De la rue à la mairie

Based on extensive ethnographic research, this book offers an in-depth look at municipalism, analysing the housing rights movements in Barcelona, the experiences of former activists within the municipal government, and the interactions between these two dynamics. Beyond Barcelona, the main aim is to put forward concrete strategic proposals for the construction of "social municipalism" as an alternative to neoliberalism and state sovereignty, capable of fuelling the imagination of democratic possibilities.

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David Hamou holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Paris-Nanterre. His research focuses on the commons, new forms of democracy, urban social movements and non-state institutions. He has published a thesis on the new synergies between social movements for the right to housing and public institutions in the context of the municipalism experiment in Barcelona. Currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Brasilia in Brazil, he is a member of Casa Comum, a citizen-led project for democratic reconstruction in the post-Bolsonaro era.

Rokhaya Diallo is a journalist committed to fighting racism and sexism and promoting minority rights in general. Her work as a journalist and filmmaker promoting equality has been recognised with numerous awards. She is a columnist for the Washington Post and The Guardian, as well as a researcher in residence at Georgetown University's Gender+Justice Initiative research centre in Washington. According to the New York Times, she is 'one of France's most important anti-racist activists'.