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Join TNI's Wednesday webinar along a unique panel for an in-depth discussion of the globalization of border militarization, the history, ideologies and actors that have shaped it, and the policies underpinning the border industrial complex.
Webinar June 17 – Walls Must Fall
Dear reader,
The next in our COVID Capitalism series of webinars, Walls Must Fall: Ending the deadly politics of border militarisation, is coming up on June 17 at 4pm CEST. You can register here.
Figures like American President Donald Trump and Hungary’s Viktor Orban have blamed foreigners for the spread of COVID-19, exacerbating anti-migrant racism and stoking the politics of militarised borders. EU States have used the crisis to turn away more rescue ships, making the Mediterranean even deadlier for refugees. The ‘necropolitics’ of border militarization that justifies systemic crimes against humanity has become tragically hegemonic.
Join a unique panel for an in-depth discussion of the globalization of border militarization, the history, ideologies and actors that have shaped it, and the policies underpinning the border industrial complex.
The panel will also higlight the different forms of resistance by migrants, refugees and activists. Post-pandemic, how can we forge a different path that rejects inhumane border politics, welcomes refugees and migrants, provides full citizenship rights to the undocumented, and embraces the dignity of all human beings?
17 June 2020 at 4pm CEST.
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(Spanish interpretation will be available)
Panellists
- Harsha Walia, author of Border Imperialism
- Jille Belisario, Transnational Migrant Platform-Europe
- Todd Miller, author of Empire of Borders (2020), Storming the Wall (2019) and More than A Wall (2019)
- Kavita Krishnan, All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA)
This webinar is hosted by TNI and co-sponsored by Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC), Focus on the Global South, Asia-Europe People's Forum (AEPF), Transnational Migrant Platform-Europe (TMP-E) and Statewatch
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Missed our latest webinar?
Watch Taking on the Tech Titans: Reclaiming our data commons here.
What strategies, structures and institutions are needed at national and international levels to confront Big Tech and reclaim our data commons? What opportunities are available in this time of Coronavirus to advance digital justice?
You can listen to the recording here.
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Webinar 12 June – The “Arab Spring” Lives On: Uprisings in times of a pandemic
Ten years ago, the Arab uprisings were celebrated as world changing events. The emancipatory experience was so contagious that it inspired people all over the world. Occupiers from London to Wall Street and the Indignados were proud to “Walk like an Egyptian”.
The revolutionary process that has swept North Africa and West Asia, driven by demands for bread, freedom, dignity and social justice, has seen ups and downs, gains and setbacks, which materialized in a liberal democratic transition in Tunisia and bloody counter-revolutions and imperialist interventions in other countries. This led some pundits to pronounce a death sentence on the so-called “Arab Spring”.
A decade on, this protracted revolutionary process is well into the second wave of revolt, triggered by the same features of governance and political economy that shaped the first wave. This time, it started from Sudan in December 2018 and spread to Algeria, Iraq and Lebanon. 2019 saw massive popular movements erupting onto the political stage, demanding radical change and achieving some historical gains. Although these movements find themselves pitted against entrenched authoritarian and counter-revolutionary forces that do everything to crush and bury them, including in times of COVID19, they will not simply pass into history; there are already signs that protests will resume when the pandemic subsides.
This webinar will attempt to shed some light on the political and socio-economic causes that led to these uprisings and on the actors involved, as well as share some insights about future perspectives beyond the pandemic.
You can register here.
Friday 12 June 2020 at 4pm (CEST).
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Panellists
- Muzan Alneel – Sudanese engineer, political activist and blogger.
- Brahim Rouabah – Co-founder of Algerian Solidarity Campaign. PhD candidate in Political Science at CUNY.
- Rima Majed – an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the American University of Beirut (AUB)
- Zahra Ali – is a sociologist and feminist based at Rutgers University and author of "Women and Gender in Iraq".
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TNI is proud to provide our webinars and research for free as a contribution to the movements and activists responding to this pandemic. However, it takes time and resources to organise these events, to research and to publish. If you would like to support us in this work, please donate here.
Sincerely,
Jess Graham
Community Builder
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