IGNITE: Festival of Radical Ideas Transnational Institute 2026-09-19 | IGNITE: Festival of Radical Ideas
Why we need to take back control of the energy transition Transnational Institute 2023-12-14 | In the face of the ever-worsening climate crisis, our report aims to challenge the six harmful but influential energy transition myths. Together, these myths aim to persuade us that the private sector, free markets, cheaper prices and decentralisation can decarbonise the energy system — and that intellectual property rights and trade and investment protection agreements are necessary to facilitate this. These myths keep policy-makers, social movements and communities from defending, building and advocating for real solutions: public power systems that can democratically decarbonise society.Shaun Matsheza for the Transnational Institute__________________________________Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe#energytransition #cop28 #climatecrisistiktok #climatecrisis
Why private companies wont save us from the climate crisis Transnational Institute 2023-12-13 | In the face of the ever-worsening climate crisis, our research aims to challenge the six harmful but influential energy transition myths. Together, these myths aim to persuade us that the private sector, free markets, cheaper prices and decentralisation can decarbonise the energy system — and that intellectual property rights and trade and investment protection agreements are necessary to facilitate this. These myths keep policy-makers, social movements and communities from defending, building and advocating for real solutions: public power systems that can democratically decarbonise society. Shaun Matsheza for the Transnational Institute__________________________________Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe#climatechange #climatecrisis #cop28 #energytransition #privatization
Climate Crossfire: How NATO’s 2% military spending targets contribute to climate breakdown Transnational Institute 2023-10-09 | Climate activist Mitzi Jonelle-Tan on a new study by the Transnational Institute: NATO’s goal of 2% spending of GDP on the military will accelerate climate breakdown by diverting millions of dollars from climate finance and increasing greenhouse gas emissions, concludes a new report that urgently calls for a ‘climate dividend’ similar to the ‘peace dividend’ that was won with the end of the Cold War.Read the full report: tni.org/climatecrossfire __________________________________Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe#Nato #climatecrisis #climatechange #military
Chilean President Boric visits Orlando Leteliers memorial Transnational Institute 2023-09-28 | Chilean President Gabriel Boric on 23 September 2023 visited the site in Washington D.C. where former Chilean diplomat and first director of the Transnational Institute Orlando Letelier was assassinated in 1976 by agents of the Pinochet dictatorship, along with his Institute for Policy Studies co-worker Ronni Moffitt. This is an excerpt of a longer coverage by Democracy Now, originally published here: democracynow.org/2023/9/26/chile_coup_anniversary_assassination_letelier
Who owns the internet? The true story behind the power of Big Tech Transnational Institute 2023-07-20 | Today seven companies rule the internet: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Alibaba, Microsoft and Tencent. Their CEOs say their power is due to their unique ideas and hard work, but hide the truth about the money that allowed them to become so big and the way they have rigged the system to maintain their power. Nick Buxton from the Transnational Institute presents five reasons why Big Tech became so powerful.Read more in our State of Power report 2023 on digital power: tni.org/stateofpower00:00:00 7 companies rule the Internet00:01:30 Reason 1: Capital00:02:28 Reason 2: Killing competition00:03:12 Reason 3: Infrastructural dominance00:03:52 Reason 4: State support00:04:49 Reason 5: Lobbying00:05:39 Bring down Big Tech__________________________________Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe#bigtech #facebook #twitter #google #monopoly #economics
Why We Need to Abolish Borders │ Harsha Walia Transnational Institute 2023-04-05 | Borders uphold a global system of apartheid—and we should demand nothing less than their abolition. In this interview, activist and writer Harsha Walia lays out how borders and citizenship maintain colonial axes of power. From Fortress Europe outsourcing border control far into the African continent in exchange for aid, to Canada securing the availability of cheap farm workers through its selective immigration system, she demonstrates how capitalism and border regimes feed off of each other. Harsha Walia makes a compelling case for abolition: No banks, no bombs, no borders, no bosses. Or, in her own words: “Why would we fight for anything less than the freedom of all people?”Harsha Walia is an activist and writer based in Canada. Her books include Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism (2021) and Undoing Border Imperialism (2013). Arun Kundnani is a TNI associate and author of The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, extremism, and the domestic War on Terror.This video is part of a monthly series. Watch all videos here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6JRfkdlcGYWFO9hdjtk9ISAMbrHCHfqYEditor: Josh Akinwumi#harshawalia #migration #refugees #immigration #abolition #borders #noborders #libya 0:00:00 Borders as systems of control00:03:17 Borders during the pandemic00:09:14 Migrant workers 00:13:05 Climate change and migration00:17:30 Border externalisation, Fortress Europe and Libya00:23:01 Why abolish borders? 00:28:36 No border activismHarsha Walia's 2021 book Border and Rule - Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism: haymarketbooks.org/books/1553-border-and-rule'There Is No “Migrant Crisis”' - Harsha Walia's article in the Boston Review: bostonreview.net/articles/there-is-no-migrant-crisis Arun Kundnani's upcoming book What is Antiracism? And Why it Means Anticapitalism: kundnani.org/what-is-antiracism-and-why-it-means-anticapitalism__________________________________Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe
Why We Need to Break Big Pharmas Power Transnational Institute 2023-02-22 | This video is part of a monthly series. Watch all videos here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6JRfkdlcGYWFO9hdjtk9ISAMbrHCHfqYHow can drug companies make huge profits from vaccines while people in the global south die from lack of access to medical care? How does the global regime of intellectual property rights enable this inequality? And what is the role of Bill Gates in defending this system? In this interview, Dr. Mohga Kamal-Yanni argues that vaccine inequality is not a market but a policy failure. From the HIV crisis in the early 2000s to the recent pandemic, the public has repeatedly shouldered the risk for the development of life-saving medicines while private corporations have reaped obscene profits. How can we break Big Pharma’s power and develop an alternative health system? Dr. Mohga Kamal-Yanni is the co-leader of the policy group of the People’s Vaccine Alliance. She is a senior health advisor with 40 years of experience in health policy and programming with international and national health and development agencies including multilateral agencies, NGOs and governments. Arun Kundnani is a TNI associate and author of The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, extremism, and the domestic War on Terror.Editor: Josh Akinwumi#Vaccine #wto #trips #publichealth #trade #iprights #intellectualpropertylaw 0:00:00 Introduction00:01:13 The People’s Vaccine Alliance00:03:17 Vaccine distribution across the world00:11:41 Vaccine production in India and the global South00:19:41 The history of Intellectual Property Rights & Bill Gates00:38:37 How many lives could we have saved with a different system?00:40:24 An alternative intellectual property system__________________________________Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe
Remembering the worlds biggest peace protest Transnational Institute 2023-02-20 | February 15th, 2003, saw the largest peace demonstration the world had ever witnessed. 14 million people stood up against the Iraq war. 20 years on, Phyllis Bennis shares her personal memories of the protest. What were the successes and struggles of the organisers, and what can today’s peace movement learn from them? #iraq #iraqwar #peace #peaceprotest #feb15
Remembering the worlds biggest peace protest Transnational Institute 2023-02-15 | February 15th, 2003, saw the largest peace demonstration the world had ever witnessed. 14 million people stood up against the Iraq war. 20 years on, Phyllis Bennis shares her personal memories of the protest. How did it inspire a new generation of peace activists?#shorts #iraq #iraqwar #peace #peaceprotest #feb15 #iraq20years
