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The City Is Ours Miasto Jest Nasze | |
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| Abbreviation | MJN |
| Chairperson | Eryk Baczyński[1] |
| Founded | 30 December 2014[2] |
| Headquarters | Gabriela Piotra Boduena 4, 00-011 Warsaw[2] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left[5] to left-wing[6] |
| National affiliation | The Left (2024 Warsaw local elections) |
| Colours | Yellow |
| Warsaw City Council | 3 / 60 |
| Warsaw district councils[7] | 12 / 425 |
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The City Is Ours (Polish: Miasto Jest Nasze, MJN) is an independent citizen platform launched in 2013 in Warsaw, as of 2014 registered as a non-profit civic association. Miasto Jest Nasze is considered to be one of the major urban movements in Poland. In 2018 Polish local elections coalition formed by Miasto Jest Nasze took 22 seats in Warsaw district councils.
- ^ "Ludzie — Miasto Jest Nasze". miastojestnasze.org. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ a b "MIASTO JEST NASZE". rejestr.io (in Polish). National Court Register. 2024.
- ^ ""Zero szans na mieszkanie!" – relacja z protestu przeciwko kredytowi 0%". faktyianalizy.info (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2024.
Jan Mencwel ze stowarzyszenia Miasto Jest Nasze, który został wybrany na radnego Rady Warszawy, powiedział, że jedynym efektem programu kredyt 0% jest kolejny skokowy wzrost cen mieszkań. „Dziś, aby kupić sobie mieszkanie w Warszawie, trzeba być milionerem" – dodał. Zebrani skandowali „Mieszkania dla milionów, nie dla milionerów" oraz „uderz, uderz w kapitalizm, naszą drogą jest socjalizm".
[Jan Mencwel of the City Is Ours association, who was elected as a councillor on the Warsaw City Council, said that the only effect of the 0% loan programme is another spike in housing prices. ‘Today, to buy a flat in Warsaw, you have to be a millionaire’. - he added. Those gathered chanted ‘Housing for millions, not for millionaires’ and ‘strike, strike capitalism, our way is socialism’.] - ^ Moskalewicz, Marcin; Przybylski, Wojciech (2018). Understanding Central Europe. Routledge. p. 327. ISBN 978-1-315-15773-3.
The most radical in common perception and at the same time advocating for the embodiment of the widest egalitarian ideal of democracy is the leftist emancipatory understanding of participatory democracy. It should not be associated with left-wing mainstream national parties, but rather with academic circles and NGOs – often very locally bounded – representing communities marginalised the in the mainstream (neo)liberal discourse. The examples can be tenant committees, radical democracy associations, groups such as Miasto jest Nasze (The City is Ours) or Polska Społeczna (Social Poland, with its most active branch Social Warsaw). Rooted in traditions of contestating the dominant power hierarchy, these perspectives emphasise the emancipatory and equalising potential of participation and argue that sensible use of participatory mechanisms can be a tool for combatting social exclusion. They attach a reformative touch to the overall systemic status quo, aspire to alleviate current inequality of access to political decisionmaking (and thus inequality in a wider sense) and aim for more egalitarianism in power relations. Participation in this understanding builds a foundation of a completely new democratic order, challenging not only impenetrable ruling political class, but also capitalism and (neo)liberal tale of urban development.
- ^ Błoński, Jan (10 June 2016). "Transformacja na pół gwizdka". wszystkoconajwazniejsze.pl (in Polish).
Miasto Jest Nasze można by określić – używając łatek – jako centrolewicowe.
[The City Is Ours could be described - using labels - as centre-left.] - ^ "Lewica - jej walka o wpływy, kulturę i historię w Polsce". Szturm (in Polish). 29 August 2016. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017.
Pokłosiem tego były oświadczenia marginalnych, lewackich stowarzyszeń i partii (np. Miasto Jest Nasze, partia Razem, 11listopada.org).
[This was followed by statements from marginal, left-wing associations and parties (e.g. the City Is Ours, the Together party, 11listopada.org).] - ^ "Radni MJN — Miasto Jest Nasze". miastojestnasze.org. Retrieved 30 March 2024.