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On the occasion of tomorrow’s World Earth Day, read more about the global water movement in our new report “Rivers of Resistance: Water for Life, not Profit”.
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Dear reader,
Water is the substance of life but it is increasingly viewed through the lens of its market value. It is now possible to speculate on water futures - and the prognoses are alarming at best. Today, 90% of all climate disasters are water related. We must continue to resist the corporatisation and financialisation of our water services.
On the occasion of tomorrow’s World Earth Day, read more about the global water movement in this new report “Rivers of Resistance: Water for Life, not Profit”.
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This report shows how Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) endanger public services in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by mapping sector-related claims brought by foreign investors. It is intended to foster debate on how to break free from the investment protection system by presenting examples of how countries in LAC and beyond have reviewed their BITs.
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Two years on from the military coup, Myanmar is still in its deepest state of civil war in several decades. Any new process towards peace must be equitable, inclusive, just and sincere among all parties in order to contribute to this essential task.
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The Transnational Institute - our fantastic think-and-do tank linked to progressive social movements around the world, is looking to expand its Supervisory Board. Apply before 31 May 2023.
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It is crucial to document all forms of human costs shouldered by different social groups due to the military coup and to recognize and understand all the struggles and resilience strategies deployed and the specific circumstances in which they are being deployed. In this regard, TNI wants to highlight the work of a local partner as they attempt to capture the double burden of Post-Covid economic stresses and a military coup faced by the urban women laborers and women-headed households living in Hlaintharyar and South Dagon townships of Yangon city.
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Video: Aligning Drug Policy with Environmental Protection
66th CND Side Event, 2023
TNI organised a side-event together with several other NGOs and the governments of Brazil and Colombia on ‘Aligning Drug Policy with Environmental Protection’. During the event, panelists spoke about the negative consequences of drug control policies for the environment, biodiversity, and people, and put forward recommendations for an environmental harm reduction approach.
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Video: The Strategic Dilemmas of Working-Class Politics and Organisation Today
Cat Boyd, Daniel Chavez and Vivek Chibber discuss the structural impediments faced by working class movements, and what that means for socialist politics today. In a wide ranging exchange, they explore developments in Europe, the US and Latin America, engaging with contemporary debates on topics including the relationship between the state, electoral politics, and grassroots organising; the new relationship between trade union leaders and their memberships; and the place of environmentalism in working class politics.
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The Transnational Institute (TNI) is issuing an open call for essays, accessible papers, infographics and artistic collaborations for its twelfth State of Power report to be launched in January 2024. The focus for our twelfth edition is on energy. Deadline for pitch submissions is 5 June.
You can find out more about the process here.
Open call for papers: Critical Agrarian Studies in the 21st Century
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Journal of Peasant Studies (JPS), JPS together with the College of Humanities and Development Studies at China Agricultural University (COHD-CAU), the Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the South (CASAS) and the Transnational Institute (TNI) are convening an international gathering in October in Beijing, China to critically analyze ecological and agrarian questions in the 21st century. Deadline for call for papers: Friday 5 May 2023.
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Land grabbing ten years on: A call for applications for small research grants
This call invites applications for small grants to support research and writing around old and new themes related to land grabbing, aiming to understand the contemporary dynamics of land and resource ‘grabbing’. Submission deadline: before 31 May 2023.
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Borders uphold a global system of apartheid—and we should demand nothing less than their abolition. In this interview, activist and writer Harsha Walia lays out how borders and citizenship maintain colonial axes of power. From Fortress Europe outsourcing border control far into the African continent in exchange for aid, to Canada securing the availability of cheap farm workers through its selective immigration system, Harsha Walia demonstrates how capitalism and border regimes feed off of each other. She makes a compelling case for abolition: No banks, no bombs, no borders, no bosses. Or, in her own words: “Why would we fight for anything less than the freedom of all people?”
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