Will there be another debt crisis? Current economic challenges facing the Global South Transnational Institute 2023-01-26 | This video is part of a monthly series. Watch all videos here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6JRfkdlcGYWFO9hdjtk9ISAMbrHCHfqYWhat are the economic challenges facing the Global South post-pandemic? What role have global financial institutions like the World Bank and the IMF played in worsening the economic situation for poorer countries? And what economic alternatives might exist? In this interview, Jomo Kwame Sundaram shines a light on the effects that decades of liberalisation policy have had on countries in the global South, including deindustrialisation, food insecurity, and another looming debt crisis. He argues that the recent refusal to waive international property rights related to vaccines as well as sanctions on China have worsened the situation, with the odds increasingly stacked against poorer countries. Jomo Kwame Sundaram is Visiting Senior Fellow at Khazanah Research Institute, Visiting Fellow at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University, and has previously been the Assistant Director General and Coordinator for Economic and Social Development at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Arun Kundnani is a TNI associate and author of The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, extremism, and the domestic War on Terror.00:00:00 The economic effects of the pandemic on the Global South00:18:27 The role of IMF, World Bank, and other institutions00:31:24 Will there be another debt crisis in the coming years?00:33:18 Alternatives to global financial institutions00:41:02 A pacifist non-alignment movementEditor: Josh Akinwumi#debt #china #economy #economiccrisis #imf #worldbank #fed #srilanka __________________________________Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe
¿Pueden los movimientos sociales cambiar la historia? Transnational Institute 2022-12-03 | Kali Akuno, Sara Abbas, Mitzi Jonelle-TanModera: Hilary WainwrightHace 20 años, el New York Times describió a los movimientos sociales como el segundo superpoder del mundo. ¿Cuál es la situación hoy en día? ¿Qué victorias han logrado y cuáles son sus mayores desafíos? ¿Qué actores han surgido de los movimientos sociales y qué capacidad tienen para cambiar el poder en la economía mundial? ¿Qué podemos aprender de las estrategias y tácticas de los movimientos? ¿Cómo podemos convertir la protesta en poder y la retórica en un verdadero cambio sistémico?00:00 PARTE I: Introducción05:27 ¿Qué hace que el poder de los movimientos sociales sea único o distintivo de otras formas de poder?06:22 Kali Akuno12:18 Sara Abbas 16:25 Ruth Nyambura20:00 Parte II: Presentaciones individuales20:04 Sara Abbas: El imaginario y las prácticas colectivas en la revolución en curso en Sudán 37:31 Mitzi Jonelle-Tan: ''Fridays for Future'' y las voces del Sur globa. 50:59 Ruth Nyambura: El ecofeminismo y la economía política agraria en África y el Sur global. 1:04:13 Kali Akuno: Alternativas de desarrollo cooperativo y justicia en el contexto de las ciudades.1:21:18 PARTE III: Debate1:22:58 Pregunta a Sara Abbas: Has hablado de que los comités no han aportado alternativas a los modelos económicos. ¿Se debe principalmente a la falta de acceso a los recursos o es sólo una laguna en el conocimiento sobre la creación de alternativas?1:28:14 Pregunta a Mitzi: ¿Qué tipo de alianzas y estrategias están desarrollando, en particular en el contexto de la represión, y si la cuestión de las alternativas económicas es algo a considerar a largo plazo, dado que esta será una lucha a largo plazo? 1:32:54 Comentarios de Sara Abbas 1:35:20 Pregunta a Kali Akuno: ¿Puede hablar de la cuestión del imperio? 1:43:01 PARTE IV: PREGUNTAS Y RESPUESTAS 1:43:33 Pregunta a Sara Abbas: ¿Podría hablar más sobre el destacado papel que han desempeñado las mujeres en la revolución sudanesa?1:48:25 Pregunta a Ruth Nyambura: ¿Qué opina de AGRA y su influencia en la Cumbre del Sistema Alimentario de la ONU?1:50:50 PARTE V: Observaciones finales 1:51:01 Pregunta a todos los panelistas: Las identidades se convierten en un recurso estratégico en los movimientos sociales. ¿Qué piensan los panelistas sobre la identidad como recurso estratégico en la construcción de un movimiento a favor del pueblo en el que personas de todos los estratos, esferas sociales y culturales puedan relacionarse con el movimiento y participar activamente? #stateoftheworld #tniwebinars __________________________________Visite nuestro sitio web: tni.org/esApoye nuestro trabajo: tni.org/es/apoya-al-tniSuscríbase a nuestro boletín de noticias: tni.org/es/suscribirse
Can social movements still change history? Transnational Institute 2022-12-02 | Kali Akuno, Sara Abbas, Mitzi Jonelle-Tan, Ruth NyamburaModerator: Hilary WainwrightTwenty years ago, social movements were described by the New York Times as the world’s second superpower. What is the situation today? What victories have been won and what are our biggest challenges? Who are the emerging social movement actors and what capacity do they have to shift power in today’s global economy? What can we learn from the strategies and tactics deployed by movements? How can we turn protest into power and rhetoric into real systemic change?00:00 PART I: Introduction05:27 What makes the power of social movements unique or distinctive from other forms of power?06:23 Kali Akuno12:19 Sara Abbas16:26 Ruth Nyambura19:54 Part II: Individual presentations20:02 Sara Abbas: The imagination and collective practices in Sudan’s ongoing revolution38:53 Mitzi Jonelle-Tan: Fridays for Future and the voices of the global South.50:57 Ruth Nyambura: Ecofeminism and the agrarian political economy in Africa and the global South.1:04:11 Kali Akuno: Cooperative development alternatives and justice in the context of cities.PART III: Discussion1:19:51: Question to Sara Abbas: You talked about the committees not coming up with an alternative to economic models. Is that primarily due to a lack of access to resources? Or is it just a gap in the knowledge around creating alternatives?1:25:05 Question to Mitzi: What kind of alliances and strategies are you developing, particularly in the context of repression, and whether the issue of economic alternatives is something to consider in the long term given that this will be a long-term struggle? 1:29:45 Comments by Sara Abbas1:32:12 Question to Kali Akuno: Can you talk about the issue of empire?1:39:49 PART IV: Q&A 1:40:19 Question to Sara Abbas: Could talk more about the prominent role that women have played in the Sudanese revolution?1:45:10 Question to Ruth Nyambura: What do you think about AGRA and its influence on the UN Food System Summit?1:47:36 PART V: Closing remarks1:47:54 Question to all the panelists: Identities become a strategic resource in social movements. How do the panelists think about the identity as a strategic resource in building a pro-people movement where people across strata, social and cultural spheres can relate to the movement and participate actively? #stateoftheworld #tniwebinars __________________________________Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe
The dangers of digital capitalism Transnational Institute 2022-11-30 | Anita Gurumurthy, Miriyam Aouragh, Seda Gürses, Nick Couldry, Jack QiuModerator: Sofia ScasserraWe are experiencing a time of accelerated technological change, a new industrial revolution, led by giant corporations in the marketplace and by security states in terms of surveillance. How is digitalisation changing capitalism or entrenching it? Why is its infrastructure so colonial? How will the expansion of the digital frontier shape geopolitics and resource conflicts? How do we forge a different path that collectively resists this?00:00 PART I: Introduction00:13 Nick Couldry: Digital capitalisms and colonialism14:38 Anita Gurumurthy: Digital capitalism and injustice29:52 Miriyam Aouragh and Seda Gürses: Coloniality, decoloniality, and digital infrastructures.48:22 Jack Qiu: Goodbye iSlave1:07:49 PART II: Questions for the panelists 1:08:03 Question to Nick CouldryHow do you see the development of blockchain and DAO technologies? Is there a possibility to make resistance to this type of technology? How can we think about a non-monopolistic form of connection should be done?1:11:52 Question to Anita GurumurthyIs it possible to think of a virtual world free of injustice? Because virtuality reflects what the world is but in a virtual paradigm. Can we free ourselves from injustice in the digital world while injustice remains in society?1:17:03 Question to Miriyam Aouragh and Seda GürsesWhat do you think about open-source software? Is it a form of resistance? Or just another instance of intellectual property capture by the capitalist system? What's your opinion on that?1:26:50 Question to Jack Qiu Do you think we only have slavery in hardware production or do we also have it in software production? And do you think there is cognitive slavery in the digital capitalism system?1:37:17 PART III: Closing remarksWhat type of resistance can we build from civil society, social movements, and states to resist this colonialism and this digital capitalism? 1:38:25 Nick Couldry, 1:41:12 Anita Gurumurthy1:44:26 Seda Miriyam1:50:21 Jack Qiu#stateoftheworld #tniwebinars __________________________________Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe
