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We published dozens of reports, articles and videos in the course of 2021. Here is just a small snapshot of the work that made a big splash.
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Dear Reader,
As the year draws to a close, we look back on some of our work that made the greatest impact in 2021. We are grateful for the unflagging commitment of the movements and individuals we have worked with, many of whom are working in extremely difficult circumstances – circumstances that have been further compounded by the rolling COVID-19 pandemic, the intensifying climate crisis and this deeply unjust, neoliberal-dominated phase of history. As the year closes, we redouble our commitment to continuing to fight for a just and sustainable world in 2022 and beyond.
We published dozens of reports, articles and videos in the course of 2021. Here below is just a small snapshot of the work that made a big splash.
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TNI's tenth State of Power report explores the history, structures and changing dynamics of the military, policing and homeland security in the world today and outlines emancipatory visions and ideas to end the violence of the state.
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In 2021 TNI produced 19 episodes of its State of Power podcast. As in earlier years, we spoke with some of the fascinating people we work with to help you make sense of the world’s most complex challenges. We shared our research, explored alternatives to the status quo and gave a platform to scholars and activists who are at the forefront of the fight against the current neoliberal order. If you missed any of these episodes, you can catch up here or wherever you get your podcasts.
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COVAX is the leading organisation outside of Big Pharma distributing COVID-19 vaccines in the global South. With the support of the major Northern governments, COVAX has displaced the WHO and the UN humanitarian funds from this crucial global role. COVAX has set for itself an initial goal of providing vaccines to 20 percent of the people in the poorest 92 countries of the world. Because of this role, and the power it reflects, COVAX, a global multi-stakeholder group, poses political and health risks to developing countries and to multilateralism.
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Kratom is an indigenous tropical tree found mostly in parts of South East Asia. The leaves are used traditionally by women in villages as a household remedy for common ailments such as fever, cough, diarrhoea, hypertension, diabetes, rheumatism, pain and anxiety. Thailand lifted its national kratom ban in August this year, ending decades of repression against users, growers and traders, and releasing those in prison for kratom offences. Calls for an international ban, however, had been gaining ground in recent years. Our briefings on kratom received many visits and downloads in the run up to a key meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (WHO-ECDD) on 11-15 October. With these briefings, and by working hand-in-hand with researchers from Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar and Indonesia, we provided key inputs to the WHO-ECDD on kratom's traditional use and medical applications—which the committee acknowledged, concluding “that there is insufficient evidence to recommend a critical review of kratom." This means that no further steps will be taken for now towards international control of kratom.
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The New Politics conference 2021 made a profound theoretical contribution to many of the most pertinent debates facing the left internationally. Over five days, participants explored questions about the state, social class, social movements, political parties, feminism and intersectional politics, eco-socialism, and much more.
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10 years on, how should we understand the root causes of the 2011 uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa? This collection of essays offers cutting edge analysis of the movements and changes in the region.
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TNI has a long track record of working on land politics within the broader context of agrarian and environmental justice. Many of these have been produced with transnational agrarian movements and partners on the ground. In this carefully curated list, we highlight key readings that TNI has published over the years.
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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.
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Learn how lessening the barriers for small farmers while raising them for large companies can help to steer legal cannabis markets in a more sustainable and equitable direction based on principles of community empowerment, social justice, fair(er) trade and sustainable development.
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Since 2013, a number of countries and local jurisdictions around the world have legalised and regulated their cannabis supply chains for non-medical use. Lawmakers, regulators, researchers, and advocates continue to design, enact, implement and revise regulatory frameworks for medical and recreational cannabis. And yet lessons from regulating other psychoactive substances, including tobacco products, are not always fully considered.
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TNI continued its incisive analysis and reports from Myanmar this year, even in the aftermath of the coup that has shaken the country.
You can find our latest reports here and the latest commentaries here.
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All eyes were on the climate talks in Glasgow as COP 26 unfolded. We wrote this quick round up of readings, podcasts and other resources on a wide range of climate-related issues, produced with our partners and allies.
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This report shows that neoliberal climate and energy policy has failed. It argues that the pursuit of endless growth and capitalist accumulation has resulted in an energy expansion, rather than an energy transition.
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COVID-19 has once again demonstrated the significance of safe, accessible and affordable water for all. It has also highlighted enormous disparities in service provision while at the same time dealing a blow to public water and sanitation operators around the world due to massive drops in revenues, rapidly rising costs and concerns about health and safety in the workplace. This book provides the first global overview of the response of public water operators to this crisis, shining a light on the complex challenges they face and how they have responded in different contexts.
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Corporations have stepped beyond lobbying governments. They are integrating in policy-making at the national and international levels. From agriculture to technology, decisions historically made by governments are increasingly made by secretive unaccountable bodies run by corporations.
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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, transnational corporations are seeking to cement their control of global governance, ensuring it serves the interests of business and profits rather than the wellbeing of humanity. We have collected here key resources for everyone interested in learning more about the crisis of global governance, the transnational corporations' false solutions, and the possibilities for new forms of global democratic governance.
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This report finds that the world’s biggest emitters of green house gases are spending, on average, 2.3 times as much on arming their borders as they are on climate finance. This “Global Climate Wall” aims to seal off powerful countries from migrants, rather than addressing the causes of displacement.
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The nexus between the arms trade and forced displacement is rarely explored and the role of European arms trade policies that facilitate gross human rights violations in third countries is often absent from displacement and migration studies. This report joins the dots between Europe’s arms trade and forced displacement and migration.
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The global battle for control of the digital economy is typically portrayed as one fought by only two titans: the US and China, but that does not mean that the EU has been standing still. As this briefing documents, the EU has been making strong efforts to catch up using trade negotiations and trade rules to assert its own interests. In the process, the EU is trying to climb up on the backs of the developing countries, undermining the chance for all to equitably share in the benefits of technological development.
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Many cities and citizens have devised new ways to manage essentials. Public-community collaborations can unlock local knowledge and empower citizens by combining the city’s administrative and political power with the potential of its citizens.
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Civil society unites worldwide to call for a renewed approach to public services to address global crises
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