In 2019, a wave of mass protest movements has spread across North Africa and West Asia, including Sudan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon and Iran. The mass protests have much in common, from opposing authoritarian regimes and worsening economic situations to demanding radical changes in social relations. Despite their similarities, each protest movement operates under different conditions that cannot be ignored. The specific historic, political and economic contexts of each country have determined who the key actors of the uprisings are and their location across old and new divides. This book elaborates on these similarities and differences to paint a clearer picture of these movements and draw out important lessons to inform future struggles.
Les jeunes agriculteurs européens devront faire face à davantage d'obstacles pour rentrer dans l'agriculture, car la terre est consolidée rapidement dans relativement peu de grandes exploitations. La terre est encore plus inégalement répartie que la richesse. Une forte baisse des petites fermes européennes est en cours avec des conséquences néfastes pour la sécurité alimentaire, l’emploi et le développement.
The time has come for a transformation of Europe’s food systems. Small-scale food producers, peasants, community groups, environmental justice activists and others have been calling for years for a shift towards agriculture that nourishes communities, regenerates ecosystems, and provides decent and sustainable livelihoods. The concept of agroecology encompasses these ambitions, referring to the science, movement, and practice of working with nature to build food sovereignty. The climate crisis and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have only made it clearer how urgent such a transformation is.
30 ans après la chute du mur de Berlin, un nouveau rapport met au jour les entreprises européennes à qui profite la construction de nouveaux murs à travers l’Europe. Trois acteurs principaux sont identifiés : les sociétés d’armement Thales, Airbus et Leonardo, ainsi que de nombreuses entreprises de construction, transport maritime, technologie et sécurité de toute l’Europe, qui ont remporté des contrats visant à militariser les frontières.
An outcry from city governments has helped shelve the European Commission’s power grab over services. The Commission has failed to install a Services Notification Procedure, which would have given it advance veto power over new laws by regional and local governments, and could have further limited local democratic initiatives in areas as varied as affordable housing, energy supply and waste management. The Commission should learn its lesson and support municipalities to enact social and environmental measures, respect their democratic right to regulate, and roll back obstacles that prioritise corporate interests over local residents.
En los años 90, los gobiernos peruanos firmaron numerosos tratados bilaterales de inversión que le daban el derecho exclusivo a empresas extranjeras de demandar al país andino ante tribunales de arbitraje internacional. Fue en la segunda década del siglo XXI cuando los inversores tomaron nota y empezaron a demandar a Perú masivamente. Tal es la magnitud de demandas que hoy en día Perú es el cuarto país más demandado de América Latina y el Caribe. Y entre el 2019 y el 2020, fue por lejos el país más demandado a nivel mundial. No obstante, los gobiernos peruanos no revisaron su política de firmar acuerdos con cláusula de protección de inversiones, más bien la ratificaron año tras año.
En noviembre de 2018, el seminario interactivo ‘El cannabis en la ciudad’ reunió a personas del mundo del activismo, la academia y la administración local para compartir los resultados preliminares de esta investigación, debatir los retos y las oportunidades que enfrentan las autoridades locales, y elaborar estrategias sobre las posibilidades de regular el cannabis a escala local en Europa. Este informe presenta algunas de las principales conclusiones, observaciones y preguntas que surgieron durante el seminario.
The Netherlands has long been considered a leader of progressive drug policy, but it is increasingly being left behind by policy innovations outside Europe. Nonetheless Dutch cities are leading the way towards more progressive and locally adapted cannabis policies. Produced as part of a the "New Approaches in Harm Reduction Policies and Practices" project, this Country Report seeks to understand the drivers of Dutch cannabis policy today, and the possibilities for its future.
El gobierno del Frente Amplio de Uruguay, una de las experiencias más estables, prolíficas y admiradas de la “nueva izquierda latinoamericana” atraviesa un proceso electoral muy dramático y con posibles impactos profundos en el país y en la región en su conjunto. Daniel Chavez ofrece un balance de los resultados positivos y negativos de la experiencia uruguaya y sugiere elementos de análisis relevantes para otros procesos contrahegemónicos en América Latina y el mundo.
This report seeks to join the dots between Europe’s outsourcing of migrant detention to third countries and the notoriously poor conditions in those migrant detention centres. Europe calls the shots on migrant detention beyond its shores but is rarely held to account for the deeply oppressive consequences, including arbitrary detention, torture, forced disappearance, violence, sexual violence, and death.
In the 1990s Switzerland was one of the leaders of a movement towards harm reduction for heroin users. Today, the country is also re-thinking its cannabis policy, with municipalities pushing for experiments in more progressive models of regulation, and citizens pushing for legislative reform. Produced as part of a the "New Approaches in Harm Reduction Policies and Practices" project, this Country Report seeks to understand the drivers of Swiss cannabis policy today, and the possibilities for its future.
Right-wing populists have been gaining support throughout Europe. Their nationalist and xenophobic outlook that seeks to reassert national glories has found a great support among rural communities in many countries. Although, right-wing populism is not an exclusively rural phenomenon, its popularity among European countrymen is alarming.
The radical citizens' movement and party, Barcelona en Comú, has a goal of democratizing the relationship between civil society and city institutions by transforming the traditional structures of political parties and creating new formsof democratic political participation. Through the study of one of the city's many neighbourhood assemblies, Zelinka examines whether it is possible for a political organization to be movement and institution at the same time and what kind of challenges, conflicts and opportunities emerge through this undertaking.
Susan George, president of the Transnational Institute on Trump and the European reaction to his presidency, one year after his election. The video was recorded at the National Press Club in Washington DC, organised by Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office and the Institute for Policy Studies.
Los agricultores jóvenes y en ciernes de Europa enfrentarán crecientes barreras, ya que la tierra se está concentrando rápidamente en cada vez menos fincas grandes. La tierra está distribuida de manera aún más desigual que la riqueza. El número de pequeñas fincas está sufriendo una caída vertiginosa, con consecuencias devastadoras para la seguridad alimentaria, el empleo y el desarrollo.
Cuando se cumplen dos años del asesinato de Berta Cáceres, las comunidades hondureñas siguen sufriendo los impactos del extractivismo depredador y luchando por defender los bienes comunes. Hablan las voces desde el terreno.
El objetivo de Barcelona en Comú es democratizar la relación entre la sociedad civil y las instituciones de la ciudad mediante la transformación de las estructuras tradicionales de los partidos políticos y la creación de nuevas formas de participación política democrática. Pero ¿es posible que una organización política sea movimiento e institución al mismo tiempo? ¿Qué tipo de desafíos, conflictos y oportunidades surgen con ocasión de esta iniciativa?