Los peligros del capitalismo digital Transnational Institute 2022-11-30 | Anita Gurumurthy, Miriyam Aouragh, Seda Gürses, Nick Couldry, Jack QiuModera: Sofia ScasserraEstamos atravesando una época de cambio tecnológico acelerado, una nueva revolución industrial encabezada por las grandes empresas en el mercado y por Estados de seguridad relacionados con la vigilancia. ¿De qué modo la digitalización está cambiando o consolidando el capitalismo? ¿Por qué su infraestructura es tan colonial? ¿De qué modo la expansión de la frontera digital configurará la geopolítica y los conflictos por los recursos? ¿Cómo podemos forjar una trayectoria diferente?Anita Gurumurthy, Miriyam Aouragh, Seda Gürses, Nick Couldry, Jack Qiu Moderator: Sofia Scasserra—00:00 PARTE I: Introducción4:50 Nick Couldry: Capitalismos ditales y colonialismo19:07 Anita Gurumurthy: Capitalismo digital e injusticia34:35 Miriyam Aouragh y Seda Gürses: Colonialidad, decolonialidad e infraestructuras digitales.53:03 Jack Qiu: Goodbye iSlave1:12:37 PARTE II: Preguntas a los panelistas 1:16:50 Pregunta a Nick Couldry¿Cómo ve el desarrollo de las tecnologías blockchain y DAO? ¿Existe la posibilidad de hacer resistencia a este tipo de tecnología? ¿Cómo se puede pensar en una forma de conexión no monopolística?1:20:45 Pregunta a Anita Gurumurthy¿Es posible pensar en un mundo virtual libre de injusticias? Porque la virtualidad refleja lo que es el mundo pero en un paradigma virtual. ¿Podemos librarnos de la injusticia en el mundo digital mientras la injusticia permanece en la sociedad?1:26:00 Pregunta a Miriyam Aouragh y Seda Gürses¿Qué opinan del software de código abierto? ¿Es una forma de resistencia? ¿O simplemente otro caso de captura de la propiedad intelectual por parte del sistema capitalista? ¿Cuál es su opinión al respecto?1:35:52 Pregunta a Jack Qiu ¿Cree que sólo tenemos esclavitud en la producción de hardware o también la tenemos en la producción de software? ¿Y cree que hay esclavitud cognitiva en el sistema del capitalismo digital?1:46:24 PARTE III: Observaciones finales¿Qué tipo de resistencia podemos construir desde la sociedad civil, los movimientos sociales y los Estados para resistir este colonialismo y este capitalismo digital? 1:47:22 Nick Couldry 1:50:07 Anita Gurumurthy1:53:26 Seda Gürses y Miriyam Aouragh1:59:18 Jack Qiu #stateoftheworld #tniwebinars __________________________________Visite nuestro sitio web: tni.org/esApoye nuestro trabajo: tni.org/es/apoya-al-tniSuscríbase a nuestro boletín de noticias: tni.org/es/suscribirse
How can we build a new economy post-pandemic? Transnational Institute 2022-11-28 | Kate Raworth, Raj Patel, Ashish Kothari, Lauren ParemoerModerator: Laura FlandersThe pandemic should have been a turning point towards a new economy centered around essential workers and essential needs. Instead it has sparked speculative profiteering, a surge in prices for essential goods, the revival of an austerity economics and a disturbing growth in poverty and precarity. What changes are needed to bring back control over food and essential services, to put care rather than greed at the centre of our economy and to protect rather than destroy our environmental life-systems?#stateoftheworld #tniwebinars #economics0:00 PART 1: Laura Flanders: Introduction of the panelists.02:23 Raj Patel: Health and global food systems.16:49 Lauren Paremoer: Global health governance and colonialism.31:10 Ashish Kothari: People's responses to global crises.41:52 Kate Raworth: Doughnut economy.52:38 PART 2: How do grass-roots intervene in this moment of crisis to pull people together with so many strong forces pushing against us and a rise of some sort of strongman rule all across the world?55:59 Answer by Raj Patel59:00 Answer by Ashish Kothari1:05:11 Answer by Lauren Paremoer1:09:52 Answer by Kate Raworth1:13:25 PART 3: What are the next steps in building an alternative economy?1:14:45 Answer by Lauren Paremoer1:16:40 Answer by Raj Patel1:20:57 Answer by Kate Raworth1:24:44 PART 4: Q&A: How can local global South movements in usually difficult political climates build on the legacy grass-roots movements of the past have left and create transcendental, social, post-capitalist rewording spaces at scale this decade like perhaps we've started seeing in the Euro-American world?1:25:43 Answer by Ashish Kothari1:35:33 Answer by Raj Patel1:38:26 Answer by Kate Raworth1:41:18 Answer by Lauren Paremoer1:44:51 PART 5: Closing comments1:46:17 Kate Raworth1:47:31 Ashish Kothari1:50:36 Raj Patel1:51:50 Kate Raworth________________________________Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe
¿Cómo construir una nueva economía después de la pandemia? Transnational Institute 2022-11-28 | Kate Raworth, Raj Patel, Ashish Kothari, Lauren ParemoerModera: Laura FlandersLa pandemia debería haber sido un punto de inflexión hacia una nueva economía centrada en torno a los trabajadores y las necesidades esenciales. Sin embargo, ha provocado el lucro especulativo, el incremento de los precios de los productos básicos, el resurgimiento de la economía de austeridad y un aumento preocupante de la pobreza y la precariedad. ¿Qué cambio son necesarios para recuperar el control de los alimentos y los servicios esenciales, para priorizar la atención de la salud en la economía y proteger, en lugar de destruir, nuestros sistemas ambientales?0:00 PARTE I: Apertura del panel00:01 Laura Flanders: Presentación de los panelistas.00:41 Raj Patel: La salud y los sistemas alimentarios mundiales. 14:28 Lauren Paremoer: Gobernanza sanitaria mundial y colonialismo. 29:12 Ashish Kothari: Las respuestas de los pueblos a las crisis mundiales.39:31 Kate Raworth: La economía del doughnut.51:18 PARTE II: ¿Cómo intervienen los movimientos de base en este momento de crisis para unir a la gente en contra de tantas fuerzas fuertes empujando contra nosotros así como un aumento de una especie de gobierno del "hombre fuerte" en todo el mundo? 54:14 Respuesta de Raj Patel57:18 Respuesta de Ashish Kothari1:03:26 Respuesta de Lauren Paremoer1:08:07 Respuesta de Kate Raworth1:11:38 PARTE III: ¿Cuáles son los próximos pasos para construir una economía alternativa?1:13:00 Respuesta de Lauren Paremoer1:14:55 Respuesta de Raj Patel1:19:15 Respuesta de Kate Raworth1:23:31 PARTE IV: PREGUNTAS Y RESPUESTAS: ¿Cómo pueden los movimientos locales del Sur Global, en climas políticos habitualmente difíciles, aprovechar el legado que han dejado los movimientos de base del pasado y crear espacios trascendentales, sociales y poscapitalistas a escala en esta década, como quizás hemos empezado a ver en el mundo euro-americano?1:23:58 Respuesta de Ashish Kothari1:33:52 Respuesta de Raj Patel1:36:44 Respuesta de Kate Raworth1:39:33 Respuesta de Lauren Paremoer1:43:06 PARTE V: Comentarios finales 1:44:31 Kate Raworth1:45:46 Ashish Kothari1:48:52 Raj Patel1:50:06 Lauren Paremoer1:50:34 Laura Flanders________________________________Visita nuestra página web: tni.org/esApoya nuestro trabajo: tni.org/es/apoya-al-tniSuscríbete a nuestro boletín de noticias: tni.org/es/suscribirse
¿Cómo cambiará el orden mundial tras la guerra en Ucrania? Transnational Institute 2022-11-24 | Volodymyr Ishchenko, Ho-Fung Hung, Anuradha Chenoy, Phyllis BennisModera: Arun Kundnani¿Cuáles son las repercusiones de largo plazo de la guerra en Ucrania a un año de la retirada de Estados Unidos de Afganistán? ¿Se trata del comienzo de una nueva era de rivalidades inter imperiales? ¿Cuáles son los objetivos estratégicos de las grandes potencias actuales? ¿Qué regiones serán el foco de futuros conflictos? ¿Qué desafíos y oportunidades se plantean para las fuerzas progresistas?0:00 PARTE I: Apertura de los panelistas3:10 Phyllis Bennis13:18 Volodymyr Ishchenko 23:59 Ho-Fung Hung34:21 Anuradha Chenoy 47:34 PARTE II: Preguntas a los panelistas48:48 Pregunta a Phyllis Bennis: ¿Cómo debemos pensar en el doble estándar adoptado por Occidente en términos de racismo, cuando otras luchas de liberación nacional no occidentales han sido ampliamente ignoradas, mientras que el conflicto en Ucrania ha sido ampliamente apoyado?56:39 Pregunta a Vlodymyr Ischchenko: Si no podemos establecer ninguna comparación entre la resistencia a la invasión rusa de Ucrania y las luchas anticoloniales del siglo XX, ¿Cómo ve usted, por ejemplo, el conflicto de Chechenia? ¿Qué ocurrió allí dentro de los términos de su análisis? ¿Encajaría en un modelo de paradigma anticolonial?1:05:29 Pregunta a Ho-Fung: Si aceptamos que una mejor analogía para la guerra en Ucrania es el conflicto entre Gran Bretaña y Alemania de hace un siglo o antes, en lugar de la analogía de la Guerra Fría que se utiliza ampliamente hoy en día, ¿Cómo afecta eso a la forma de pensar sobre lo que podrían hacer los movimientos de fuerzas progresistas?1:13:18 Pregunta para Anuradha Chenoy: Usted ha hablado de un "inusual rechazo" de los gobiernos africanos y del Sur global a los intentos de Estados Unidos de movilizar al Sur global contra Rusia. ¿Cree que se ha producido aquí una especie de extralimitación de Estados Unidos en el Sur global y cómo ve los acontecimientos de los que hablaba en el contexto del declive de Estados Unidos?1:17:39 PARTE III: PREGUNTAS Y RESPUESTAS 1:17:43 ¿La ayuda militar se ha dado a Ucrania de forma gratuita o es un préstamo? ¿Es una deuda? ¿Qué parte de las tierras de cultivo de Ucrania ha sido comprada o adquirida por las empresas agrícolas transnacionales estadounidenses?1:27:14 ¿Qué sistema político y económico durará más, el de China o el de Estados Unidos, y cuál es el más vulnerable al cambio revolucionario?1:34:50 ¿Cuáles serán las consecuencias para Oriente Medio en este nuevo marco geopolítico?1:46:23 PARTE IV: Observaciones finales1:50:38 ¿Qué pueden tomar los movimientos progresistas de este panel que les ayude a pensar en la manera de navegar por este nuevo terreno geopolítico?#stateoftheworld #tniwebinars #ucrania #rusia __________________________________Visite nuestro sitio web: tni.org/esApoye nuestro trabajo: tni.org/es/apoya-al-tniSuscríbase a nuestro boletín de noticias: tni.org/es/suscribirse
