Bioeconomy, Myanmar elections and the TTIP Quiz Newsletter November 2015
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The bioeconomy is promoted as a response to current global social and environmental crises, with its promise of replacing fossil fuels with ‘renewable’ biological resources. How does it play out on the ground? Who wins and who loses? And what are the alternatives? Read the primer »
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Hear directly from indigenous representatives of affected communities in Peru and Ecuador on their experiences of seeking justice for corporate crimes in their territories. During the Forum, the representatives will engage and exchange with experts on possible legal initiatives under Dutch and international law.. Read more »
TNI is holding launch events for its new book on the militarisation and corporate capture of climate change in London on 25 November, Amsterdam on 1 December and Paris on the 5 December. Book your tickets by clicking on the relevant city.
After the Paris Attacks, a Call for Justice—Not Vengeance
The years after September 11 are a powerful reminder that an “all-out war” on terror only creates more terrorism. Read more »
Praful Bidwai: Left is indispensable to the health of Indian democracy
India has long been a social-political oddity: a country with widespread poverty and wretched deprivation, but where the underprivileged find no voice in most political parties; one of the world’s fastest growing economies, where less than a tenth of the population has regular jobs and where a quarter-million farmers have recently committed suicide. Read more »
I can only see progress—technological, political, social, moral, whatever—as a goal of human action, but given the direction human affairs and the world are taking we can only be mightily discontented with the cumulative effects of changes brought about over the past several decades. Read more »
Fisherfolks say no to the Coastal Fisheries Initiative (CFI)
The CFI will have devastating impacts for small-scale fisher folk. The initiative is in violation of the recently endorsed Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (VGSSF)
Event | The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War in the U.S
This TNI co-sponsored event in Amsterdam will show a film that looks at the information wars Israel and its supporters have been waging in the U.S. for decades. Followed by Q and A with Director.
Vacancy | The Transnational Institute seeks a Personnel Officer
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Desafíos y lecciones de las empresas públicas
Las empresas públicas en América Latina tienen una trayectoria demostrada de eficiencia económica y social de la que se pueden extraer valiosas lecciones. Leer más »
Diálogo informal sobre políticas de drogas, San Juan
El XIII Diálogo informal sobre políticas de drogas en América Latina, centrado en la región caribeña, tuvo lugar en San Juan, Puerto Rico, del 23 al 25 de abril de 2015. Leer más »
Los pescadores dicen NO a la Iniciativa para la Pesca Costera
La Iniciativa para la Pesca Costera (CFI) podría tener un impacto devastador para los pueblos pesqueros en pequeña escala de varias regiones del mundo. Leer más »
Declaración de la Confederación Nacional de Productores Agropecuarios de las Cuencas Cocaleras del Perú (CONPACCP) con motivo de la implementación del Programa de Reconversión Productiva a la hoja de coca en el Vraem por parte del Ministerio de Agricultura. Leer más »
Representantes de comunidades afectadas visitan los Países Bajos para exponer sus casos y presentar las iniciativas que están tomando para encontrar justicia y remedio a los daños que han sufrido. Leer más »