People are asking: what can we do to fight the new authoritarianism? Our guest argues: “People  power need not be confined to a chant.” Keeping decision making close to home is something both right and left can agree on; municipalization offers genuine workable local solutions for a wide variety of problems, and  may restore actual democracy in the face of a new fascism in America. Alexander Kolokotronis discusses his article “Is America Ready for a Municipalist Movement?” There is realistic reason for optimism.