How will the world order change in the wake of the Ukraine war? Transnational Institute 2022-11-24 | Volodymyr Ishchenko, Ho-Fung Hung, Anuradha Chenoy, Phyllis BennisModerator: Arun KundnaniWhat are the long-term global implications of the war on Ukraine less than a year after the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan? Does it mark the beginning of a new era of inter-imperial rivalries? What are the key strategic goals for today’s great powers? Which regions will be the focus of future conflicts? What challenges and opportunities does this pose to progressive forces?0:00 PART I: Opening of the panel0:57 Phyllis Bennis: The war in Ukraine, racism, and inter-imperialist wars.11:07 Volodymyr Ishchenko: The war in Ukraine and the need for more empirically-grounded frameworks to understand the war.21:50 Ho-Fung Hung: The conflict among US, Russia, and China, and how progressive movements around the world should be thinking on how to respond?32:10 Anuradha Chenoy: On the geopolitics emerging from the war in Ukraine and its impact on the global South.46:25 PART II: Questions to the panelists46:32 Question to Phyllis Benns: How should we think about the double standard adopted by the West in terms of racism, were other non-West struggles for national liberation had been largely ignored while the conflict in Ukraine has been largely supported?54:26 Question to Vlodymyr Ischchenko: If we cannot draw any comparison between the resistance to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the anti-colonial struggles of the 20th century, how do you see, for instance, the conflict in Chechenia? What happened there within the terms of your analysis? Would it fit a model of an anti-colonial paradigm?1:03:16 Question to Ho-Fung: If we accept that a better analogy to the war in Ukraine is the conflict between Britain and Germany a century ago or earlier instead of the analogy to the Cold war that is widely used nowadays, how does that affect the way we think about what progressive forces movements might do?1:11:09 Question to Anuradha Chenoy: You talked about an “unusual pushback” from African governments and the global South to US attempts to mobilize the global South against Russia. Do you think that a kind of overreach has happened here for the United States in the global South and how do you see the developments you were talking about in the context of the US decline?1:15:33 PART III: Q&A1:17:03 Has the military aid been given to Ukraine for free or is it a loan? Is it a debt? How much of the agricultural land in Ukraine has been bought or taken over by US agricultural transnational corporations?1:27:14 Which political and economic system will last longer, China or the United States, and which is the most vulnerable to revolutionary change?1:32:36 What will the consequences be for the Middle East in this new geopolitical framework?1:44:10 PART IV: Closing remarks1:44:12 What can progressive movements take away from this panel that might help them in thinking about navigating this new geopolitical terrain?#stateoftheworld #tniwebinars #ukraine #ukrainewar #russia #russiaukrainewar #afghanistan__________________________________Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe
Anti-Asian racism is on the rise in the US. Heres why Transnational Institute 2022-08-17 | This video is part of a monthly series on the securitisation of health. Watch all videos here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6JRfkdlcGYWFO9hdjtk9ISAMbrHCHfqYWhy are US-China relations deteriorating? What are the impacts of growing anti-Asian racism on Asians Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) living in the US? And will the new Cold War with China replace the US War on Terror? In this interview, Tobita Chow argues that the rise of China as an economic power has become a clear threat to US hegemony. While the pandemic served as a catalyst for anti-Asian racism, it was not the root cause: Increasingly hostile foreign policy towards China leads to increasingly hostile domestic policy towards people perceived to be Asian. But AAPI communities are fighting back. Tobita Chow is the founding Director of Justice Is Global, at the People’s Action Institute, a network of state & local grassroots power-building organizations united in fighting for justice. He is an organiser, a political educator, and a leading progressive strategist and critic regarding the US–China relationship and the rise of Sinophobia in the U.S. Arun Kundnani is a TNI associate and author of The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, extremism, and the domestic War on Terror.Chapters00:00:00 - Introduction00:01:00 - The US-China relationship00:05:26 - Democrats vs Republicans on China00:07:52 - China and the pandemic00:08:53 - The rise in anti-AAPI racism00:10:29 - What does AAPI stand for?00:14:06 - The history of anti-Chinese discrimination in the US?00:17:17 - The new Cold War with China00:20:25 - Organising against anti-Chinese racism00:23:23 - US-China class solidarityEditor: Josh Akinwumi#aapi #china #sinophobia #asianamerican #uschinawar__________________________________Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe
India - How the governments pandemic response caused more deaths Transnational Institute 2022-07-20 | This video is part of a monthly series on the securitisation of health. Watch all videos here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6JRfkdlcGYWFO9hdjtk9ISAMbrHCHfqYWhy did the pandemic spiral out of control in India? Why did some states see many more people dying than others? The central government’s authoritarian measures, badly planned and highly restrictive lockdowns, structural inequality and many forms of discrimination drastically increased the death toll and suffering of the Indian people, argues Sulakshana Nandi in this interview. She also discusses India’s unequal vaccination rollout and how the public and private healthcare sectors differed in pandemic management. Finally, she explains what an alternative health care system in India could look like. Sulakshana Nandi is the co-chair of the Global Steering Council of the People’s Health Movement in India. Based in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, she is involved in research, capacity building, and advocacy on issues related to health equity and access, and public policy and programmes for health and nutrition, with a focus on gender and vulnerable and indigenous communities. Arun Kundnani is a TNI associate and author of The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, extremism, and the domestic War on Terror.00:00 - India’s pandemic death toll07:02 - What are India’s lockdown policies?15:08 - What is the vaccination situation in India?20:17 - Why did the pandemic have a disproportionate impact on poor and marginalised people?25:39 - What were the roles of the private and public sector during the pandemic?32:09 - What is the People’s Health Movement working on? What are alternatives to the current system?Learn more:Transnational Institute - www.tni.orgPeople's Health Movement - phmovement.org#india #lockdown #pandemic #healthcareEditor: Josh Akinwumi__________________________________Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe
How powerful pharmaceutical companies shaped the response to the pandemic Transnational Institute 2022-06-22 | This video is part of a monthly series on the securitisation of health. Watch all videos here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6JRfkdlcGYWFO9hdjtk9ISAMbrHCHfqYDuring the pandemic, the World Health Organisation and governments took a back seat and power was centred on corporate interests. Health was viewed not as a right or a necessity, but as a product to be marketed and sold. Even in the midst of a global health emergency, companies treated the ill and the vulnerable as consumers and vaccines as commodities, setting prices and production rates that maximise profit. How has this happened and what, if any, are the alternatives?Harris Gleckman is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Sustainability and Governance at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and the Director of Benchmark Environmental Consulting. He was previously Head of the New York Office of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Arun Kundnani is a TNI associate and author of The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, extremism, and the domestic War on Terror.Editor: Josh Akinwumi#who #vaccines __________________________________Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe
