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    The European crisis through the lens of financialisation
    May 2012
    Antonio Tricarico

    The financial sector through the Euro crisis hopes to further extract wealth from public sectors, driven by its goal to commodify the whole economy and nature itself.

    The Fiscal Compact on European Budget Discipline
    April 2012
    Heikki Patomäki

    European political leaders and the institutions of the European Union have reacted to the Euro crisis by creating conditional debt packages, in cooperation with the IMF (International Monetary Fund). Such “aid packages” typically prescribe severe austerity measures, similar to the structural...

    Jakarta Water Privatization Today: Dried Water Tap or Change
    March 2012
    By Irfan Zamzami, Amrta Institute for Water Literacy

    With protests, rallies and petitions, the message from the public has been clear: the water service in Jakarta should be re-municipalised, to save the water system from financial ruin and the water service from a profit-oriented private sector.

    State of Corporate Power 2012
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    January 2012
    TNI

    Who are the global 1%? What companies do they run? How do they escape accountability? Check out TNI's powerful infographic displays that expose the social and environmental costs of global corporate power.

    The War on Colombia’s Poor
    January 2012
    Ross Eventon

    The EU's proposed free trade agreement with Colombia will worsen the already serious human rights violations in the country, as its drive to access to cheap raw materials for European corporations means forcing local people off their land.

    RIO+20 and the greenwashing of the global economy
    January 2012
    Olivier Hoedeman

    Challenging the corporate co-option of the UN should be a major priority in the run-up to the UN Rio+20 Earth Summit in June 2012.

    Revival of the public water sector
    October 2011
    Water Justice

    As Amsterdam hosts its first International Water Week, TNI and its allies will be actively promoting Water Operators’ Partnerships (WOPs) between public water utilities as the best means to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

    The EU Crisis Pocket Guide
    October 2011
    TNI

    A useful pocket guide on how a crisis made in Wall Street was made worse by EU policies, how it has enriched the 1% to the detriment of the 99%, and outlining some possible solutions that prioritise people and the environment above corporate profits.

    Land, conflict and the challenge of pro-poor peace-building
    October 2011
    Jennifer Franco
    Jun Borras

    There is a lot of contention over approaches to land reform policy, in terms of how to involve the state, the market and communities; but what matters most for a socio-economically and politically sustainable solution, is that the policy is genuinely 'pro-poor'.

    Austerity Forever
    October 2011
    Kenneth Haar, Corporate Europe Observatory

    The European Union’s new model of economic governance, including the Euro Pact, is a model of prolonged austerity.

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