Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
"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
"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
![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/")
