Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
COVID-19 has become another touchstone for today’s deeply entrenched politics of militarised borders and anti-migrant racism.
This webinar explored the trajectory and globalization of border militarization and anti-migrant racism across the world, the history, ideologies and actors that have shaped it, the pillars and policies that underpin the border industrial complex, the resistance of migrants, refugees and activists, and the shifting dynamics within this pandemic.
Panellists:
* Harsha Walia, author of Undoing Border Imperialism (2013)
* Jille Belisario, Transnational Migrant Platform-Europe (TMP-E)
* Todd Miller, author of Empire of Borders (2020), Storming the Wall (2019) and TNI's report More than A Wall (2019)
* Kavita Krishnan, All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA). TBC
This webinar was hosted by TNI and co-sponsored by Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC), Focus on the Global South, Asia-Europe People's Forum (AEPF), Transnational Migrant Platform-Europe (TMP-E), and Statewatch.
COVID-19 has become another touchstone for today’s deeply entrenched politics of militarised borders and anti-migrant racism.
This webinar explored the trajectory and globalization of border militarization and anti-migrant racism across the world, the history, ideologies and actors that have shaped it, the pillars and policies that underpin the border industrial complex, the resistance of migrants, refugees and activists, and the shifting dynamics within this pandemic.
Panellists:
* Harsha Walia, author of Undoing Border Imperialism (2013)
* Jille Belisario, Transnational Migrant Platform-Europe (TMP-E)
* Todd Miller, author of Empire of Borders (2020), Storming the Wall (2019) and TNI's report More than A Wall (2019)
* Kavita Krishnan, All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA). TBC
This webinar was hosted by TNI and co-sponsored by Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC), Focus on the Global South, Asia-Europe People's Forum (AEPF), Transnational Migrant Platform-Europe (TMP-E), and Statewatch.
![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/")
