Shaun Matsheza and Nick Buxton of TNI spoke to two activists on the editorial board of the left Commons journal that explores and analyses Ukraine’s economy, politics, history and culture. Denys Gorbach is a social researcher currently doing his PhD in France on the politics of Ukrainian working class and Denis Pilash is a political scientist and activist involved in a social movement, Sotsialnyi Rukh.
“Electricity should be owned by the people”, declared Bernd Lange, the chair of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade (INTA), during a recent visit to the Mexican Senate. But this should also apply to other energy and natural resources. The “modernization” of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Mexico raises great concerns, because it may result in a greater surrender of sovereignty and shows many shortcomings in environmental protection.
Arnau Quinquillà, Bruno Palombini Gastal, Katie Sandwell
08 March 2022
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The Farmers Movement in India has inspired millions around the world who are fighting for justice, democracy and solidarity. The farmers held their ground in the face of threats, intimidation and relentless propoganda, and forced the Modi government to repeal the farm bills. This was one of the most spectacular victories of ordinary people against the combined assault of corporate power and the state, showing that determined struggle can defeat the mightiest of forces.
What’s the role and position of women in opium cultivation areas in Myanmar? What is life like for women who use drugs in Myanmar? This primer maps out the gendered dynamics of drug policy in Myanmar, drawing from on-the-ground conversations with women involved in the drugs market.
This briefing illustrates how the world's biggest asset managers - BlackRock, Vanguard, & StateStreet - are fuelling and profiting from the climate crisis through investments in polluting fossil fuels, destructive agribusiness, and violent border regimes.
The dreadful events unfolding in Ukraine have captured world attention. TNI's wide network of Associates, scholar-activists from all around the world, have shared their analyses with international media. We have collected a small sample here.
We will work to keep this page up to date as events continue to unfold.
This week, the International Court of Justice in The Hague is investigating allegations of genocide, conducted by the Myanmar armed forces against the Rohingya population in Rakhine State. Meanwhile an uneasy peace exists in the territory where the United League of Arakan-Arakan Army continues to expand its administrative outreach following an informal ceasefire in November 2020. In this commentary, Kyaw Lynn examines the political and security rivalries taking place between the military State Administration Council and ULA-AA, with the ULA-AA offering a new vision for a modern Arakan national identity that will include all nationality peoples.
Nick Middeldorp, Tjalling Postma, Guus Geurts, Sara Murawski
22 February 2022
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El acuerdo comercial entre la Unión Europea y el Mercosur provoca la destrucción de la naturaleza, la violación de los derechos territoriales de los Pueblos Indígenas y la pérdida de empleos en la industria en los países del Mercosur. Por consiguiente, se debería proponer un tratado alternativo para mejorar la cooperación entre los países de la UE y del Mercosur, mientras se promueven normas de comercio internacional justas y sostenibles.
Nick Middeldorp, Tjalling Postma, Guus Geurts, Sara Murawski
22 February 2022
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The EU-Mercosur trade agreement leads to the destruction of nature, violations of the land rights of farmers and Indigenous people and loss of industrial jobs in the Mercosur countries. An alternative treaty should be proposed – one that improves political cooperation between the EU and Mercosur countries while strengthening fair and sustainable international trade rules.
This article analyses the political economy of the liberalization of electricity prices in Egypt, highlighting the main policy shifts in regard to electricity pricing.
Financial technology, or ‘fintech’, is a widely celebrated recent innovation. However, in this paper we explore how its seductive narrative is a fundamentally flawed and inaccurate portrayal of the emerging reality. While it is clear that fintech offers a major opportunity to improve the lives of the poor if done right, and it has had some important initial successes, its full long-term impact looks far less rosy.
민영화에 대한 저항은 ‘(재)공영화’((re)municipalisation)라는 강력한 변화의 힘으로 바뀌었다. ‘(재)공영화’라는 단어는 서비스의 공공적 소유를 되찾는 것 뿐 아니라 새로운 공공서비스를 창출하는 것을 말한다. 최근 몇 년 동안, 초 국적연구소(TNI)와 파트너 조직들은 지구 전체에서 58개국 2,400개 이상의 도시에서 1,400개 이상의 (재)공영화 사례를 확인하였다.
Dans le monde entier, de nouvelles politiques d’exclusion donnent lieu à une hausse des inégalités, à une soi-disant « croissance » qui ne crée pas d’emplois, à une catastrophe climatique et à des divisions sociales. Si ces processus ont souvent été renforcés ou mis en lumière par la pandémie du coronavirus et par les réponses à la crise, ils ne sont en rien nouveaux. Depuis 2017, l’Initiative pour des politiques rurales émancipatrices (Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative ou ERPI) se base sur une recherche engagée pour mieux comprendre ces dynamiques destructrices ainsi que les processus politico-sociaux des zones rurales proposant des alternatives pour y faire face.
La nueva política excluyente está profundizando las desigualdades, generando “crecimiento” sin empleo, caos climático y división social en todo el mundo. Si bien la pandemia de COVID-19 y las respuestas a ella han intensificado o puesto de manifiesto estos procesos, no son un fenómeno nuevo. Desde 2017, la Iniciativa de Políticas Rurales Emancipadoras (ERPI) ha llevado a cabo investigaciones para entender mejor estas dinámicas destructivas y los procesos sociales y políticos en los espacios rurales que están generando alternativas. Intentamos fomentar el debate y la acción entre académicos, activistas, profesionales y responsables de políticas de todo el mundo, a quienes preocupa la situación actual, con la esperanza de crear alternativas y resistencia.
El nexo entre el comercio de armas y las desapariciones forzadas no suele analizarse y el papel de las políticas de comercio de armas de Europa que facilitan violaciones graves de los derechos humanos en terceros países suele omitirse en los estudios sobre desplazamiento y migración. Este informe traza un vínculo entre el comercio de armas de Europa, el desplazamiento forzado y la migración.
