Urban Front: http://www.urban-front.com Cohabitation Strategies: http://www.CohStra.org The Shape of Cities to Come Institute: http://www.shapeofcitiestocome.org #politics #cities #culture #marxism #housing