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50 years. Hundreds of social struggles. Countless ideas turned into movement.

 
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Join and support us as we celebrate our 50th anniversary in 2024. We will find many moments throughout the year to share our history, and celebrate and commemorate the many movements and allies we have had the privilege to work alongside over the years. 

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Markets, power, and potatoes

Egypt, with a significant agricultural sector, faces severe food insecurity, relying on unpredictable global wheat imports. Climate change worsens threats to North African farming. The 2016 economic crisis compounds high poverty rates, especially affecting child nutrition. Neoliberal agricultural policies prioritise profit, favouring large-scale farming and imports. This report examines Egypt's trade agreements, particularly with the EU, assessing their impact on food security, poverty, and sustainable development, using the potato value chain as a case study.


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An ocean drowning in capital

This issue brief critically analyses Guyana's ocean economy. Focused on oil and gas, it explores the three circuits of capital, emphasising the severe impacts of the booming oil and gas industry on marine environments and coastal communities. Through interviews, research, and consultation with diverse experts, the publication aims to inform and empower local communities and beyond, fostering strategies for environmental, social, and economic justice.


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The sands worth billions

This report navigates the complex South African mining industry, unraveling its century-old impact on communities and the environment. Focused on mineral sands, it analyses corporate strategies, historical context, and the three circuits of capital. From 'gold fever' to social movements, it advocates understanding capitalism's role and questions the impact of a People’s Tribunal for justice


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Dismantling Green Colonialism

Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region

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Seeds of Inequality

Amidst the global resurgence of interest in cannabis, South Africa grapples with the dual challenges and opportunities of establishing a regulated cannabis industry. While economic expectations soar, current licensing systems favour a select few corporations, sidelining traditional small-scale farmers. Urgent policy reforms are imperative to address this inequality, protect legacy farmers, and preserve regional strains, ensuring a socially just and economically sustainable cannabis landscape.


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Progressive Public Procurement Toolkit

Global momentum grows for progressive public procurement, with governments prioritising social criteria in purchasing. Emphasising workers' rights and reducing inequalities, this approach transforms local economies. The report highlights community wealth-building through democratic ownership, showcasing case studies shifting from global outsourcing to supporting local cooperatives. The toolkit offers policymakers valuable lessons for transparent, participatory, and transformative public procurement practices globally


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Repackaging Imperialism

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) claims to respect migrant rights, but our research reveals links between the IOM and severe human rights violations in the Balkans. The EU funds the IOM extensively, using the region to refine migration policies, including border remilitarisation, surveillance, detention centers, and support for local police forces, some involved in illegal and violent deportations.


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“All Roads Lead to Jerusalem”

Hebron, a laboratory for both technology and violence, reflects the Israeli occupation's impact on daily life, with sterilised roads, military checkpoints, and settler violence defining the landscape. This journey unveils the complex layers of trauma, dispossession, and dehumanisation, challenging preconceptions and raising questions about freedom and oppression.


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Embracing My True Colors

Since the 2021 coup, numerous LGBTIQ people and communities have been participating in campaigns and movements against military rule. Many have been involved in activism dating back years or decades even though this has meant hiding their true selves or living double lives. In this commentary, a civil society activist shares his personal journey as a gay man with a vision of equality and justice in Mon State.


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COP28 should tackle global debt issues

 Global debt has reached unprecedented heights. Despite years of international initiatives to tackle debt, a comprehensive approach to deal with outstanding debt and prevent debt crises is still lacking. Instead of applying a case-by-case approach, the international community at COP28 should work towards a common international legal framework for debt restructuring, including a mechanism for fair debt treatment and a debt authority. Resolving debt issues as such will strengthen the case for climate finance and finance for development.


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The Transnational Institute celebrates release of prominent Russian left intellectual and TNI associate Boris Kagarlitsky 

The Transnational Institute celebrates the unexpected release of Boris Yulievich Kagarlitsky, a long-term TNI associate. Kagarlitsky walked free from a courthouse with a fine of 600,000 roubles (equivalent to $USD 6000).


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Online course

AI and digitalisation has become a topic of everyday discussion and debate, but what are its implications for activists fighting for social and environmental justice? This six week course will explore what digital capitalism is, how and by whom is being shaped, its implications for our economy, society and environment, and the possibilities for transformation. If you want to penetrate behind the jargon and hype to properly understand the digital economy, then this course is for you!


This course has been rescheduled and will now take place 1 April to 12 May 2024. Please sign-up to receive full details of the course in February 2024.


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The Transnational Institute (TNI) is looking for a Communications and Events TRAINEE

Would you like to join our communications team for four or five days per week for a six month traineeship? We are looking for a dedicated trainee who is interested in working in the field of communications and events and has a political and activist spirit.


Please apply before 8 January 2024. Find out more


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