Stories - Barcelona

COLUMN: How the UK Lost Its Cities

Birmingham was once the world's best governed city. Now it's insolvent.

Lecciones del Distrito 11 de Barcelona

En la guerra, Barcelona hizo del asediado Sarajevo su 11º distrito. Un modelo de colaboración de ayuda...

Better Than Cease Fire Statements?

Prospera island, Britain's insolvent local democracy, Sarajevo-Barcelona, Citizen Assembly heresies, a Lima...

Our Lost 'Civic Gospel'

The U.K.'s national elections obscure a local crisis.

The Democracy Column

Lessons of Barcelona District 11

In war, Barcelona made besieged Sarajevo its 11th district. A model aid partnership endures

'Local Democracy Is Freedom'

Assessing your own local democracy. 'Evil Does Not Exist' Outside Tokyo. A Caution from Bratislava. Bono for...

Photo Credit: George M. Groutas via Flickr CC BY 2.0 Deed

What is 'Smart Democracy'?

Also: how to meet me; summer school, vampires, comparing French and Nepali towns

Pressure Inspires City Democracy

Don't underestimate Turkey, Ukraine, or democracy cities.

Photo courtesy of Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender Equality Publishes Final Report press release, December 2022. Creative Commons License 2.0. Via Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/oireachtas/

The Meaning of Irish Defeat

A Roundup from Barcelona to Nelson Mandela Bay

School group at Asian African Conference Museum, Bandung, Indonesia

Do You Live in Democracy?

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