# civic platforms > There are two traditions that offer important intellectual resources for civic platforms at the level of the firm and the city: [[platform co-operativism]] and the ‘[[new municipalist]]’ movement. Each could play a key role in the political transformation towards platform socialism. > > – [[Platform socialism]] Page 218 [2022-12-16 Fri 07:16]: Platform co-operatives are digital platforms owned and controlled by the people who participate in them. Page 220 [2022-12-16 Fri 07:18]: Developing alternatives from the local to the international level will ensure a rich diversity of organisational forms that are able to solve problems at different points in the system.