Guanyem Barcelona
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Barcelona en Comú
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| Spokesperson | Ada Colau |
| Founded | 2014 |
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Podem ICV EUiA Procés Constituent Equo |
| Headquarters | Barcelona |
| Ideology |
Localism Left-wing populism Participatory democracy Direct democracy Democratic socialism Eco-socialism Libertarian socialism Libertarian municipalism Anti-capitalism Anti-globalism Pacifism Anti-racism Anti-mass tourism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation |
En Comú Podem Catalunya en Comú |
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Barcelona en Comú (Catalan for Barcelona in Common) is a citizen platform launched in June 2014 that is currently governing in minority in the City of Barcelona. Its policy agenda includes defending social justice and community rights, promoting participatory democracy, introducing mechanisms to tackle corruption, and developing a new model of tourism for Barcelona.
Many of the platform's founding members have been active for many years in social and political movements in Barcelona, including the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages (PAH) and 15M.
The spokespeople of Barcelona en Comú include former anti-evictions activist Ada Colau, Jaume Asans (lawyer), Gerardo Pisarello (constitutional law scholar), Gala Pin (social activist), and Joan Subirats (political scientist). Ada Colau has appeared in national polls as a popular alternative to current elected representatives in Spain, and has been mooted as the platform's likely mayoral candidate.
The platform has its origins in the new social and political movements that emerged in the wake of the Spanish economic crisis and the 15M protests.
Over 2000 people attended the launch of the initiative at a public meeting at the Collasso i Gil school in the Raval neighbourhood of Barcelona on 26 June 2014. The platform launched a validation process in order to assess the level of support among Barcelona residents for its proposal of creating a united progressive electoral list to stand at the 2015 municipal elections. It set itself the target of collecting 30,000 signatures of support for its initial manifesto by September 2014. As part of the validation process, it also held a series of 'neighbourhood chats' across the city.
Barcelona en Comú's Code of Political Ethics applies to all individuals and parties standing for election under the platform's name. It was drawn up using a participatory methodology consisting of two days of open debate on 10–11 October 2014, and an online platform where the proposed document was open to comments and amendments.
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