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forging urban power for the left ahead

Urban Front is a confederated strategic practice with bases in Mexico City, Quito, Barcelona, Rotterdam, and New York. We partner with progressive administrations confronting right-wing opposition, capital resistance, and institutional inertia.

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praxis

Progressive administrations often have the mandate but lack the capacity to deliver. Urban Front accompanies governments, institutions, organizations, and movements through the complex work of structural transformation.

We help our partners confront right-wing opposition, build coalitions, and secure concrete gains in housing, land, public services, and community power.

Our work spans political strategy, policy development, democratic planning, ecological defense, cultural programming, and redistributive political-economy.

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fronts

01

political strategy

Building power and navigating complex institutional landscapes to secure long-term progressive victories.

02

policy development

Drafting transformative urban legislation that prioritizes public interest and ecological resilience.

03

democratic planning

Co-designing city spaces with movements to ensure redistributive justice is built into the urban fabric.

04

ecological defense

Integrating climate justice and biodiversity into urban policy to create resilient, post-extractive territories.

05

cultural programming

Reclaiming the collective imagination through public arts, education, and narratives that challenge the hegemony of capital.

06

redistributive economics

Developing financial models that return land and resource value to the community rather than speculators.

07

coalition building support

Orchestrating alliances between social movements, labor unions, and institutional actors for unified action.

08

institutional transformation

Reorganizing state and organizational apparatuses from within to make them more transparent, accountable, and responsive.

09

non speculative housing

Developing models for decommodified living, including community land trusts and housing cooperatives.

10

care infrastructure

Centering the social reproduction of life through public childcare, eldercare, and healthcare accessibility.

11

political communication

Crafting high-impact messaging that translates complex policy into popular demands and mass support.

Recent Insights

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podcasts
Structural Change vs. Reformist Triage

A deep dive into the tensions between immediate urban crisis management and long-term systemic transformation.

publications
The New Social Contract: Housing Beyond Profit

New research on decommodifying land and securing housing as a fundamental right through community-led planning.

events
Municipalist Summit: Global Solidarity

Join us in Barcelona for a gathering of progressive city leaders and social movements from across five continents.

news
Expansion into the Global South

Urban Front announces two new confederated bases in Quito and Mexico City to strengthen regional praxis.