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History in Action Part 3 discusses the disastrous war on terror, the rise of China, and the convergence of social movements around the climate crisis, land, and essential public services.
Narrator: Shaun Matsheza
Interviews conducted by: Denis Burke, Daria Gorshenina and Shaun Matsheza
Music: Aleksey Chistilin (external link)
Interviews with: Arun Kundnani, Lyda Fernanda Forero, Jun Borras, Walden Bello, Dorothy Guerrero, Fiona Dove
Archival audio with: Howard Wachtel, Brid Brennan, Satoko Kishimoto, Fred Halliday
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History in Action Part 3 discusses the disastrous war on terror, the rise of China, and the convergence of social movements around the climate crisis, land, and essential public services.
Narrator: Shaun Matsheza
Interviews conducted by: Denis Burke, Daria Gorshenina and Shaun Matsheza
Music: Aleksey Chistilin (external link)
Interviews with: Arun Kundnani, Lyda Fernanda Forero, Jun Borras, Walden Bello, Dorothy Guerrero, Fiona Dove
Archival audio with: Howard Wachtel, Brid Brennan, Satoko Kishimoto, Fred Halliday
Visit our website: tni.org
Support our work: tni.org/en/support-tni
Sign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe
![Short documentary: Barcelonas residents fight for public water management [es & eng]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W5-JfwqUnsQ/mqdefault.jpg "Short documentary: Barcelonas residents fight for public water management [es & eng]
Presented at the Future is Public conference 2019: https://futureispublic.org/
We are living in a crucial moment. Cities are on the front lines of today’s most urgent challenges, including fighting climate change and rising inequality, as well as the need to support refugees and provide universal access to public services that are human rights including housing, drinking water and sanitation services, energy, health care and education. These global problems call for public solutions.
A growing network of progressive, green municipalities is developing strategies to tackle these and many other critical issues. Cities are well positioned to explore direct democracy, and advance innovative economic models that build community wealth and create decent jobs. At the same time, we need a national level of coordination and ambition to reverse market fundamentalism, which is the root cause of our collective economic and social crises. Profit-driven, market-based policies led to the privatisation of our public services and to the denigration of solidarity and public service.
This video gives an insight into Barcelonas residents struggle for the remunicipalization of the citys water. Find out more: https://futureispublic.org/")
![Short documentary: Barcelonas water business scam/Lestafa del negoci de laigua [es & eng]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YXfm6J0jl44/mqdefault.jpg "Short documentary: Barcelonas water business scam/Lestafa del negoci de laigua [es & eng]
Presented at the Future is Public conference 2019: https://futureispublic.org/
We are living in a crucial moment. Cities are on the front lines of today’s most urgent challenges, including fighting climate change and rising inequality, as well as the need to support refugees and provide universal access to public services that are human rights including housing, drinking water and sanitation services, energy, health care and education. These global problems call for public solutions.
A growing network of progressive, green municipalities is developing strategies to tackle these and many other critical issues. Cities are well positioned to explore direct democracy, and advance innovative economic models that build community wealth and create decent jobs. At the same time, we need a national level of coordination and ambition to reverse market fundamentalism, which is the root cause of our collective economic and social crises. Profit-driven, market-based policies led to the privatisation of our public services and to the denigration of solidarity and public service.
This video explains Barcelonas water business scam. Find more information here: https://futureispublic.org/")
