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Trump’s Silicon Valley alliance signals a reshaped digital political economy — using tariffs and regulation to pressure foreign digital sovereignty and reinforce a U.S.-led digital order. www.tni.org/en/article/b...
Beyond Tariffs | Transnational Institute
Trump’s consolidation with Silicon Valley signals a reconfiguration of digital political economy, where U.S. trade policy, technological dominance, and data governance converge—deploying tariffs and r...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Trump’s Silicon Valley alliance signals a reshaped digital political economy — using tariffs and regulation to pressure foreign digital sovereignty and reinforce a U.S.-led digital order. www.tni.org/en/article/b...
German media have helped manufacture consent for a genocidal war—and run smear campaigns against the solidarity movement at home.
Our new report shows how.
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Our new report shows how.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
German media have helped manufacture consent for a genocidal war—and run smear campaigns against the solidarity movement at home.
Our new report shows how.
tni.org/solidarityundersiege
Our new report shows how.
tni.org/solidarityundersiege
How is Germany instrumentalising migration and asylum law against Palestine activists?
Our new report unpacks how, under the banner of “combating antisemitism,” immigration law has become a tool of political control.
tni.org/solidarityundersiege
Our new report unpacks how, under the banner of “combating antisemitism,” immigration law has become a tool of political control.
tni.org/solidarityundersiege
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
How is Germany instrumentalising migration and asylum law against Palestine activists?
Our new report unpacks how, under the banner of “combating antisemitism,” immigration law has become a tool of political control.
tni.org/solidarityundersiege
Our new report unpacks how, under the banner of “combating antisemitism,” immigration law has become a tool of political control.
tni.org/solidarityundersiege
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📣 130+ groups tell EU to scrap its #greenhydrogen import plans that prioritise Europe's flawed energy agenda over the rights, needs, and futures of communities in the Global South.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
📣 130+ groups tell EU to scrap its #greenhydrogen import plans that prioritise Europe's flawed energy agenda over the rights, needs, and futures of communities in the Global South.
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‘Germany has become a laboratory for the criminalisation of solidarity with Palestine, testing how far it can go in suppressing free speech, banning protest, and bending the constitutional framework until it is almost unrecognisable.’
new report @tninstitute.bsky.social
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new report @tninstitute.bsky.social
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Solidarity under Siege | Transnational Institute
Since 7 October 2023, Germany’s unabating support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza is mirrored by a sweeping crackdown on Palestine solidarity at home. This report unpacks how over decades, authorities h...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
‘Germany has become a laboratory for the criminalisation of solidarity with Palestine, testing how far it can go in suppressing free speech, banning protest, and bending the constitutional framework until it is almost unrecognisable.’
new report @tninstitute.bsky.social
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new report @tninstitute.bsky.social
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Is Germany sliding toward authoritarianism?
Germany’s unabated support for Israel’s genocide has been mirrored by a sweeping domestic crackdown on Palestine solidarity.
Our new report unpacks how this is reshaping the country and eroding wider civil liberties.
tni.org/solidarityundersiege
Germany’s unabated support for Israel’s genocide has been mirrored by a sweeping domestic crackdown on Palestine solidarity.
Our new report unpacks how this is reshaping the country and eroding wider civil liberties.
tni.org/solidarityundersiege
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Is Germany sliding toward authoritarianism?
Germany’s unabated support for Israel’s genocide has been mirrored by a sweeping domestic crackdown on Palestine solidarity.
Our new report unpacks how this is reshaping the country and eroding wider civil liberties.
tni.org/solidarityundersiege
Germany’s unabated support for Israel’s genocide has been mirrored by a sweeping domestic crackdown on Palestine solidarity.
Our new report unpacks how this is reshaping the country and eroding wider civil liberties.
tni.org/solidarityundersiege
Why the military’s impact on climate change can no longer be ignored www.tni.org/en/publicati...
November 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Why the military’s impact on climate change can no longer be ignored www.tni.org/en/publicati...
