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/

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

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

"The EU took the floor to lecture the world about rights and democracy while on a ruthless deregulation campaign, promoting trade agreements that only serve corporate interests. Stop siding with corporate lobbies and secure a strong #BindingTreaty." Sol Trumbo Vila @tninstitute.bsky.social

Ramping up for the Peoples' Week of Mobilisation and 11th session of the #BindingTreaty negotiations this week We come together, communities, movements and organisations from around the world to internationalise the struggle against corporate power and impunity ✊️

Corporate giants and their financiers are maintaining the occupation and genocide in Palestine. As they reap colossal profits, the rights of the Palestinian people are being trampled on. In solidarity with the Palestinian people, we demand an end to corporate complicity and impunity #FreePalestine

While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty. Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵 transitionsecurity.org

Two years into Israel's war of extermination, there can be no peace without accountability for the industrial-scale killing or justice for Palestinians, writes @dondeniamh.bsky.social. www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/peac...

The official launch of @transitionsec.bsky.social is in just one week! Join CCI & @cmmonwealth.bsky.social at the free inaugural panel event featuring our strategic co-dir @triofrancos.bsky.social: 🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL

This course looks fantastic — I’ve just signed up! 🌱 Registrations are still open for those interested.

What's driving land grabbing in the world today? Our hot-off-the-press open access paper shows land grabbing is now shaped by: 1. geopolitics 2. financialization 3. climate policies We set out why it matters, how people respond, and what's to be done @plaasuwc.bsky.social @tninstitute.bsky.social

Land is life. Who has access to what land and under what conditions partly determines who gains and who loses. Land politics shape food, climate, labour, migration, democracy, and geopolitics. Democratizing land regimes is difficult but absolutely necessary for a just future.

European-Indonesian civil society and unions speak out against EU-Indonesia trade deal, warning it endangers the environment, climate, and the rights of women, Indigenous Peoples, workers, small farmers & fishers. europeantradejustice.org/eu-indonesia...

Land is at the heart of people’s livelihoods and cultures, and communities worldwide struggle to secure access against corporate and state power. The Oxford Handbook of Land Politics shows how land is never just about production but also about care, migration, and justice www.tni.org/en/article/t...

Palestinian liberation is not simply a moral or human rights issue: it is a direct confrontation with US imperialism and fossil capitalism. Thus, Palestinian liberation must be at the core of global environmental and climate justice struggles. www.tni.org/en/article/e...

Did you know that EU countries can get sued for billions by foreign investors just for protecting national security, sanctioning war profiteers and climate action? Read our new stories to learn more about ISDS and its devastating consequences for democracy, people and the planet: 10isdsstories.org

Extractivism and Corporate Privileges in the #Milei Era: An Analysis of the Large Investment Incentives Regime (RIGI) The #RIGI has been the government's major bet to attract investments Have the RIGI objectives been fulfilled after 1 year? @tninstitute.bsky.social www.tni.org/en/article/e...

🚨 The EU’s new “Return Regulation” is in reality a Deportation Regulation. It expands detention - including in offshore sites - fuels racial profiling & strips away rights. Here’s why civil society is united in rejecting it ⬇️

🚨 ONLINE EVENT Join us for a free panel on the war economy, the climate impacts of war & the geopolitics of the climate transition. Speakers: @stephensemler.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social, chaired by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social 📅 16 Oct 6PM BST 🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL

The #SOTEU speech has started, shall we guess how many times we'll hear the word "competitiveness"? We need #rulestoprotect people and the environment, not profit! multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

Civil society must be at the heart of industrial policy. Last week in Johannesburg, @tninstitute.bsky.social @tninstitute.bsky.social and Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies, brought 45+ leaders from 22 countries together to chart paths for equity and sustainability in green transformation

From NACLA’s Green Capitalism in the Americas, we look at foreign investment in solar energy in Honduras that led to persecution of communities starting under the narcodictatorship and now $1,6 billion in claims over modest reforms. @tandfresearch.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HFMVI...

Extractivism and Corporate Privileges in the #Milei Era - An Analysis of the Large Investment Incentives Regime #RIGI My piece on the new law that protects foreign and national big investments in #Argentina #ISDS @tninstitute.bsky.social www.tni.org/en/article/e...

This September, Sri Lanka will host the Nyéléni Global Forum for Food Sovereignty in Kandy. 500+ delegates from 96 countries will gather to reclaim land, water & seeds from corporate control and put them back in the hands of communities. www.sundayobserver.lk/2025/08/31/o...

Puerto Rico’s inspiring community-led responses to hurricanes, climate change and a deep economic and political crisis, offer important insights for social movements worldwide fighting against new forms of neoliberal authoritarianism. www.tni.org/en/article/r...

Almost two years into the genocide, India continues to supply arms, drones, and even migrant labour to Israel to replace displaced Palestinians. Why is there no significant resistance from civil society? www.tni.org/en/article/i...

The left opposition in Venezuela deserves our solidarity, not despite their criticism of the Maduro government, but because of it. The left that abandons its own critics is a left that has lost its way, writes Daniel Chavez: www.tni.org/en/article/s...

