BComú – Barcelona en Comú.

Spain seems to keep throwing up interesting movements. Not so long ago we had the Indignados Movement.

Now it is time for the BComú in Barcelona

http://new-compass.net/articles/eight-lessons-barcelona-en-com%C3%BA

BComú’s strategy for essential services is hidden in its name – the plan is to run them in common… it’s important to recognize the major difference between the public and the common. As Michael Hardt argues, our choices are not limited to businesses controlled privately (private property) or by the state (public property). The third option is to hold things in common – where resources and services are controlled, produced and distributed democratically and equitably according to peoples need….This is not a traditional socialist government that thinks it can run things better on behalf of the people. This is a movement that believes the people can run things better on their own behalf, combining citizen wisdom with expert knowledge to solve the everyday problems that people face.