Commoning Projects in Europe

http://www.geo.coop/story/radical-democracy

This film project from the Doc Next Network will be following several commoning projects from Turkey to Spain. The various actions that people are engaged in seem like good fodder for coming up with our own ideas for actions (and for additional people to network with).

Among the things people are doing:
Poland: Starting in 2012, people in this district have been organising actions that criticise the urban decay it has been subjected to, informing the public of residents’ unmet needs and promoting the district’s history through the bottom-up creation of a Social Museum.

Turkey: Sokak Bizim (“Streets Belong to Us”)...are best known for their “Streets Belong to Us Once a Month” events, in which they transform lifeless spaces subsumed by the functionality of neoliberal urbanisation into festive ones, to promote community-building activities and create common spaces for citizens.

The film clips in the article are great, so be sure to take a look.