Visa update and a guide for the concerned
Well, woohoo! I'm told my visa is approved and it will be sent to me in a week, much to my relief. Yes, it's faceless bureaucracy. The...
Can Masdeu, Aurea Social and living at the crossroads
Barcelona is a particularly cosmopolitan city - and the places I spent time (Can Masdeu and Aurea Social, home of Co-operativa Integral...
On not reinventing the wheel
We had a second attempt today at a get together at Can Masdeu for people involved in anti-capitalist projects of all kinds, to meet and...
So when they say 'get your visa well in advance'...
Back in January 2017, I hit on the brilliant plan of getting a 'J' visa - for people on exchange programmes, eg Summer Camp workers,...
We are connected - taking control of our communication
We are hyper-connected. We share (or don't share) our secrets, desires, heartbreaks, whereabouts, spending habits, social links, number...
Questions, questions, questions...
I've been in Barcelona for 6 weeks now, and I'm just starting to be able to process the masses of inspiration i've been experiencing...
THE IDEA
Between October 2017 & July 2018 I'm touring Barcelona, the US and Canada, to meet, make links with and learn about - alternative...
THE PLAN
What? Who? - visiting workers co-ops with links to community organising/grassroots economic organising - ie, those who are actively...
ROUGH ITINERARY
early Oct-mid-Nov: staying in Barcelona in two communities linked to the Cooperativa Integral Catalana (CIC), learning how their...
WHY DO I THINK ITS NECESSARY?
Until fairly recently, we in the UK have had a long period of stagnation in the workers co-op movement, since the workers co-op...