Undermining democratic and multilateral responses: Multistakeholderism in global health governance Transnational Institute 2022-05-25 | This session unpacks multistakeholderism in the health sector by connecting the dots between multistakeholder arrangements and the erosion of civil society’s participation in global health governance. It aims to inform and mobilise organizations and people with an interest in WHO to deliberate on building a stronger democratic multilateral system accountable to the public interest and committed to a sustainable planet.Speakers:Madhuresh KumarDr. Fifa RahmanDr. Lauren ParemoerModerator: Dr. Sulakshana Nandi
How Big Tech companies captured our public health system Transnational Institute 2022-05-18 | This video is part of a monthly series on the securitisation of health. Watch all videos here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6JRfkdlcGYWFO9hdjtk9ISAMbrHCHfqYSocial security privatization is a long-standing global trend. But in the wake of the pandemic and through the introduction of contact tracing apps, Big Tech has gone one step further: Disguised as healthcare innovation, large corporations like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are now set to control the very infrastructure that underlies our public health system. In this eye-opening discussion, Arun Kundnani interviews Dr Seda Gürses about the dangers of a system in which we depend on profit-oriented companies for receiving basic health services. How did we get to this point, and how can we imagine a different future? Dr Seda Gürses is an Associate Professor at TU Delft and an affiliate at KU Leuven. Her work focuses on privacy enhancing and protective optimization technologies, privacy engineering, as well as questions around software infrastructures, social justice and political economy as they intersect with computer science. Arun Kundnani is a TNI associate and author of The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, extremism, and the domestic War on Terror.00:00 - Power grabbing disguised as healthcare innovation09:24 - Big Tech's Power increasing12:25 - How are large companies taking over the infrastructure of our healthcare systems?18:23 - The social consequences of cloud computing 22:15 - Governments and big tech regulation28:58 - Tech companies in Kenya and the Global South31:47 - The future of health and technology38:07 - The dangers of technologyMore informationTransnational Institute: tni.orgProgrammable Infrastructures Project: https://www.tudelft.nl/tbm/over-de-faculteit/afdelingen/multi-actor-systems/research/projects/programmable-infrastructures-project#c938671The Institute for Technology in the Public Interest: titipi.org TITIPI Bugreport “The Long Tail of Contact Tracing”: github.com/DP-3T/documents/issues/118 Tobias Fiebig et al. paper on measurement of cloud adoption in Higher Education institutions in EU and US: arxiv.org/abs/2104.09462Decentralized Privacy Preserving Proximity Tracing (dp3t): github.com/DP-3T/documentsEditor: Josh Akinwumi#bigtech #publichealth__________________________________Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe
Fanning the Flames: How the European Union is fuelling a new arms race Transnational Institute 2022-03-17 | The European Defence Fund (EDF) and its precursor programmes explicitly aim to strengthening the ‘global competitiveness’ of the technological industrial base of European defence. There is a major disconnect between such technologies and their potential impact beyond the profits they will generate. They will inevitably boost European arms exports and fuel the global arms race, which will in turn lead to more armed conflicts and wars, greater destruction, significant loss of life, and increased forced displacement.Watch the recording of the press conference for the launch of our new report 'Fanning the Flames - How the European Union is fuelling a new arms race'. Read the report here: tni.org/en/publication/fanning-the-flames
Populisme, autoritarisme et luttes agraires Transnational Institute 2022-02-21 | Dans le monde entier, de nouvelles politiques d’exclusion donnent lieu à une hausse des inégalités, à une soi-disant « croissance » qui ne crée pas d’emplois, à une catastrophe climatique et à des divisions sociales. Si ces processus ont souvent été renforcés ou mis en lumière par la pandémie du coronavirus et par les réponses à la crise, ils ne sont en rien nouveaux. Depuis 2017, l’Initiative pour des politiques rurales émancipatrices (Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative ou ERPI) se base sur une recherche engagée pour mieux comprendre ces dynamiques destructrices ainsi que les processus politico-sociaux des zones rurales proposant des alternatives pour y faire face.Des chercheurs engagés ont publié des recueils à ce sujet qui arrivent à point nommé : (a) Authoritarianism and the Rural World aux éditions Routledge (livre électronique en libre accès); (b) numéro spécial de Sociologia Ruralis sur le populisme autoritaire en Europe (c) numéro spécial du Journal of Rural Studies sur l’Amérique du Nord (d) forum spécial de Latin American Perspectives e) A View From The Countryside, copublié par les réseaux TNI, FIAN et ERPI.Cette édition de la série de webinaires Conversations agraires sera l’occasion de présenter ces publications pertinentes et nécessaires, de débattre des dernières évolutions et d’évaluer les progrès réalisés dans les luttes dans et par les zones rurales vis-à-vis du populisme de droite.Speakers:✨ Achin Vanaik (TNI, India)✨ Garrett Lovelace-Graddy (American University, USA),✨ Ramona Duminicioiu (Ecoruralis & ECVC, Romania)✨Ayala Ferreira (LVC & Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), Brazil)Moderators:✨ Ruth Hall (PLAAS) and ✨ Katie Sandwell (TNI)Background reading: Preface of ‘Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World’, pages xv-xxi, https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.5...A collective initiative of Journal of Peasant Studies, CASAS, PLAAS, ICAS, YARA, ERPI, PASTRES, RRUSHES-5, and the Transnational Institute.
Populismo, autoritarismo y luchas agrarias Transnational Institute 2022-02-18 | La nueva política excluyente está profundizando las desigualdades, generando “crecimiento” sin empleo, caos climático y división social en todo el mundo. Si bien la pandemia de COVID-19 y las respuestas a ella han intensificado o puesto de manifiesto estos procesos, no son un fenómeno nuevo. Desde 2017, la Iniciativa de Políticas Rurales Emancipadoras (ERPI) ha llevado a cabo investigaciones para entender mejor estas dinámicas destructivas y los procesos sociales y políticos en los espacios rurales que están generando alternativas. Intentamos fomentar el debate y la acción entre académicos, activistas, profesionales y responsables de políticas de todo el mundo, a quienes preocupa la situación actual, con la esperanza de crear alternativas y resistencia.Estas cuestiones siguen siendo urgentes en todo el mundo. Sin embargo, los movimientos organizados y las acciones en y desde las zonas rurales han contribuido a cambiar las trayectorias políticas en muchos países: el éxito (calificado) de las manifestaciones de los agricultores en la India; las victorias electorales de los partidos de izquierda en Chile, Perú y otros países de América Latina; el reposicionamiento del Partido de los Trabajadores en Brasil, entre otros. Se están suscitando otras tensiones y dinámicas en muchos países, de Turquía a Túnez, pasando por Mozambique y los Estados Unidos de América. En algunos lugares, el populismo regresivo se ha convertido en un verdadero autoritarismo, como ocurrió en Myanmar. ¿Cómo entendemos estos cambios y continuidades?Investigadores comprometidos han publicado artículos oportunos sobre estos temas: a) el libro de Routledge 'Authoritarianism and the Rural World', que consta de 20 capítulos y fue editado por Ian Scoones, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Marc Edelman, Ruth Hall, Lyda Fernanda Forero, Ben White y Wendy Wolford (Open Access ebook); b) la edición especial de Sociologia Ruralis, publicada en populismo autoritario en Europa y editada por Natalia Mamonova, Jaume Franquesa y Sally Brooks; c) la edición especial del Journal of Rural Studies en América del Norte, editada por Antonio Roman-Alcala, Garrett Lovelace-Graddy y Marc Edelman; d) un foro especial de Latin American Perspectives editado por Daniela Andrade y Sergio Coronado; y e) A View From The Countryside, copublicado por el TNI, FIAN y ERPI mediante la colaboración de Katie Sandwell, Angélica Castañeda Flores, Lyda Fernanda Forero, Jennifer Franco, Sofia Monsalve Suárez, Andrea Nuila y Philip Seufert.En esta edición de la serie de webinarios Conversaciones Agrarias pondremos de relieve estas publicaciones importantes y urgentes, hablaremos de los acontecimientos recientes y evaluaremos el avance de las luchas en y desde las zonas rurales en relación con el populismo de derecha.Speakers:✨ Achin Vanaik (TNI, India)✨ Garrett Lovelace-Graddy (American University, USA),✨ Ramona Duminicioiu (Ecoruralis & ECVC, Romania)✨Ayala Ferreira (LVC & Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), Brazil)Moderators:✨ Ruth Hall (PLAAS) and ✨ Katie Sandwell (TNI)A collective initiative of Journal of Peasant Studies, CASAS, PLAAS, ICAS, YARA, ERPI, PASTRES, RRUSHES-5, and the Transnational Institute. See less
