North America

Walls Are Dumb but President Biden's ‘Smart Border’ Is Even Worse

Topic:

Border Wars

Language English

Programmes:

War & Pacification

Article type:

Article

Authors:

Todd Miller

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Don’t be fooled by a high-tech ‘virtual’ wall: It’s even more invasive than a physical wall.

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Global

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Nick Buxton: “Hay una industria de la vigilancia que ve la pandemia como una oportunidad para vender y probar nuevas tecnologías”

Topic:

COVID-19

Desmantelando el poder corporativo

Language Spanish

Programmes:

Poder Corporativo

Article type:

Article

Authors:

Yago Álvarez Barba

Teaser:

El activista y experto en comunicación del Transnational Institute, Nick Buxton, dibuja una batalla abierta por esta nueva crisis donde se necesitan soluciones, respuestas y políticas que muestren que un mundo alternativo es posible.

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El Salto

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North America

Latin America and the Caribbean

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Crisis económica, Trump, Biden,

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Canada moves closer to regulating cannabis for non-medical purposes

Topic:

UN Drug Control

Drug Law Reform

Language English

Programmes:

Drugs & Democracy

Article type:

Article

Authors:

Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)

Teaser:

Canada is on track to become the second country and the first G7 member to legalize and regulate cannabis for non-medical purposes (Uruguay enacted cannabis regulation in 2013).

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WOLA

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North America

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Canada’s next steps on cannabis and the UN Drug Treaties

Topic:

Cannabis

UN Drug Control

Language English

Programmes:

Drugs & Democracy

Article type:

Opinion

Authors:

David Bewley-Taylor

Tom Blickman

Martin Jelsma

John Walsh

Teaser:

Ever since the introduction of Bill C-45, questions have been swirling concerning Canada’s position relative to the UN drug control conventions: conventions to which Canada is a party and that, crucially, prohibit the creation of regulated markets for the recreational use of cannabis.

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Amidst debates and discussion over the past few months on how best to manage the impending mismatch between Canada’s domestic cannabis policy and international commitments, various options have been proffered and examples from elsewhere sought. At the more alarmist end of the scale, these have included the notion that, to retain due respect for international law, Ottawa must withdraw from th... Read more

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iPolitics

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North America

Canada

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ERPI 2018 Conference Papers: Americas (2)

Topic:

Emancipatory Rural Politics Initative

Language English

Programmes:

Agrarian & Environmental Justice

Article type:

Article

Teaser:

In preparation for the ERPI 2018 Conference: "Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World", we have compiled a set of papers submitted by researchers and scholars across the world.

Body:

The Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative (ERPI) focuses on understanding the rise of 'authoritarian populism' in rural settings across the world, as well as the forms of resistance occurring and the alternatives being built. New exclusionary politics are generating deepening inequalities, jobless 'growth', climate chaos, and social division. The ERPI is focused on the social and political pr... Read more

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Barbosa_26_Dilemmas of peasant social movements faced with the dichotomy_Brazil(pdf, 964.69 KB)

Llambi_28_Rentier States and Neo-Extractivism: Venezuela’s Orinoco Mining Arc Program(pdf, 849.22 KB)

Mccune_et_al_31_Disaster Colonialism and Agroecological Brigades in Post-Disaster Puerto Rico(pdf, 968.42 KB)

Edelman_33_Sacrifice Zones in Rural and Non-Metro USA: Fertile Soil for Authoritarian Populism(pdf, 917.64 KB)

Tilzey_34_Authoritarian Populism and Neo-Extractivism in Bolivia and Ecuador_(pdf, 851.73 KB)

Lima_et_al_38_The Agrarian Question in Brazilian Amazonia: Authoritarian Populism and Neo-Clientalism among Timber Companies_(pdf, 1.44 MB)

Shelton1_39_The Kentucky Tobacco Transition: Exploring Transitional Outcomes from a Socio-Ecological Systems Perspective(pdf, 1.03 MB)

Shelton2_40_Agricultural livelihoods and voting patterns in a rural, southern state(pdf, 1.74 MB)

Azar_41_Boomtown Poison: Political Culture Under the Shadow of Lead Poisoning in West Texas(pdf, 999.68 KB)

Ripoll_46_As good as it gets? The new Sandinismo and the co-option of emancipatory rural politics in Nicaragua(pdf, 1.15 MB)

Sapp_moore_49_There is no state: Authoritarian Returnts on Haiti’s High Central Plateau(pdf, 847.95 KB)

Jadhav_53_Was it rural populism? Returning to the country, “catching up,” and trying to understand the Trump vote(pdf, 1.74 MB)

Walter_55_Nostalgia and Precarious Placemaking in Southern Poultry Worlds: Immigration, Labor, and Community Building in Rural_(pdf, 1.04 MB)