🚰 Water should always be for the people, and not profit! Communities across Latin America have paved the way for local resistance against water privatizing corporations. 🔽 Read more in @tninstitute.bsky.social's latest Writings on Water Democracy.

📍This week in Johannesburg (28-29 Aug), @tidecentre.bsky.social, @tninstitute.bsky.social and Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) convene a global forum: ‘Reclaiming Industrial Policy for the People’. #GreenIndustrialPolicy #CivilSociety #TIDECentre

In this new longread, Achin Vanaik draws parallels between Zionism and Hindutva, arguing that Indian activists need to link the struggles against both. What is the history of India's relationship with the Palestinian liberation struggle? www.tni.org/en/article/i...

How did India move from supporting Palestinian liberation to becoming Israel’s largest arms buyer between 2003 and 2013? In this new longread, Achin Vanaik explains what’s behind Modi’s support for Zionism. www.tni.org/en/article/i...

Water is increasingly privatized worldwide. Latin American communities have fought for decades to defend it as a commons. Their stories remind us: water democracy is possible, and worth defending everywhere. www.tni.org/en/article/w...

The outcome of Indonesia's negotiations with the US as announced by Donald Trump on 16 July, which includes an agreement to reduce Indonesia's reciprocal tariffs by 19%, is far from “beneficial”. TNI’s Rachmi Hertanti breaks down why: www.tni.org/en/article/t...

50+ grassroots movements around the world are uniting for real systemic transformation. Nyéléni 2025 is people-powered and needs your help to make it happen. We’d be grateful if our network joins in supporting this important gathering! Donate here: whydonate.com/fundraising/...

Rachmi Hertanti at @tninstitute.bsky.social has examined the details and hidden costs of the agreement. She argues that the agreement was shaped by asymmetrical power dynamics, driven by the US’ unilateral demands and Indonesia’s constrained bargaining position. www.tni.org/en/article/t...

New poll: People across the world say companies selling weapons, fuel, or heavy machinery to Israel should be held accountable for how those products are used in Gaza. palenergyembargo.com/news/press-p...

The destruction of the UAWC seed bank in Hebron is a deliberate attack on Palestinian food sovereignty and peasant resistance. This assault targets the right to land, life, and self-determination. Peasant seeds are seeds of resistance. Hold Israel accountable. viacampesina.org/en/2025/08/l...

The fight for fair rules in the platform economy is gaining momentum. Global standards for gig work are on the table but will they challenge inequality or entrench it? @botpopuli.bsky.social breaks down the stakes: botpopuli.net/platform-pow...

"Transnational corporations pollute our air + rivers, and we cannot take them to international court. But if we pass a law to protect our territories, they can sue our states for the expected profits from these violations. Where is the justice? Juliana Senna @tninstitute.bsky.social #MaputoWorkshop

Human rights abuses continue unchecked in Europe’s EV mineral supply chains. Our new research reveals these harms and shows why transparency across the supply chain is essential, not optional. www.tni.org/en/publicati...

Written without internet access and under conditions of censorship in prison, Boris Kagarlitsky of @tninstitute.bsky.social offers a sharp and often ironic reflection on the political and systemic dynamics behind Trump’s return to power. links.org.au/us-hegemony-...

20th July coincides with the 100th birthday of Frantz Fanon, one of the most important and influential anti-colonial revolutionary thinkers of the 20th century. Hamza Hamouchene explores what Fanon would say about the ongoing genocide in Palestine. africasacountry.com/2024/06/the-...

What’s really behind the not-so-clean deal between the EU Indonesia trade deal? Our Julie Zalcman & @tninstitute.bsky.social’s Rachmi Hertanti broke it down in @sustainableviews.bsky.social 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/the-not...

Military spending is soaring, while spending on meeting social needs is on the chopping block. Governments often justify this spending by saying it will create jobs, but what if the workers had a say? Fifty years ago, employees at Lucas Aerospace came up with an alternative plan: bit.ly/4kvI5gP

Now is the time for immediate suspension. Anything less is complicity. europeantradejustice.org/open-letter-...

On July 5, 2025, Algeria and its people commemorated the sixty-third anniversary of regaining their sovereignty after 132 years of French colonization. TNI's Hamza Hamouchene on the relevance of Algeria's war of independence to what is happening today🔽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=B66U...

Frontex is attempting to build a border regime in West Africa that prioritises European interests. But some Sahelian states are fighting back and severing ties with former colonial powers. Our new report with @statewatch.bsky.social‬ sheds light on these dynamics. www.tni.org/en/publicati...

NRC over het onderzoek van @tninstitute.bsky.social en collega's van Stop Wapenhandel dat de verhoging van militaire uitgaven klimaatvernietiging dodelijk gaat versnellen. Lees het onderzoek hier: www.tni.org/en/publicati...

With only two days to go for the WSIS+20 High Level Event, we are ramping up the #DigitalJusticeNow campaign! We demand that the #WSIS20 review reflects the needs of people's movements and civil society from the #GlobalSouth.

Agroecology isn’t just about how we farm. It's about who controls land, seeds, and food systems. From reclaiming land as commons to fighting exploitation of migrant workers, Rooting Deeper in Ede brought people together to imagine something radically different. www.tni.org/en/article/r...