Populism, authoritarianism and agrarian struggles: Agrarian Conversations episode 3 Transnational Institute 2022-02-17 | Around the world emerging new exclusionary politics are generating deepening inequalities, jobless ‘growth’, climate chaos, and social division. These processes have been intensified or exposed in many places by the Covid-19 pandemic and responses to it, but they are not new. Since 2017 the Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative (ERPI) has used engaged research to better understand these destructive dynamics, and the social and political processes in rural spaces that are generating alternatives to them. We aim to provoke debate and action among scholars, activists, practitioners and policymakers from across the world who are concerned about the current situation, and hopeful about alternatives and resistances.Today, these questions remain urgent, worldwide. Yet organised movements and actions in and from rural areas have contributed to changing the political trajectories in many countries: the (qualified) success of the Indian farmers' protests; the electoral victories of left-wing parties in Chile, Peru and other countries in Latin America; the repositioning of the Workers Party in Brazil and more. Other tensions and dynamics are playing out in many other countries: from Turkey to Tunisia, Mozambique to the United States of America. In some places regressive populism has turned into outright authoritarianism, as in Myanmar. How do we make sense of all these changes and continuities?Engaged researchers have published timely collections on these issues: (a) Routledge book 'Authoritarianism and the Rural World' with 20 chapters and edited by Ian Scoones, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Marc Edelman, Ruth Hall, Lyda Fernanda Forero, Ben White and Wendy Wolford (Open Access ebook); (b) Special Issue of Sociologia Ruralis on authoritarian populism in Europe edited by Natalia Mamonova, Jaume Franquesa and Sally Brooks; (c) Special Issue of Journal of Rural Studies on North America edited by Antonio Roman-Alcala, Garrett Lovelace-Graddy and Marc Edelman; (d) a special forum of Latin American Perspectives edited by Daniela Andrade and Sergio Coronado and e) A View From The Countryside, co-published by TNI, FIAN, and ERPI by Katie Sandwell, Angélica Castañeda Flores, Lyda Fernanda Forero, Jennifer Franco, Sofia Monsalve Suárez, Andrea Nuila and Philip Seufert.This edition of the Agrarian Conversations Webinar Series will showcase these relevant and urgent publications, discuss recent events, and assess the progress of struggles in and from the rural areas in relation to right-wing populism.Speakers:✨ Achin Vanaik (TNI, India)✨ Garrett Lovelace-Graddy (American University, USA),✨ Ramona Duminicioiu (Ecoruralis & ECVC, Romania)✨Ayala Ferreira (LVC & Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), Brazil)Moderators:✨ Ruth Hall (PLAAS) and ✨ Katie Sandwell (TNI)Background reading: Preface of ‘Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World’, pages xv-xxi, library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49632A collective initiative of Journal of Peasant Studies, CASAS, PLAAS, ICAS, YARA, ERPI, PASTRES, RRUSHES-5, and the Transnational Institute. See less
Nuestro futuro en juego: la captura corporativa del multilateralismo Transnational Institute 2022-01-21 | "Nuestra agenda común", el informe publicado por el Secretario General de la ONU, António Guterres en septiembre de 2021, trazó la hoja de ruta de la agenda global para los próximos años. Detrás de bellas palabras y buenas intenciones, la estrategia revelaba un futuro de gobernanza global liderada por las empresas y basada en mecanismos multistakeholder, donde la sociedad civil y los estados en desarrollo tienen poca voz. Esta mesa redonda pretende desvelar esta asociación con la "clase de Davos" y sus consecuencias para las personas y el planeta. Frente a esta amenaza, es clave organizar nuestras luchas por un mundo democrático e inclusivo, y un medio ambiente sano.Confirmed Panelists:Rosa Pavanelli (Public Services International)Jeremy Corbyn (Member of the House of Commons, UK)Harris Gleckmann (University of Massachusetts -Boston)Barbara Figueroa (TUCA)Facilitation: Sofia Monsalve (FIAN) and Sulakshana Nandi (PHM)Wrap up and conclusions: Brid Brennan, (TNI)
Webinar - Our future at stake: The corporate capture of multilateralism (English) Transnational Institute 2022-01-20 | "Our Common agenda”, the Report released by the Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres in September 2021, laid out the road map for the global agenda for the coming years. Behind beautiful words and good intentions, the strategy revealed a future of corporate led global governance based on multistakeholder mechanisms where civil society and developing states have little say. This Round Table aims at unveiling this partnership with the “Davos Class” and its consequences for people and the planet. Facing such a threat, it is key to organize our struggles for a democratic and inclusive world, and a healthy environment.Panelists:Rosa Pavanelli (Public Services International)Barbara Figueroa (TUCA)Jeremy Corbyn (Member of the House of Commons, UK)Harris Gleckmann (University of Massachusetts Boston)Facilitation: Sofia Monsalve (FIAN) and Sulakshana Nandi (PHM)Wrap up and conclusions: Brid Brennan, (TNI)To read the report you can here: tni.org/en/publication/the-great-takeover
China and the planet - China and the world series: Episode 6 Transnational Institute 2021-12-16 | What is China doing to address climate change and environmental crises? What is working and where is it failing? To what extent is climate & environmental issues being integrated into both its domestic policies and its foreign investments outside China? Are there any internal movements or forces that challenge an extractivist form of development? What openings and opportunities are there for change? Speakers:-Tobita Chow, activist and founder of Justice is Global-Isabel Hilton, founder and senior advisor of China Dialogue-Ying Chen, The New School and co-author of Global Green New Deal: A Global South Perspective-Hongqiao Liu, independent journalist covering climate change and ChinaModerator: Nick Buxton, Transnational Institute
How elites use the pandemic to secure their power Transnational Institute 2021-12-14 | This video is part of a monthly series on the securitisation of health. Watch all videos here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6JRfkdlcGYWFO9hdjtk9ISAMbrHCHfqYGovernments around the world have used the pandemic as an excuse to expand their powers. Populations have been divided on the basis of race and class into those deserving of protection and those perceived as risky and to be controlled. Migrants, refugees, precarious workers, and racialized groups have faced vulnerability and repression. Many Western liberals, nevertheless, seem to wish for governments to be tougher in enforcing measures. In this fascinating discussion, Eda Seyhan lays out why an abolitionist analysis of official pandemic responses is essential and what an alternative approach would look like. Eda Seyhan is an international human rights lawyer and researcher, focused on policing, national security and racial justice, and Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Postcolonial Studies. Arun Kundnani is a TNI associate and author of The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, extremism, and the domestic War on Terror.Editor: Josh Akinwumi#authoritarianism #migration__________________________________Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe
إطلالة على الماضي، تطلُّعٌ الى المستقبل Transnational Institute 2021-12-10 | الانتفاضات العربية: عقد من النضالاتمنذ عام 2010 ، شهدت المنطقة العربية موجات من الانتفاضات الملهمة والمقاومة الشعبية ضد الاستبداد والاستغلال. وقد انتفضت الحركات الاجتماعية والعمالية والشبابية وكذلك الفئات المهمشة من المجتمع للمطالبة بالخبز والحرية والعدالة الاجتماعية. تجد هذه الحركات الشعبية المختلفة نفسها في مواجهة القوى الاستبدادية الراسخة والقوى المضادة للثورة والمصممة على قمعها. ومع ذلك ، فإن أمل المتمردين لا يزال حياً لأن ما يحدث الآن في السودان مع إصرار الناس على مواصلة ثورتهم هو مجرد شهادة على هذا التَوْق المستمر للعدالة والتّحرر.كل هذه الأحداث المهمة بين عامي 2010 و 2021 فتحت آفاقًا جديدة للناس للتعبير عن استيائهم والمطالبة بإصلاحات وبتغيير جذري، مما أجبر كل حكومة تقريبًا في المنطقة على التنازل في قضايا سياسية، اجتماعية واقتصادية على حد سواء. في هذه الندوة، ستستمعون من بعض المفكرين/ات والمناضلين/ات البارزين من المنطقة والذين كتبوا مقالات متميّزة لملفنا المنشور مؤخرًا حول الانتفاضات العربية: longreads.tni.org/arab-uprisings-arالمتدخلون/ات✨ غسان بن خليفة: صحفي وثوري اشتراكي من تونس. وهو منسق التحرير في الموقع الإعلامي inhiyez.com ✨ مزن النيل: كاتبة ومناضلة سودانية. وهي مؤسسة مشاركة لمركز الفكر والابتكار والعلوم والتكنولوجيا للتنمية المرتكزة على الناس (ISTiNAD) ✨ علي أموزاي: مناضل وباحث من المغرب. وهو عضو في تيار المناضل-ة (منظمة عمالية اشتراكية ثورية)✨ رفيف زيادة: محاضرة في السياسة والسياسات العموميّة في قسم «التنمية الدولية» في جامعة كينغز كوليدج في لندن.✨ فرات شهال الركابي: فنانة ومصممة جرافيك لبنانية. قامت بكل الرسوم التوضيحية للملف جنبًا إلى جنب مع ملصقات فنية.
