This is the municipalist moment.
This is the municipalist moment. The movement to gain democratic control of cities and towns is ascendant from Los Angeles to Barcelona to Jackson, Mississippi. People are crafting municipalist platforms, reclaiming the right to the city, and self-organizing as rebel cities.
The goals of the Municipalism Learning Series are threefold:
- To introduce a radical municipalist framework to a broad audience in North America
- To present case studies of municipalist projects
- To create a space for municipalist organizers to share translocal strategies and tactics
Our launch panel was on May Day 2022. We had over 1,000 participants and three watch parties in Los Angeles, New York City, and Northern California. The second panel focused on municipalism and labor. Future topics include indigenous municipalism, popular assemblies, and just transition.
We will convene the 2023 Municipalism Cohort Fellowship, a 12-week online program that presents radical municipalist theory and practice to grassroots organizers active in local and regional movement building, beginning on September 16th 2023 and ending December 2nd.
We are a project of Solidarity Research Center, a nonprofit organization that builds solidarity economy ecosystems using data science, story-based strategy, and action research. Solidarity Research Center works at the intersection of racial justice and solidarity economies. Los Angeles for All is our experiment to build a municipalist movement in the City of Angels.
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Illustration by Caroline Woolard.
Our Team
We have a stellar team of movement builders, municipalist thinkers and practitioners, community and worker organizers, popular educators, critical researchers, narrative strategists, curriculum designers, and social practice artists working on our three offerings: the Cohort Fellowship, Public Panels, and the Resource Directory. Mentors support the Cohort Fellows.

Abel Liu

Diego Pons

Eleanor Finley

Gilda Haas

James Tracy

Jordan Packer

Kazembe Balagun

Marina Sitrin

Mason Herson-Hord

Michelle Sayles

Mike Strode

Pablo Benson

Yvonne Yen Liu
Municipalism Learning Series
1920 Hillhurst Avenue #V920
Los Angeles, California 90027
United States of America
(323) 539-7654