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Fusing gentrification, technology, tourism and anti-terrorism, the Barcelona model of urban redevelopment has sparked an upsurge of popular resistance. 
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Worth watching! ” A longtime anti-eviction activist has just been elected mayor of Barcelona, becoming the city’s first female mayor. Ada Colau co-founded the anti-eviction group Platform for People Affected by Mortgages and was an active member of the Indignados, or 15-M Movement. Colau has vowed to fine banks with empty homes on their books, …
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Ada Colau an activist against housing evictions "evicts" usual politicians from Barcelona city hall.
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Anti-poverty activist Ada Colau elected as mayor of Barcelona, while battle for control of capital pits countess against former communist
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At municipal elections, grassroots politicians are gaining support with pledges to fight corruption and austerity.
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In "Municipal Recipes" a small group of activists involved in municipal initiatives share their experiences and expectations over lunch
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From Istanbul to Barcelona, the co-operative movement is flourishing as employees revive what the bosses buried
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Ada Colau and the other women involved in the citizen platform Barcelona en Comú are showing how municipal politics can be feminized from the bottom up.
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3DPI's Davide Sher pays a visit to IAAC's FabLab BCN to discuss 3D printing, digital manufacturing, and the FabLab project as a whole.
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"The Citizens' Parliament has emerged because our representative institutions are demonstrably not working. They don't perform their basic functions; they don't engage with the public to think about what to do, and they don't ask questions. Rather than truly legislating, they bow to the will of lobbies. They don't promote political culture or public involvement. In fact, they encourage passivity. In the face of this situation, the Citizens' Parliament reflects the intuition that the power to legislate derives from the knowledge of the citizenry in many sectors. We can exercise executive capacity through civil disobedience, campaigns, social movements and actions, and spaces for learning and fostering political culture. Compared to lobbies, our strength lies in the fact that we're working for the common good in the hope of creating a collaborative world.
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Nearly 15 years ago, with funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation, MIT's Center for Bits and Atomscreated a digital fabrication facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Today, fab labs have grown well beyond the confines of MIT, and out of them, people are creating bikes, houses, watches, forks, radios, cyborg hands and so much more for personal and community use, and for profit.
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Practical alternative economic models are rapidly taking shape in practice in Catalonia. Are the indignados finally harvesting? asks Peter de Jong
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We are living in a time of profound changes. Taking advantage of the economic crisis, the economic powers that be have launched an open offensive against the rights and social conquests of the majority of the population. However, the longing for real democracy is ever stronger in the town squares, on the streets, online, as well as at the ballot box.
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Twelve months ago she was a housing activist. Now Ada Colau, newly sworn-in as Barcelona’s top elected offical, has inequality in her sights
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Anti-eviction activist and Barcelona en Comú candidate Ada Colau will be the next mayor of Barcelona. (VozPopuli)
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The status quo took a hit in Spanish elections over the weekend. A major upset came in Barcelona with a win by Ada Colau, a prominent activist who fought evictions during Spain's economic crisis.
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Protest parties make gains in Spain's local elections, depriving the governing People's Party of overall control of Madrid and other councils.
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What’s underlying the municipalism movement? What have we lived since 15M (Spanish Occupy)? How did we get to the point to try to get back the institutions? What are the experiences agents deeply involved in these parties have been living these months?
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TDway / Shutterstock.com Tried of working from home? You could change up your coffee shop routine. Or you could ditch your current grind entirely and go program apps in Jakarta, Bali, or Barcelona.
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The Fab City concept developed in Barcelona has its herald. Tomás Diez, founder of the Barcelona Fablab and organiser of FAB10 in July 2014 is adamant: fablabs are part of the solution.
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We are living in an exceptional time that demands brave, creative initiatives.
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Last friday the 13th of february, at 18hs, FairCoop was presented at the Aurea Social headquarters in Barcelona.
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The Infoday will provide participants with an overview of the upcoming CAPS Call under Horizon 2020. The event will also feature panel discussions, pitches and informal networking as well as an introduction to the CAPS2015 event. The goal is to help you refining your ideas for research and pilot projects in this new emerging area, so to come up with even better, if perhaps fewer, inclusive and scalable ideas. The event will also be an occasion to discuss with you the plans for the next calls in this area.
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RT @ProletariatWISH: FAB10 Documentary: http://t.co/MvTZ13UTlw via @FAB10Barcelona #FabLab #DigitalFabrication #3Dprinting #Open #Local #Di…
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Ada Colau: We’ve all been a tourist at some point, but citizens of this great city are fighting for a way of life as they are sidelined by the authorities
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