Looking Back, Looking Forward. Conversation with Authors of The Arab Uprisings: A decade of struggle Transnational Institute 2021-12-09 | Looking Back, Looking Forward.Conversation with Authors of the DossierThe Arab Uprisings: A decade of struggleSince 2010, the Arab region has witnessed waves of inspiring uprisings and popular resistance against authoritarianism and dispossession. Social movements, workers, youths and marginalised sections of society rose up to demand bread, freedom and justice. These various people’s movements find themselves pitted against entrenched authoritarian and counter-revolutionary forces bent on suppressing them. Nevertheless, the insurgent hope is still alive as what is taking place right now in Sudan with people insisting to continue their revolution is just a testimony of this ongoing hunger for justice and liberation.All of these momentous events between 2010 and 2021 have opened new horizons for people to express their discontent and demand radical change and reforms, forcing almost every government in the region to concede on issues – both political and economic.In this webinar, we will hear from some outstanding scholars and activists from the region who have written brilliant essays for our recently published dossier on the Arab Uprisings (longreads.tni.org/arab-uprisings).Panellists:✨ Ghassen Ben Khalifa: Journalist and a revolutionary socialist from Tunisia. He is the editing coordinator of the media outlet inhiyez.com.✨ Muzan Alneel: Sudanese writer and activist. She is co-founder of the Innovation, Science and Technology Think-tank for People-Centered Development (ISTiNAD).✨ Ali Amouzai: activist and researcher from Morocco. He is a member of the Almounadil-a current (a revolutionary socialist labour organisation).✨ Rafeef Ziadah: Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy in the Department of International Development, King's College London✨ Fourate Chahal El Rekaby: a Lebanese artist and graphic designer. She made all the illustration's for the dossier alongside an art collage.
China and the world: Episode 5 Transnational Institute 2021-12-08 | This webinar explored key questions such as Chinese state’s strategy in terms of its foreign policy, global investments, and its deployment of hard and soft power? What does it advocate for in terms of global governance? How does it mirror or differ to US or EU foreign policy? How can we understand the Belt and Road Initiative? What are the impacts of Chinese capital in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America? Are they any different to Western transnational interests? How can we confront the anti-China politics (or policies) and the threat of a new Cold War pushed by the political establishment of the US and other Western countries? How can we confront Sinophobia globally? Speakers:- Brian Hioe, activist in Taiwan, editor of New Bloom Magazine- Lee Jones, Queen Mary University London, author of forthcoming book, Fractured China: How State Transformation is Shaping China’s Rise, with Shahar Hameiri- Stella Hong Zhang, John Hopkins University and co-editor of the thepeoplesmap.net- Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South, and author of China: An imperial power in the image of the West? Moderator: Stephanie Olinga-Shannon, Transnational Institute
Climate Walls – How the Militarisation of Borders Drives Injustice and What We Can Do About It Transnational Institute 2021-12-08 | Online event held during COP26 in Glasgow.As climate change exacerbates displacement, the border industry is cashing in on anxiety about the future and states are investing billions in military, surveillance, and control systems. Border control as a climate adaptation strategy doesn’t work, causes unquantifiable human suffering, and draws investment away from real climate action – join us and help hold the new climate profiteers to account.Contributors: Scarlett Westbrook - Youth Climate Activist, Maeve Higgins - Writer, Josue De Luna Navarro - Institute for Policy Studies, Nick Buxton - Transnational Institute, Kim Bryan - 350, Dan Howden - Lighthouse Reports
Chinas social movements - China and the world series: Episode 4 Transnational Institute 2021-12-02 | This webinar discussed power from below in China. What are the main forms of social and collective organising in China? What space and autonomy do organisations have? How do movements from below and resistance shape Chinese society and politics? How can movements based in other countries best work with and alongside Chinese movements and social forces? How can we confront Sinophobia globally? Speakers: * Au, activist from Hong Kong* Manfred Elfstrom, University of British Columbia and author of Workers and Change in China* Crystal L, Chinese feminist activist * May Wu, social justice organiserModerator, Ralf Ruckus, Gongchao.org
Chinas political system - China and the world series: Episode 3 Transnational Institute 2021-11-25 | China and the world series.Episode 3 - China's political system. How is China governed? In what ways is it democratic or not? Who has political power in China and how did they win and hold onto power? How is political power distributed or concentrated? How can we interpret the situation in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet in terms of understanding Chinese state power and political strategies? Rebecca Karl, New York University and author of China's Revolutions in the Modern World: A Brief Interpretive HistoryDarren Byler, Simon Fraser University and author of Terror Capitalism: Uyghur Dispossession and Masculinity in a Chinese CityYangyang Cheng, Yale Law School and columnist at SupChinaAu Loong Yu, labour activist and author of Hong Kong in RevoltModerator: Sandy Shan, Justice is GlobalPlease note we have added a few clips throughout the session. These clips are used as part of fair use policy for education purposes. You can watch the recordings in full at the links provided below. Rebecca presented this video - youtu.be/Uzn8f38sw90Yangyang presented this video - youtube.com/watch?v=k9hdcrPuiXkAu presented this video - youtube.com/watch?v=05iJI9Ke6r8
Chinas economic system - China and the world series: Episode 2 Transnational Institute 2021-11-18 | China and the world series.Episode 2 - China's economic systemIs it capitalist or communist? How does it differ from US or EU neoliberal capitalism? What has it achieved since the revolution in 1949? What are its flaws? What can we learn from it? What is the current economic strategy? How does it fit into the global economy? Who are the biggest Chinese corporations, how do private and state corporations differ, and what relationship do business elites have with political elites? What is the relationship between Chinese institutions and global capital? Speakers:-Ralf Ruckus, editor of gongchao.org and author of The Communist Road to Capitalism-Joel Andreas, UCLA and author of Disenfranchised: The Rise and Fall of Industrial Citizenship in China-Ho-Fung Hung, John Hopkins University and author ofThe China Boom: Why China will not rule the worldModerator: -Dong Yige, University of BuffaloApologies for the technical issue at the hour 50 minute mark. This was a full system wide glitch.
Who feels secure? Racial capitalism and global security Transnational Institute 2021-11-17 | This video is part of a monthly series on the securitisation of health. Watch all videos here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6JRfkdlcGYWFO9hdjtk9ISAMbrHCHfqYHow did we end up in a place where security is understood in the narrow terms of policing? Why does this kind of security fail to make a large part of the population feel safer? And can we imagine a society where my security is not the opposite of your security?In this thought-provoking video, Arun Kundnani interviews Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò about the destructive intersection of racial capitalism and global security, which constitute each other. They discuss how racial hierarchy is fundamentally a hierarchy in security, who benefits from keeping this hierarchy untouched, and how the concept of collaborative security can help us overcome this hierarchy.Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University and a frequent writer on issues of climate justice, racism, and colonialism. Arun Kundnani is a TNI associate and author of The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, extremism, and the domestic War on Terror.#security #capitalism #racismEditor: Josh Akinwumi____________________________________Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe
Beyond the ‘China threat’: Chinese investments in Eastern Europe Transnational Institute 2021-11-12 | A second webinar of a four part series run by TNI on 30 years into the ‘transition’: East European New Left Perspectives. This webinar explored Eastern Europe's entanglement into Chinese capital. Based on case studies of Chinese investments in Hungary and Serbia, this panel discussion looked behind the “China threat” narrative, and attempted to contextualize Chinese investments in Eastern Europe as part of a broader global reorganization of capitalism and corresponding shifts in hegemonic power. Speakers: Linda Szabó (CEU, Budapest) Aleksandar Matković (Institute for Economic Sciences, Belgrade) Tamás Gerőcs (University of Binghamton)Moderator:Lela Rekhviashvili, Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde, Leipzig
Reflections on Just Transition(s) in North Africa Transnational Institute 2021-11-11 | This workshop aims to advance a deeper analysis of where we are now in terms of energetic transition in North Africa. Having a better understanding of the current situation, the actors involved and the would-be winners and losers is crucial for any rallying efforts for a just transition. The workshop will aim to enrich the national/regional and global discussions around the transition. Activists will be sharing some insights and reflections on just transition in their contexts while highlighting some of the tensions around this. They will also advance some perspectives around alternatives, mobilising strategies and ways of building alliances and solidarities.Contributors: Hamza Hamouchene (Algerian researcher and activist, Transnational Institute).-Chafik Ben Rouine (Tunisian researcher and activist, Tunisian Observatory of Economy)-Saker El Nour (Egyptian researcher, Freie Universitat Berlin)-Joanna Allan (British scholar, Northumbria University).-Hamza Lakhal (Saharawi scholar activist, Durham University)