As South Africa hosts the G20 summit, it must learn from the failures of the ‘Just Energy Transition Investment Plan’ that has undermined its economic and energy sovereignty. www.tni.org/en/article/d...
Dependency by design: How the JET-IP structures South Africa’s energy future | Transnational Institute
As South Africa hosts the G20 summit, it must learn from the failures of the ‘Just Energy Transition Investment Plan’ that has undermined its economic and energy sovereignty. A just transition in the ...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
As South Africa hosts the G20 summit, it must learn from the failures of the ‘Just Energy Transition Investment Plan’ that has undermined its economic and energy sovereignty. www.tni.org/en/article/d...
The recent farmers’ protests in Central and Eastern Europe reveal more than a dispute over grain markets. They point to a systemic crisis in the agri-food regime rooted in inequality, political power, and structural injustice, not simply the arrival of Ukrainian grain. www.tni.org/en/publicati...
Seeds of Discord or Lanes of Solidarity? | Transnational Institute
The 2023–2025 farmers’ protests in Poland, Romania and Hungary reveal deeper fractures in Central and Eastern Europe’s agri-food systems. Beyond Ukrainian grain, they expose structural injustices, mar...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The recent farmers’ protests in Central and Eastern Europe reveal more than a dispute over grain markets. They point to a systemic crisis in the agri-food regime rooted in inequality, political power, and structural injustice, not simply the arrival of Ukrainian grain. www.tni.org/en/publicati...
Why the military’s impact on climate change can no longer be ignored www.tni.org/en/publicati...
November 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Why the military’s impact on climate change can no longer be ignored www.tni.org/en/publicati...
Argentina already faces more investor arbitration cases than any country in the world. Now the government is pushing RIGI, a regime that grants sweeping privileges to large investors and lets them sue Argentina in foreign tribunals. www.tni.org/en/publicati...
Argentina in the maze of international arbitration | Transnational Institute
For over 20 years, Argentina had the world’s highest number of investor claims before international arbitration tribunals. It also has the highest number of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) in for...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Argentina already faces more investor arbitration cases than any country in the world. Now the government is pushing RIGI, a regime that grants sweeping privileges to large investors and lets them sue Argentina in foreign tribunals. www.tni.org/en/publicati...
YPF’s history shows how blurred the line is between productive and financial power. Private actors took what public investment created, traded it, sued over it, and profited again. Reclaiming energy for the public means breaking this cycle. www.tni.org/en/publicati...
Between national engine and corporate plunder | Transnational Institute
YPF embodies Argentina’s rise, crises, and contested future. Once a driver of national development, it became a target for corporations and funds seeking profit. This report reveals how legal, financi...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
YPF’s history shows how blurred the line is between productive and financial power. Private actors took what public investment created, traded it, sued over it, and profited again. Reclaiming energy for the public means breaking this cycle. www.tni.org/en/publicati...
Why the military’s impact on climate change can no longer be ignored www.tni.org/en/publicati...
November 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Why the military’s impact on climate change can no longer be ignored www.tni.org/en/publicati...
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“One day, there will be no one left to produce food in Europe if we keep going this way.” – Françoise, animal farmer in Wallonia 🇧🇪
The #EUMercosur trade deal will only benefit big agribusiness and fuel unfair competition for small-scale, family farmers - in Europe and Latin America.
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The #EUMercosur trade deal will only benefit big agribusiness and fuel unfair competition for small-scale, family farmers - in Europe and Latin America.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
“One day, there will be no one left to produce food in Europe if we keep going this way.” – Françoise, animal farmer in Wallonia 🇧🇪
The #EUMercosur trade deal will only benefit big agribusiness and fuel unfair competition for small-scale, family farmers - in Europe and Latin America.
⬇️⬇️
The #EUMercosur trade deal will only benefit big agribusiness and fuel unfair competition for small-scale, family farmers - in Europe and Latin America.
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Come to our launch on 21 November in London!
