How should we think about sovereignty, territory and power in a world shaped by cloud infrastructure, AI systems and digital platforms? Our latest working paper by Paolo Gerbaudo explores how digital technology and geography have become deeply intertwined. // @paologerbaudo.bsky.social

As Brazil navigates trade disputes, geopolitical competition, and growing tensions over foreign influence, claims to national sovereignty have acquired renewed political force. Yet the material capacities required to sustain sovereignty have been steadily eroded over decades.

How is sovereignty being reshaped by cloud infrastructures, AI systems, and digital platforms? Join Paolo Gerbaudo, Paris Marx, and Anna de Mello for a discussion on how digital technologies are redefining power, territory, and geopolitics in the 21st century.

The presence of democracy in the discourse of contemporary autocrats has become commonplace. Across the world, leaders of authoritarian movements present themselves as the true democrats and the only ones capable of restoring national sovereignty in the name of the people.

A presença da democracia no discurso dos autocratas contemporâneos tornou-se corriqueira. No mundo todo, líderes de movimentos autoritários afirmam ser os verdadeiros democratas e os únicos capazes de restaurar a soberania nacional em favor do povo.

Andy Burnham’s campaign in the Makerfield by-election has become a testing ground for what some call the “Idea of the North” — a mix of branding, regional identity, and political ambition that goes far beyond simple PR.

Join us online for a webinar exploring how sovereignty, territory and power are being reshaped by cloud infrastructure, AI systems and digital platforms in the twenty-first century.

The first season of After Order podcast concludes with a live-recorded conversation exploring the central premise that has run through the series: that we are not living through an interregnum between stable systems, but through a period of sustained disorder.

Alameda is an international institute established in response to the catastrophic threats facing humanity today, including ecological collapse, large-scale war, and deepening social and economic disintegration.

Can societies flourish within planetary limits while remaining committed to endless growth? In a recent webinar, Sabrina Fernandes and Raj Patel, moderated by Alameda Director Juliano Fiori, discussed ecological sovereignty and the political and economic challenges of our time.

What forms of sovereignty are possible in an age of overlapping crises? Our latest newsletter features updates on research, essays, conversations and publications exploring some of the defining questions of our time.

In a time marked by instability, fragmentation, and recurring crises, questions around sovereignty have become increasingly urgent. Who holds power today? Who shapes the decisions that affect people’s lives?

We’re pleased to share our latest Working Paper, Towards a Concept of Ecological Sovereignty, by Sabrina Fernandes (@sabrinafernandes.com) The paper reflects on sovereignty, extraction, planetary boundaries, and the political contradictions shaping today’s ecological crisis.

While we ask ChatGPT questions such as “Will AI take my job?” or “Can you proofread this text?”, there are communities whose lives are being directly altered by the expansion of this technology.

Breaking Big Tech’s grip won’t be easy - we’re all entangled. But it’s the only way to reclaim political power. @paologerbaudo.bsky.social @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and @meadwaj.bsky.social on last week’s AFTER ORDER. Watch now 📺 Link in bio 🔗

Is social democracy dead? Was the post-war settlement just a historical exception? On this week’s AFTER ORDER, @gabrieltupinamba.bsky.social joins @meadwaj.bsky.social to explore the slow cancellation of the past - and what it means for politics today. Watch now 📺️ @alameda.institute Link in bio 🔗

Part of what makes the present moment so difficult to process is the way catastrophe unfolds in full visibility while the structures responsible for sustaining it continue to function as normal.

The United Kingdom increasingly resembles a nation unable to define itself in the present tense. As nationalism shapes the latest electoral cycle, tensions over sovereignty, unionism and national identity continue to expose the fragility of the British political structure.

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In the sixth episode of After Order, Alameda’s podcast series with Macrodose, James Meadway speaks to Juliano Fiori about the breakdown of global order and the material foundations of US hegemony. // @macrodosepod.bsky.social @meadwaj.bsky.social

In a moment of escalating crisis and fragmentation, questions around sovereignty, solidarity, and the limits of the international order are harder to ignore. A recent conversation between Alameda and Al-Shabaka reflects on these tensions through the lens of Palestine / @alshabaka.bsky.social

In the fifth episode of After Order, the Alameda’s podcast series with Macrodose, James Meadway speaks to Gabriel Tupinambá about popular sovereignty under conditions of growing instability. // @macrodosepod.bsky.social @meadwaj.bsky.social @gabrieltupinamba.bsky.social

O que significaria repensar a soberania sob uma perspectiva ecológica. Junte-se a nós online para o primeiro evento da série de documentos de trabalho “After Order” do Alameda.

What would it mean to rethink sovereignty through an ecological lens. Join us online for the first event in Alameda’s After Order Working Paper Series.

No quarto episódio de “After Order”, a série de podcasts do Alameda em parceria com a Macrodose, James Meadway conversa com Cecilia Rikap e Paolo Gerbaudo sobre soberania digital no contexto da ascensão das grandes empresas de tecnologia.

