In this article Debbie Bookchin offers a sweeping overview of “radical municipalism”, articulating why only a global confederation of rebel cities can lead us out of the death-spiral of neoliberalism towards a free and ecological society.
In this toolkit, organizers from Survival Bloc offer their framework for developing grassroots resources and infrastructure to help sustain local communities and social movements in the face of the deepening climate crisis.
In this presentation by Symbiosis, community activists share examples of place-based movements for direct-democracy from around the world, including Commercy, France; Cheran, Mexico; and Olympia, Washington.
In this panel discussion hosted by MLS, community organizers share their own experiences, challenges, and lessons on building the power of self-governance at the local level.
In this two-part podcast, Srsly Wrong teams up with the Institute for Social Ecology to discuss capitalism, the environmental crisis, and visions for a free and ecological society rooted in municipal direct democracy.
In both the Zapatista movement and the Kurdish freedom movement, women’s freedom is seen as central to the strategy (and meaning) of building democratic autonomy.
This webinar by Symbiosis presents an overview of the theory, practice, and historical background of “Dual Power”, the revolutionary concept of “building a new world in the shell of the old”.
This special series was published by ROAR magazine to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune. The featured essays include reflections on the revolutionary events of 1871, the Commune’s enduring legacy, and the movements it continues to inspire around the world.
This worksheet presents a set of guiding questions designed to empower grassroots organizers to map relationships of power, care, vulnerabilities and resilience at the neighborhood level.
Kelly Hayes interviews Denzel Caldwell about his work as a community organizer with the Black Nashville Assembly in this episode of the Movement Memos podcast.
Building Power in Place: A Municipalist Organizing Toolkit presents a snapshot of the praxis and theory of various place-based movements we describe as radical municipalist.
Video recording of an online event hosted by the Institute for Social Ecology about the intersections between Social Ecology and Solidarity Economy, and the ways in which integrating these frameworks can help local movements build more robust forms of political and economic self-governance.
Fearless Cities is a collaborative guide written by more than 140 people from 19 countries about the theory and practice of the global municipalist movement.
Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton lays out his framework for revolutionary internationalism based on solidarity between self-determined communities.
Cooperation Jackson co-founder Kali Akuno lays out a practical and theoretical framework for building people’s assemblies, based on the experience of grassroots organizers in Jackson, Mississippi.
In this foundational text of the Rojava revolution, imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan lays out the basic ideas of Democratic Confederalism, a revolutionary framework for reorganizing society on the basis of community self-governance.
In this groundbreaking essay, Murray Bookchin, founder of the Institute for Social Ecology, outlines his strategic vision for transforming society by reinvigorating political life at the local level through popular assemblies.
In this thoughtful guide, members of the Usufruct Collective describe the dos and don’ts of organizing Communalist Assemblies.
This video by Neighbor Democracy summarizes the local structures and practices of direct democracy that shape the governing system of Democratic Confederalism in Rojava (North-East Syria).
Video from our online panel (May 13th, 2025) about the importance of base-building in any community organizing strategy.