Ortiz_58_Into the Void: The loss of governance in rural Mexico(pdf, 881.07 KB)

Harrismccarthy_61_Revisiting Power and Powerlessness: Speculating West Virginia’s Energy Future and the Externalities of_(pdf, 1.06 MB)

Rodriguez_62_Populism v. Neoliberalism: Indigeneity, Territorial Rights, and Hegemony in Honduras(pdf, 1010.3 KB)

Ulrich-schad_and_duncan_64_People and Places Left Behind: Work, Culture and Politics in the Rural United States(pdf, 905.82 KB)

Benavides_66_Historical Resistance for the defense of the land and the territory in the municipality of Cabrera, Colombia(pdf, 601.48 KB)

Sankey_68_From Cold War Origins to The Neoliberal Order: Formation, Trajectory and Social Base of Colombia’s Far-Right(pdf, 980.5 KB)

Gudynas_75_A critique of the idea of populism and the urgencies with authoritarianisms: some South American notes_(pdf, 868.88 KB)

Daniela Andrade 83: Populism from above and below: agriculture and the political ambiguities of the Workers’ Party in Brazil(pdf, 5.33 MB)

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North America

Latin America and the Caribbean

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ERPI 2018 Conference Papers: Americas (1)

Topic:

Emancipatory Rural Politics Initative

Language English

Programmes:

Agrarian & Environmental Justice

Article type:

Article

Teaser:

In preparation for the ERPI 2018 Conference: "Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World", we have compiled a set of papers submitted by researchers and scholars across the world.

Body:

The Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative (ERPI) focuses on understanding the rise of 'authoritarian populism' in rural settings across the world, as well as the forms of resistance occurring and the alternatives being built. New exclusionary politics are generating deepening inequalities, jobless 'growth', climate chaos, and social division. The ERPI is focused on the social and political pr... Read more

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Araya_4_Environmental populism in Central America: the politics of the pineapple expansion and its discontents in Costa Rica(pdf, 866.02 KB)

Roman_et_al_5_The agrarian origins of authoritarian rural populism in the United States_(pdf, 1.08 MB)

Dunlap_8_Reconsidering the Logistics of Autonomy: Ecological Autonomy, Self-defense and the Polícia Comunitaria in Álvaro Obregó(pdf, 2 MB)

Felicien_et_al_9_Food politics in a time of crisis_Venezuela(pdf, 1.37 MB)

Ezquerro-canete_10_The Rural Roots and Consequences of Authoritarian Populism in Paraguay(pdf, 1016.1 KB)

Rojas_et_al_15_Cultivating Alternatives to Authoritarian Populism in Amazonia(pdf, 1.63 MB)

Graddy-lovelace_17_Farmer & Non-Farmer Responsibility to Each Other: Notes on the Tensions of US Agricultural Governance(pdf, 823.59 KB)

Lasso_18_Reterritorializing the food sovereignty model in Ecuador_(pdf, 766.74 KB)

Contreras_19_Wind Energy Development in Mexico: An Authoritarian Populist Development Project?(pdf, 1.01 MB)

Rodrigues_21_Emancipatory rural politics against the green grab_Brazilian Amazonia_(pdf, 1.11 MB)

Daria_22_Organizing the Slaves of the 21st Century_Mexico_(pdf, 684.01 KB)

van_den_berg_and_goris_25_Peasant Territories: Resistance and Existence in the Struggle for Emancipation in Brazil(pdf, 926.39 KB)

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Latin America and the Caribbean

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Leaked CETA interpretative declaration an utterly inadequate solution

Topic:

CETA

Language English

Programmes:

Trade & Investment

Article type:

Article

Teaser:

The final draft of the joint interpretative declaration between the EU and Canada on the proposed free trade deal CETA has been leaked today.

Body:

The declaration was intended to help secure the signing [1] of the controversial CETA trade deal between the EU and Canada. It follows heavy civil society criticism and serious concerns expressed by the Austrian, Belgian, Polish, Hungarian, Slovenian and Irish governments and/or Parliaments. All European Member States must declare their final positions on the signing of CETA by October 11 [1].... Read more

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Wessen Zukunft ist sicher? Militarisierung im Zeitalter der Klimakrise

Topic:

Climate security

Language German

Programmes:

War & Pacification

Agrarian & Environmental Justice

Article type:

Article

Authors:

Nick Buxton

Teaser:

Deshalb ist die Interpretation des Klimawandels in ein Sicherheitsproblem so irritierend. Sie schafft eine doppelt Ungerechtigkeit. Nicht nur leiden diejenigen, die am wenigsten mit der Verursachung des Klimawandels zu tun haben, am meisten von den Folgen des Klimawandels, sondern sie werden nun auch noch angesichts dieser klimatischen Auswirkungen mit Sicherheitreaktionen konfrontiert.

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