Free entry - with the book’s editors James O’Nions and Daisy Pearson, plus contributors including Hilary Wainwright @redpeppermag.bsky.social and Hamza Hamouchene @tninstitute.bsky.social
www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/book-l...
Free entry - with the book’s editors James O’Nions and Daisy Pearson, plus contributors including Hilary Wainwright @redpeppermag.bsky.social and Hamza Hamouchene @tninstitute.bsky.social
www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/book-l...
Book launch: An A-Z of Global Justice - Global Justice Now
Join us for the launch of our glossary of global struggle, An A-Z of Global Justice, with the book’s editors James O’Nions and Daisy Pearson, plus contributors including Hilary Wainwright (Red Pepper ...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Come to our launch on 21 November in London!
Free entry - with the book’s editors James O’Nions and Daisy Pearson, plus contributors including Hilary Wainwright @redpeppermag.bsky.social and Hamza Hamouchene @tninstitute.bsky.social
www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/book-l...
Free entry - with the book’s editors James O’Nions and Daisy Pearson, plus contributors including Hilary Wainwright @redpeppermag.bsky.social and Hamza Hamouchene @tninstitute.bsky.social
www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/book-l...
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A salute to Peter Weiss ips-dc.org/remembering-... seen here with Vanessa Redgrave and Cora Weiss. A vital figure for IPS in Washington @ips-dc.org and and TNI in Amsterdam @tninstitute.bsky.social
Remembering Peter Weiss - Institute for Policy Studies
Remembering Peter Weiss
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November 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A salute to Peter Weiss ips-dc.org/remembering-... seen here with Vanessa Redgrave and Cora Weiss. A vital figure for IPS in Washington @ips-dc.org and and TNI in Amsterdam @tninstitute.bsky.social
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The new undersea cable linking Tunisia and Italy is presented as a win-win project. But as the report shows, it is just the latest version of colonialism: Europe meeting its decarbonisation goals at the expense of Tunisia's sovereignty.
The new undersea cable linking Tunisia and Italy is presented as a win-win project. But as the report shows, it is just the latest version of colonialism: Europe meeting its decarbonisation goals at the expense of Tunisia's sovereignty.
Tunisia’s public utility, STEG, risks being sidelined. Domestic renewable energy production stalls, public ownership weakens, and the country becomes dependent on imports. This is not energy sovereignty, it’s dependency dressed as progress. New TNI report: www.tni.org/en/publicati...
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I'm proud that I played a small role editing this report.
The new undersea cable linking Tunisia and Italy is presented as a win-win project. But as the report shows, it is just the latest version of colonialism: Europe meeting its decarbonisation goals at the expense of Tunisia's sovereignty.
The new undersea cable linking Tunisia and Italy is presented as a win-win project. But as the report shows, it is just the latest version of colonialism: Europe meeting its decarbonisation goals at the expense of Tunisia's sovereignty.
As monsoon floods hit Lahore, Pakistan’s military launches the Green Pakistan Initiative. Framed as modernisation, it transfers land to Gulf investors through a military-run company. Farmers in Punjab and Sindh face eviction from land they have worked for generations. www.tni.org/en/article/t...
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
As monsoon floods hit Lahore, Pakistan’s military launches the Green Pakistan Initiative. Framed as modernisation, it transfers land to Gulf investors through a military-run company. Farmers in Punjab and Sindh face eviction from land they have worked for generations. www.tni.org/en/article/t...
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🚨 The European Parliament is about to start debating a law that would harm millions across Europe. With 250+ groups we call on EU lawmakers to reject it.
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🚨 The European Parliament is about to start debating a law that would harm millions across Europe. With 250+ groups we call on EU lawmakers to reject it.
How is Brazil’s recent deadly police raid related to Israel’s genocide in Gaza? Solidarity movements from Brazil’s favelas have long linked Israel’s militarism to Brazil’s own state violence. www.tni.org/en/article/f...
