A committee meeting in Qamishlo, Rojava

Fearless cities and neighbourhoods for a living planet: from Sheffield to Rojava

This is Part 3 of Research for Action’s blog and podcast series based on Fearless Cities, a summit we co-organised in November 2024. Held in Sheffield and attended by over 400 people, Fearless Cities 2024 explored how local movements are building power in their communities and generating long-term, systemic change towards directly democratic local institutions. This is known as municipalism.    By Steve Rushton     Note: The Rojava Revolution (featured below) is a women-led multi-ethnic society of millions of people in North and East Syria. At the time of writing it is being invaded and destroyed by the Syrian... [continues]