In the fourth episode of After Order, the Alameda Institute’s podcast series with Macrodose, James Meadway speaks to Cecilia Rikap and Paolo Gerbaudo about digital sovereignty following the rise of Big Tech. // @paologerbaudo.bsky.social @ceciliarikap.bsky.social

Como as visões nostálgicas do domínio da minoria branca na África Austral passaram das subculturas online para o discurso político dominante?

How did nostalgic visions of white-minority rule in southern Africa move from online subcultures into mainstream political discourse?

This is on May 12 and it’ll be good - if you’re in London, come on down!

In the third episode of After Order, the Alameda’s podcast series with Macrodose, James Meadway speaks to Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla of Progressive International and The Hague Group about power, sovereignty, and the breakdown of the global order.

We’re pleased to invite you to a live recording of After Order on 12 May — an evening to think through a world characterised by ongoing crises, from economic turbulence to geopolitical fragmentation.

youtube.com/watch?v=ZaeP... On their new book "Muskism" @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com via @alameda.institute

“This is privatisation on a level we’ve never seen before” Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla and @meadwaj.bsky.social unpack the private capture of diplomacy, and how a profit-loss logic is now seeping into every aspect of the state machine. Link in bio 🔗 @alameda.institute

Governments must extricate themselves from the web of Big Tech enclosures. @meadwaj.bsky.social @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and @paologerbaudo.bsky.social on breaking Silicon Valley’s grip - and building a digital stack for people, not profit. Watch now 📺️ Link in bio 🔗 @alameda.institute

In the second episode of After Order, Alameda’s podcast series with Macrodose, James Meadway speaks to Thea Riofrancos, author of Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism, about the new frontiers of extraction // @macrodosepod.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social

No segundo episódio do After Order, um podcast do Instituto Alameda, produzido em colaboração com a Macrodose, passamos do terreno ideológico da nossa primeira conversa para algo mais concreto: os fundamentos da ordem econômica atual.

Excellent podcast ep from @alameda.institute featuring @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com discussing their forthcoming book. Really looking forward to reading. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Recent local elections in France offer a revealing snapshot of the balance of forces on the Left. The picture is not one of crisis or clear hegemony, but of a more complex reality taking shape.

As recentes eleições locais na França oferecem um retrato revelador do equilíbrio de forças na esquerda. O quadro não é de crise nem de hegemonia clara, mas de uma realidade mais complexa em formação.

The old frameworks are breaking down. So where next for Political Economy in a world of disorder? Join Macrodose x @alameda.institute on May 12th for a live recording of After Order. w/ Juliano Fiori, @chakrabortty.bsky.social, Clara Mattei & @meadwaj.bsky.social Tickets👇 bit.ly/4mkobb9

These countries aren’t destined to become mining frontiers. They’re shaped by economic choices - and those choices can change. @meadwaj.bsky.social meets @triofrancos.bsky.social to unpack what green capitalism reveals about a world "after order" @alameda.institute Full episode at the link in bio

Was great to chat with @meadwaj.bsky.social @macrodosepod.bsky.social about the energy transition, resource extraction, capitalism, global north-south inequality & Left strategy amid the polycrisis that accelerates daily. In collab with @alameda.institute. Listen podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

The green transition isn’t a “win-win.” Some will lose - and it should be the fossil fuel companies. @meadwaj.bsky.social and @triofrancos.bsky.social discuss the high point of Green New Deal organising, and what comes next. Listen now 🎧 @alameda.institute open.spotify.com/episode/10n4...

Recent local elections in France offer a revealing snapshot of the balance of forces on the Left. The picture is not one of crisis or clear hegemony, but of a more complex reality taking shape.

Os mercenários tornaram-se uma parte incontornável do panorama atual de conflitos e desordem. Esses combatentes contratados atuam hoje em teatros de operações em todo o mundo, inseridos em guerras que raramente se assemelham aos tradicionais conflitos entre Estados.

Mercenaries have become an inescapable part of today’s landscape of conflict and disorder. Guns for hire now operate across global theatres, embedded in wars that rarely resemble traditional interstate conflict.

Temos o prazer de anunciar o lançamento do After Order (Depois da Ordem) — o novo podcast do Alameda em colaboração com a Macrodose. A série levanta uma questão oportuna: e se não estivermos entre sistemas estáveis, mas sim vivendo um período marcado por crises recorrentes — um tempo pós-ordem?

Watch this. What Musk is doing seems lazy, but it’s on purpose.

Why is Elon Musk obsessed with the UK? In the first episode of AFTER ORDER, authors @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com discuss what they call "Muskism", and how the fantasy of a white supramecist world is shaping the geopolitical interventions of Big Tech. @meadwaj.bsky.social 🔗 Link in bio

Elon Musk owns 70% of all satellites in low-Earth orbit. He is creating a monopoly that could change the future of life on Earth. What’s driving this quest? And what can be done to stop it? @meadwaj.bsky.social meets @quinnslobodian.com & @bentarnoff.com Listen now👇 linktr.ee/macrodosepod...