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  1. Barcelona's Experiment in Radical Democracy
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    Issues that Barcelona en Comu is tackling come up against limitations set by Catalan and Spanish law. The city lacks authority to regulate housing, although the city has created new affordable housing, and has successfully limited the reach of Airbnb.
  2. Gentrification and Class Struggles in Barcelona, Spain: Interview with Etcétera Collective
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    In an interview with the Barcelona-based collective Etcetera, the processes of urban development in one of the fastest gentrifying cities in Spain and their implications for potential movements and struggles are examined.
  3. Homage to Catalonia
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1938
    George Orwell's account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War.
  4. Red City, Blue Period
    Social Movements in Picasso's Barcelona

    Resource Type: Book
  5. What's it like for a social movement to take control of a city?
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    Ada Colau surprised many when she won the election to become mayor of Barcelona. The housing rights activist was part of a deep social movement aiming for participatory democracy. But this latest article from the Symbiosis Research Collective examines how winning the election was just the first step

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