A week after the US elections, TNI and the Institute for Policy Studies will host a conversation with US and global scholars and activists to analyse the election outcome and look at the global consequences of these unprecedented elections.
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Webinar 10 November: Power, Empire and US elections - internationalist perspectives
Dear reader,
Yesterday, around 140 million US citizens voted in an election with consequences for almost 8 billion people. In the midst of a deadly pandemic and a horrific economic crisis, led by an incumbent authoritarian president who openly incites violence, racism and xenophobia and has refused even to commit to a peaceful transfer of power, the global stakes in the US 2020 elections couldn’t be higher.
We know the crisis will not end quickly or easily, even with a new president and new congress. So we need to examine what will change after the elections, and what will not, at least for a while. What will be required to achieve the changes we so urgently need? How will they reshape geopolitics and global governance, for poverty and war, for migration and climate, for democracy and tyranny around the world? What will the elections mean for the current set of authoritarian rulers around the world, and what will they mean for progressive forces worldwide? What will be the challenges and opportunities for campaigns committed to social and environmental justice?
In an attempt to address these questions, TNI and the Institute for Policy Studies will host a conversation with US and global scholars and activists to analyse the election outcome and look at the global consequences of these unprecedented elections.
Tuesday 10 November 2020 at 4.30pm CET.
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Panelists:
- Phyllis Bennis, New Internationalism Project at Institute for Policy Studies, author of Challenging Empire: How People, Governments and the UN Defy U.S. Power
- Walden Bello, TNI associate & author of Paper Dragons: China and the Next Crash (2019) and Capitalism’s Last Stand?: Deglobalization in the Age of Austerity (2013)
- Cathy Feingold, Director of the AFL-CIO’s International Department, Deputy President of the International Trade Union Confederation
- Bill Fletcher, Jr., executive editor of globalafricanworker.com, a past president of TransAfrica Forum, and a long-time writer and trade unionist.
Moderator: Laura Flanders, journalist and host of the Laura Flanders Show
This webinar is organised by Transnational Institute and the Institute for Policy Studies
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25 November 16:00 CET Islamophobia – A discussion on Europe
This webinar hosted by TNI will discuss the structural drivers of Islamophobia in Europe. The discussion will be held on Zoom, please register here if you wish to attend.
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Sincerely,
Jess Graham
Community Builder
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