La Base is a cooperatively-organized space opened by residents of the working class Poble Sec neighborhood of Barcelona in January 2014 in the aftermath of the 15M movement, which occupied squares and built general assemblies in neighborhoods across Spain.

La Base builds on the anarchist history that exists in Barcelona, as well as on the local culture where people spend time in the streets and the squares, young and old socialize together, and people often  trust and rely on each other. Continue reading “La Base: microcosm of a New World”

Press Release: RIDGEWOOD, QUEENS, New York – December 30, 2015 –

Woodbine, an organizing hub for building autonomy in the Anthropocene, has released A Resolution, a video call to set out the stakes for 2016: the planetary need to be done with a way of life that is destroying us and the world, and in the face of this, to get organized as a new historical force capable of changing everything.

A Resolution looks back on the crisis and confusion of 2015: climate change-driven wildfires, droughts, and storms; ISIS and their attacks in Paris, Beirut, and Ankara; bankrupt political leaders at COP21 debating how fast to kill the world; and an ever growing number of people murdered by police across American cities. As times grow darker, as despair and hopelessness grow in tandem with stupidity and horror, people everywhere are searching for vision and direction. Continue reading “A Resolution.. A new video manifesto from the folks from Woodbine”