Faced with the convergence of economic, social, political and environmental crises, the importance of the public sector has been rediscovered on a global scale. The article offers a review of the evolution of political and academic debates on public ownership in general and public services provision in particular over the last decades, with emphasis on the energy sector. Taking as a temporal and analytical reference the research and advocacy work developed by the authors and other scholar-activists based at the Transnational Institute from 2006 to the present, the article summarizes the main issues currently in the spotlight and highlights gaps in knowledge and points of contention. It also suggests elements for future research and campaign agendas around public ownership in different regions of the world.
No podemos salvar el planeta del desastroso cambio climático sin atacar a los mercados financieros. Mientras billones de dólares fluyan hacia la financiación de aún más combustibles fósiles y deforestación, no será posible parar el cambio climático o que las comunidades se puedan adaptar a ello.
We cannot save the planet from disastrous climate change without tackling financial markets. As long as trillions of dollars go unhindered to fund yet more fossil fuels and deforestation, it will not be possible to halt climate change or enable communities to adapt.
On October 25, 2022, Mike Davis, the legendary scholar-activist and veteran of many social movements from the 1960s onward, who became one of the most prolific, brilliant lights in the progressive universe, passed away. Born in the Fontana suburb of Los Angeles in 1946, his family moved to San Diego when he was young, and Mike grew up here. Born into a working-class Catholic family, Mike was transformed by the Black Civil Rights movement, his “burning bush.” After long stints as a meat-cutter and long-distance truck driver, in the 1980s, Mike moved to London, becoming a long-time editor of New Left Review, and remained active on the editorial board until his final days.
Germany’s current interpretative approach puts the fate of the entire project for cannabis regulation on very thin ice. But there is still time to change course, and legally sound and politically viable alternative options are available.
Qu'est-ce que le pastoralisme et pourquoi est-ce important ? Cette introduction se focalise sur un type d’élevage en particulier : le pastoralisme. Le pastoralisme est un mode d’élevage fondé sur le pâturage d’animaux au sein d’espaces naturels et de paysages variables. Il fournit des moyens de subsistance à des millions de personnes et se déploie sur les terres de parcours sur tous les continents, à l’exception de l’Antarctique, soit sur plus de la moitié des terres émergées de la planète.
¿Qué es la ganadería pastoril y por qué es importante? Esta guía básica se centra en un tipo de ganadería: pastoril o de pastoreo. La ganadería pastoril es una forma de criar ganado que aprovecha entornos variables mediante el desplazamiento de los animales y la gestión de su pastoreo. Brinda medios de vida a muchos millones de personas y utiliza los pastizales de todos los continentes, excepto la Antártida, en más de la mitad de la superficie terrestre del planeta.
Much news out of Myanmar these days is about how the war being waged by the military junta against people’s resistance since the coup is causing massive displacement of the population. According to UNOCHA, to date nearly 1 million people have been displaced by conflict since the start of the military coup last February 2021. The situation is devastating, and amidst and within this ongoing horror, it would be easy to overlook the many horrors and tragedies currently unfolding.
Environmental impacts are rarely taken into account in the cannabis regulation debate. The assumption is that legal regulation would automatically reduce the negative environmental consequences of the unregulated illegal market, because authorities would compel the industry to comply with basic environmental standards. Practices in North America and the direction of the emerging regulation debate in Germany and other European countries, however, reveal a disturbing trend towards indoor cannabis cultivation. The high carbon footprint of indoor grow facilities could jeopardize policy aims to reduce energy use and to meet climate goals.
La mayoría de las personas probablemente ignoren que las pocas empresas transnacionales que dominan el sector de la minería desempeñan un papel clave en proporcionar insumos para productos con los que interactuamos a diario: desde teléfonos inteligentes hasta alimentos. las ganancias de esas empresas provienen de su función en la producción de estos bienes: controlan la extracción de minerales en el punto de partida de las grandes cadenas mundiales de suministro, que van de los paisajes minerales de Chile y el Congo a –en el caso de los teléfonos celulares– a nuestros bolsillos.
Kali Akuno, Katie Sandwell, Lyda Fernanda Forero, Jaron Browne
18 Octubre 2022
Primer
Le présent document vise à examiner pourquoi il est impératif de nous orienter, ainsi que nos mouvements sociaux, vers une transition juste, et comment nous pouvons consciemment et délibérément nous éloigner des systèmes dysfonction- nels et destructeurs qui nous mènent vers l'extinction. Comment pouvons-nous progresser vers de nouveaux systèmes de relations sociales qui nous permettrons de survivre et de surmonter la crise climatique et d’inverser la sixième extinction de masse de la planète ?
We all know that industrial livestock farming is destroying our ecosystems and damaging the climate. But does that mean going vegan is the only way to save the planet?
We all know that industrial livestock farming is destroying our ecosystems and damaging the climate. But does that mean going vegan is the only way to save the planet? Not all meat and milk is created equal, and traditional communities around the world raise animals in very different ways, with hugely different environmental impacts.
In the last decade, the West Asia and North Africa region has witnessed momentous events from social justice struggles and mobilisations to massive uprisings and revolutions. The region is still a cauldron of resistance advancing demands of dignity, bread, social justice, freedom and sovereignty. In this book, edited by Hamza Hamouchene and Miriyam Aouragh, the Revolutionary rehearsals and Rhythms of resistance in are explored to remember that the struggle didn't die.
From social justice struggles and mobilisations to massive uprisings and revolutions, in the last decade West Asia and North Africa witnessed momentous events. The region is still a cauldron of rebellion advancing demands of dignity, bread, social justice, freedom and sovereignty. In their book, Hamza Hamouchene and Miriyam Aouragh set out what they consider the Revolutionary Rehearsals. They will discuss the political, economic, digital and ideological intersection of resistance, and explore how the struggles can be remembered not as past but as a continuity in the present.
This seminar is a collaboration between the University of Westminster's CSD (the Centre for the Study of Democracy) and CAMRI.
Our world is in a state of flux and crisis. The pandemic exposed the deep injustice of our economic and social system. Yet more than 2 years on, the health crisis continues, compounded by spiralling food and energy prices, escalating wars and ever more signs of environmental collapse. How can progressive forces better understand these dynamics and improve our strategies to achieve system change? Watch back the recordings to hear some of the best scholar activists worldwide with a truly internationalist analysis of the state of the world.
Almost two years on from Trump's electoral defeat, it is clear that the resurgence of the far-right in North America is far from over. Militarized white nationalist, xenophobic and misogynist forces have capitalized on the pandemic and the deepening economic crisis to mobilize new support. Three leading anti-fascist thinkers and activists share their analysis on the nature of the threat, the ways the far-right have used race, migration, and transphobia to organize, and what strategies the left needs to tackle this new hydra.
