The commons: beyond the state and the market - Yavor Tarinski As an alternative that has been tried and tested in practice by communities past and present, the…
Reclaiming the urban space In cities across the world different forms of popular resistance are appearing at the grassroots level that aim to reclaim and recreate the urban…
Towards Autonomy: The Social Experiment in Rojava The struggle of the communities in Rojava can be viewed as integral part of the grassroots projects and radical endeavors for social liberation.
Beyond the “growth” doctrine - Yavor Tarinski In order to be able to imagine and to create a society that is not based on constant economic growth, we have to move beyond narrow mechanistic…
Football as a commons - Yavor Tarinski Football has been turned from a commons shared by everybody who loves and practices it, to big business put in service of profit. In this article…
Direct Democracy: Beyond Hierarchy We live in dynamic times where a global crisis is slowly penetrating every sphere of our lives. In response to the contemporary state of…
Direct Democracy is not Utopia (Yavor Tarinski) One of the most common arguments against direct democracy is that it sounds as a very good idea, but it is impossible to implement.
Steps Towards a New World (Yavor Tarinski) Nowadays the exit from the so-called economic crisis in Europe has become the main topic of conversation. Various politicians, “experts” and…
Sortition and Direct Democracy (Yavor Tarinski) An article examining the practice of sortition today and its role as organic and necessary, but highly neglected, part of the direct democracy as…