Life in China - China and the world series: Episode 1 Transnational Institute 2021-11-11 | China and the World series. Episode 1 - Life in China.What is the reality like for most working people in cities and the countryside? How has this changed since 1949 and particularly in the last 3 decades? How are people organised socially and how is this changing? What are the dominant attitudes on issues of gender, race and sexuality, as well as perceptions on globalisation and Chinese nationhood? What has been the impact of rapid economic growth socially and the rise of inequality? -Dong Yige, University of Buffalo and currently working on book, The Fabric of Care: Women’s Work and the Politics of Livelihood in A Chinese Mill Town-Eli Friedman, Cornell University and author of forthcoming book, The Urbanization of People: The Politics of Development, Labor Markets, and Schooling in the Chinese City-Yutong Lin, Nomadic Department of the Interior research collectiveModerator: Kevin Lin, Critical China Scholars/Made in China Journaltni.org/en/webinar/china-and-the-world-webinar-seriesChina today has the second largest global economy, ranks first in outward foreign direct investment, has become the world leader in AI and a driver of economic growth globally. Global capitalism today would not survive in its current form without China’s dynamism and pivotal role. As the country’s wealth and influence has grown, the Chinese state is looking to consolidate power at home, while also playing a more assertive role within Asia and globally. This has led its global geopolitical role to be constantly scrutinised by outside commentators, most often in relationship to US power.Yet China, despite its size and power, remains a state, nation, country and people that is little understood and poorly portrayed – most of all by mainstream media and politicians outside China. This is often a projection of the fears, ideologies and political interests of those outsiders, rather than an honest examination of China’s unique history, politics and peoples and their own struggles for meaningful well paid work, good education, quality healthcare, a clean environment.To confront some of the mythologies, and also to deepen understanding of the country, Transnational Institute together with gongchao.org, Made In China Journal, Lausan, Critical China Scholars and the Asia-Europe Peoples’ Forum is putting together a six webinar series on China. It is intended for activists anywhere in the world who want to have a basic understanding of China’s political and economic system, its global impact and role, and the best ways to engage with the Chinese state, its institutions and corporations, and its communities and grassroots groups. The six week series is intended as a first introductory edition, and would be concluded with a survey to decide on future webinar editions that could deepen learning, as well as possible spin-offs from the series including publications.#china #lifeinchina
Global Climate Wall Transnational Institute 2021-10-25 | Our new report shows how the world’s biggest emitters are spending over twice as much on arming borders to police migrants as climate action. Read the report: tni.org/climatewall_______________________________________________Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe#NoWarNoWarming #BillMcKibben
The Future is Public: Global Manifesto for Public Services Transnational Institute 2021-10-24 | Sign the manifesto: publicservicesmanifesto.org#FutureIsPublic-----------------------------------------------------------Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe
Producing knowledge from the left in Eastern Europe Transnational Institute 2021-10-22 | Understanding Eastern Europe's postsocialist situation from a left perspective has been a major challenge for left politics in the region in recent decades. This webinar will bring together speakers from organizations who produce knowledge from the left in Eastern Europe, to discuss how they address this challenge: what organizational models they use to resist academic, political and market pressures, and how they combine the task of analysis with that of organizing and building social power.Speakers:Adela Hîncu (LeftEast) Kristina Andělová (Contradictions, Prague)Anastasia Riabchuk (Commons)Vladimir Simović (Center for Politics of Emancipation, Belgrade) Maria Cernat (Institute for Social Solidarity, Bucharest) Oleg Zhuravlev (Public Sociology Laboratory, Saint Petersburg) Vitalie Sprinceana (Platzforma, Chisinau)Moderator:Kristóf Nagy (Working Group for Public Sociology Helyzet/Fordulat, Budapest)
The dangers of militarising the climate crisis Transnational Institute 2021-10-12 | To learn more, read our primer on climate security: tni.org/en/publication/primer-on-climate-securityFraming the climate crisis as a security issue is deeply problematic. It ultimately reinforces a militarised approach to climate change that is likely to deepen the injustices for those most affected by the unfolding crisis. Climate justice, by contrast requires us to overturn and transform the economic systems that caused climate change, prioritising communities at the frontlines of the crisis and putting their solutions first.#climatejustice #climatesecurity #climatecrisis____________________________________________________Support our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe
How to stop the displacement of millions caused by European arms exports Transnational Institute 2021-10-04 | Our groundbreaking report ‘Smoking Guns’ (tni.org/en/publication/smoking-guns) found that European arms exports are responsible for the displacement of at least 1.1 million people. The research joined the dots between Europe’s arms exports, forced displacement and migration. In a follow-up event to the report on September 28, 2021, we held a discussion with an expert panel on the implications of these alarming findings for European policy: Which steps need to be taken to control arms exports and prevent further displacement?Panel*Dr. Hannah Neumann (MEP, The Greens/European Free Alliance)*Catherine Woollard (Director, European Council on Refugees and Exiles)*Andrew Feinstein (Author ‘The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade’)*Apostolis Fotiadis (Researcher/Co-author 'Smoking Guns' report)*Leone Hadavi (OSINT EU Arms Investigator)Moderator*Niamh Ní Bhriain (Transnational Institute)Visit our website: tni.orgSupport our work: tni.org/en/support-tniSign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe
The racist roots of the War on Terror Transnational Institute 2021-09-08 | This video is part of a monthly series. Subscribe to our channel and watch the previous videos here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6JRfkdlcGYWFO9hdjtk9ISAMbrHCHfqYArun Kundnani interviews Deepa Kumar who traces the longer historical and racist roots of the War on Terror, announced by George W. Bush, that in the last 20 years has killed at least one million people. They discuss counter terrorism and "islamic terrorism", Islamophobia in Europe and beyond, and shine a light on how Arab and Muslim communities were racialised and targeted well before 9/11.Deepa Kumar is the author of the recently published book, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire: Twenty Years after 9/11. Arun Kundnani is a TNI associate and author of The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, extremism, and the domestic War on Terror.00:00 - Introduction03:02 - Is the idea of "islamic terrorism" an inevitable outcome of 9/11?06:30 - How was the idea of Arab terrorists created?13:29 - What does counter terrorism in the US look like? 15:47 - Palestine, Israel and racism21:29 - How did the discourse shift from the "Arab terrorist" to the "Muslim terrorist"?29:23 - Systemic racism and Islamophobia39:52 - The history of racism against MuslimsEditor: Josh Akinwumi#waronterror #September11 #racism #Islamophobia
Democratic and collective ownership of public goods and services Transnational Institute 2021-09-02 | Exploring public-community collaborationsMany cities and citizens have devised new ways to manage essentials such as water, energy, housing, care, food, urban space and more. A report by the Transnational Institute ( tni.org/public-community-collaborations ) presents innovative approaches between public institutions and collective citizen organisations in order to co-produce ideas and policies and to jointly deliver these public goods and services.Recognising that public ownership plays a critical and strategic role in climate-saving and social inclusion, we propose public-community collaborations are a vital instrument in democratising public ownership. What does this mean? These public-community collaborations reveal they can unlock local knowledge and empower citizens by combining the city's administrative and political power with the potential of its citizens.The report is presented in three parts: Theory, Practice, and Imagination. The Theory section introduces the co-production approach and the essential characteristics of public-community collaborations. In the Practice section, we present ten inspiring international experiences from the areas of food, care, energy, water, housing and urban development, highlighting the most important lessons learned from each in a practical toolbox. Finally, the report shows how we can Imagine ways in which this new approach can be introduced and structurally developed in your city.Public-community collaborations do not offer to take over public responsibility. Strong and well-funded public institutions are an important starting point for a successful collaboration. Public-community collaborations are a useful tool or lens to explore democratic forms of public ownership for public services and goods delivery.Luckily, plenty of local authorities and communities are taking on the challenge of addressing ecological transition and social cohesion. All of the stories presented in this report illustrate how local authorities in partnership with local communities have devised mechanisms of democratic public-services delivery.The full report will soon be available to download at: tni.org/public-community-collaborations
Afghanistan: Civil Society Perspectives Transnational Institute 2021-08-31 | AEPF and TNI organised a Webinar with a number of international experts to discuss a civil society approach to the crisis in Afghanistan.The US withdrawal after 20 years of military intervention has led to the almost total reconquest of the country by the Taliban.The USA pursued its typical imperialist policies, prioritizing militarist power projection in the region over the extraordinarily high human and material costs.What can be done to improve the humanitarian condition of Afghan society, especially for women, children, the elderly and wounded, minorities and others historically targeted by the Taliban?Can super powers and regional players eschew their geostrategic desires and instead put in place a humanitarian and human security approach to Afghanistan?We will discuss these questions, in the context of the measures proposed by 17 UN Rapporteurs to address the situation.Speakers:Khury Petersen-Smith is a Fellow of Institute for Policy Studies, Washington and researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration.Achin Vanaik Fellow at TNI, is a writer, social activist and retired Professor, University of Delhi.Sahar Saba, Afghan women’s rights activist and former spokesperson for Revolutionary Afghan Women’s Association.Afrasiab Khattak, former Senator and former Chairperson Pakistan Human Rights Commission.Anuradha Chenoy Former Dean and Retired Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.Moderator: Gie Goris- Belgian Journalist, author, who has covered Afghanistan for more than two decades.