From the Favelas and Rural Brazil to Gaza | Transnational Institute
Brazil’s solidarity movements have long supported Palestine, but economic and military ties with Israel continue to deepen. As Brazil prepares to host COP30, grassroots campaigns are exposing links be...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
How is Brazil’s recent deadly police raid related to Israel’s genocide in Gaza? Solidarity movements from Brazil’s favelas have long linked Israel’s militarism to Brazil’s own state violence. www.tni.org/en/article/f...
Tunisia’s public utility, STEG, risks being sidelined. Domestic renewable energy production stalls, public ownership weakens, and the country becomes dependent on imports. This is not energy sovereignty, it’s dependency dressed as progress. New TNI report: www.tni.org/en/publicati...
November 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Tunisia’s public utility, STEG, risks being sidelined. Domestic renewable energy production stalls, public ownership weakens, and the country becomes dependent on imports. This is not energy sovereignty, it’s dependency dressed as progress. New TNI report: www.tni.org/en/publicati...
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“By binding Israel’s military power together with the Gulf’s hydrocarbon reserves...Washington aims to push back against its weakened regional and global position.”
Read Adam Hanieh on fossil capitalism in the Middle East, kicking off our essay series.
transitionsecurity.org/oil-militari...
Read Adam Hanieh on fossil capitalism in the Middle East, kicking off our essay series.
transitionsecurity.org/oil-militari...
The Middle East and Fossil Capitalism: Oil, Militarism and the Global Order
The struggle against fossil capitalism is inseparable from struggles for justice in the Middle East.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“By binding Israel’s military power together with the Gulf’s hydrocarbon reserves...Washington aims to push back against its weakened regional and global position.”
Read Adam Hanieh on fossil capitalism in the Middle East, kicking off our essay series.
transitionsecurity.org/oil-militari...
Read Adam Hanieh on fossil capitalism in the Middle East, kicking off our essay series.
transitionsecurity.org/oil-militari...
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I was first radicalized by anti-corporate globalization movement that defined the US left in the late 90s, reaching its apotheosis w/ Battle in Seattle against WTO. A few weeks ago, I hosted a live Dig w/
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in Brussels on the history of global trade justice movement 1/
@eurtradejustice.bsky.social
in Brussels on the history of global trade justice movement 1/
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I was first radicalized by anti-corporate globalization movement that defined the US left in the late 90s, reaching its apotheosis w/ Battle in Seattle against WTO. A few weeks ago, I hosted a live Dig w/
@eurtradejustice.bsky.social
in Brussels on the history of global trade justice movement 1/
@eurtradejustice.bsky.social
in Brussels on the history of global trade justice movement 1/
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What was the 'Battle in Seattle'? Who won? How did it shape the movement for trade justice globally and in Europe?
It was wonderful to have @danieldenvir.bsky.social join us recently to unpick these questions for the latest episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social podcast
It was wonderful to have @danieldenvir.bsky.social join us recently to unpick these questions for the latest episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social podcast
October 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
What was the 'Battle in Seattle'? Who won? How did it shape the movement for trade justice globally and in Europe?
It was wonderful to have @danieldenvir.bsky.social join us recently to unpick these questions for the latest episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social podcast
It was wonderful to have @danieldenvir.bsky.social join us recently to unpick these questions for the latest episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social podcast
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The anti-globalization left is stranded as Trumpism retools its free-trade critique into corporate nationalism. Reading struggle in cycles, our essay of the week traces the exhaustion of a nation-state strategy.
By @lughiotto.bsky.social in @tninstitute.bsky.social
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By @lughiotto.bsky.social in @tninstitute.bsky.social
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October 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The anti-globalization left is stranded as Trumpism retools its free-trade critique into corporate nationalism. Reading struggle in cycles, our essay of the week traces the exhaustion of a nation-state strategy.
By @lughiotto.bsky.social in @tninstitute.bsky.social
buff.ly/otl5jLz
By @lughiotto.bsky.social in @tninstitute.bsky.social
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