Ganemos or Guanyem refers to a set of independent municipal initiatives in Spain seeking to create and improve mechanisms for more direct citizen participation in politics.
The movement, like 15M, was initiated during the Spanish financial crisis amidst a growing perception of, and disdain for, corruption, privatization, a closed nature of primaries, and political stagnancy caused by the two-party system.
[5] Shortly after its birth, new municipal initiatives from around the country began contacting Guanyem Barcelona to ask for advice, support, and permission to adopt the name (or, in many cases, the Spanish equivalent: Ganemos).
Each platform should be rooted in its local networks and social context, share the aims and working methods of Guanyem and be led by citizens.
The basic ideology underlying Ganemos is the political system proposed by municipalism, which involves creating a directly democratic confederation through citizen assemblies in towns and neighborhoods.
[15] This ideology of putting “privatized” commodities into public hands is also the rhetoric used to back another fundamental pillar of Ganemos from municipalism: having environmentally friendly cities.