The EU's White Paper for European Defence Readiness 2030 is nothing but a war plan, writes Niamh Ní Bhriain.
Far from making anyone safer, it serves primarily to boost the profits of the arms industry.
Transnational Institute
@transnationalinstitute@mastodon.world
- 988 Followers
- 337 Following
- 460 Posts
The Transnational Institute (TNI) is an international research and advocacy institute committed to building a just, democratic and sustainable world. www.tni.org
Green energy isn’t green if it powers land grabs. A new report from Siwa, Egypt reveals why democratic control over land, water, and energy is essential for a truly just energy transition. https://www.tni.org/en/publication/fossil-water-renewables-capitalism
Fossil Water, ‘Renewables Capitalism’ | Transnational Institute
At the edge of Egypt’s Sahara, Siwa Oasis stands as a paradox: solar-powered farms draw life from ancient groundwater while drowning the land they seek to cultivate. This article uncovers how green energy and agribusiness, hailed as sustainable solutions, are accelerating ecological collapse and eroding indigenous lifeways in Siwa.
5 ways to take action against Eni & Dana Petroleum to support Palestinian liberation:
💸 Divest your pensions
💰 Pressure shareholders & institutions to divest
🏛️ Picket courts, ports, factories and HQs
✊🏾Organise local events on energy & Palestine
📚 Mobilise on campus & disrupt events
Toolkit: Disrupting Energy Corporations for the Liberation of Palestine | Transnational Institute
This is an activist toolkit designed to provide grassroots movements with the narrative framing, detailed research, and tactical inspiration for targeting energy corporations fuelling and financing the ongoing settler occupation and genocide in Palestine. It focuses on two companies, Dana Petroleum and Eni SpA (Eni). In October 2023, these corporations were awarded gas exploration licences from Israel, despite being in Palestinian maritime waters, recognised under international law. This potential legal violation provides strategic leverage for movements to apply pressure on these corporations, and mobilise transnationally for an energy embargo to end the ongoing genocide and for the liberation of Palestine.
Climate justice can’t wait, but political leaders are pretending it can.
Tomorrow’s Fractures teach-in digs into:
– The rise of denialism
– Why the crisis is sidelined
– What paths remain to ecological justice
Register here: https://www.tni.org/en/event/fractures
Over 3,000 aid trucks are waiting to enter Gaza – obstructed by Israel.
A Diplomatic Humanitarian Convoy is a historic step to break the siege, end starvation, and affirm the world’s rejection of hunger as a weapon of war.
Join the call and tag your representatives.
Join us for Session 5 of Fractures, a global teach-in series supporting deeper understanding and sharper resistance strategies.
Tomorrow’s Fractures teach-in asks:
– Are we on a path to world war III?
– How did arms build-up become normalized?
– How can movements push back and rebuild a global peace agenda?
Speakers include Niamh Ní Bhriain, Samar Al-Bulushi, and Andrew Feinstein.
Register here: https://www.tni.org/en/event/fractures
How will the escalating climate crisis affect the power of the far-right? Do we face a real threat of eco-fascism? Call for essays, pitches due 2 june: https://www.tni.org/en/article/call-for-essays-on-fascism-and-the-right-for-state-of-power-2026-report
In a defence of his book Dismantling Green Colonialism, Hamza Hamouchene condemns Western ‘anti-imperialists par excellence’, who parade their apparent intellectual superiority and condemn everyone else for failing to be genuinely radical and socialist.
The far right is gaining ground globally.
Tomorrow, join activists and researchers from around the world to unpack why.
Session 4 of Fractures asks:
-What’s the far-right’s true agenda?
-Where are its internal cracks?
-How can movements fight back?
Register now: https://www.tni.org/en/event/fractures
Fractures | Transnational Institute
Join our eight-week teach-in series to go beyond the headlines and uncover the deeper forces shaping our world. Leading thinkers and activists from across the globe will analyze the challenges we face and explore the strategies needed to resist injustice and build a just, sustainable future.
Today marks the 77th commemoration of the ongoing Nakba, and 587 days of the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
It is not only a day to remember, but a call to action to reaffirm our commitment to the Palestinian struggle for decolonisation, justice and freedom.
Palestine Liberation series | Transnational Institute
For over 76 years, Palestinian resistance to Israeli settler-colonialism has inspired generations of activists around the world in their anti-colonial, anti-racist and anti-capitalist struggles.As Israel’s genocidal war has entered its second year, we have collectively witnessed the extent to which Western powers are willing to back Zionist colonialism, in furtherance of their own imperialist interests.At this critical juncture, we have invited several scholars and activists to reflect on the Palestinian liberation struggle and its reverberations around the world from Africa to Asia to Latin America. Their contributions reaffirm that the Palestinian struggle is rooted in a long history and tradition of anti-colonial struggle and highlight the importance of strengthening solidarity towards a liberated Palestine. No one is free until Palestine is free!