Transnational Institute
Phyllis Bennis at the Los Angeles edition of the No Kings protests against Trump, war & authoritarianism on March 28. Phyllis is Associate at the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam and Fellow at
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 ranges from protest bans and police violenc...
When TNI fellow Todd Miller traces the rise of the US border regime, he names what too many in Washington refuse to admit: a border industrial complex that feeds on public fear and private profit. ...
The international ban on the coca leaf has long been debated without the meaningful participation of the communities who have lived with the plant for generations. The documentary “Erythroxylum Coc...
In this joint webinar by Makan and TNI, Adam Hanieh discusses the key arguments from his article, “Framing Palestine: Israel, the Gulf States, and American Power in the Middle East,” published as p...
Pero Sí Existimos (And Yet We Exist) tells a powerful story of resistance against corporate exploitation and environmental harm.
And Yet We Exist shows the struggle of the communities of Torres d...
TNI associate Phyllis Bennis explains that the so-called peace deal in Gaza is a continuation of occupation. Israeli troops remain on the ground, foreign powers control reconstruction, and Palesti...
Francesca Albanese exposes the hidden networks profiting from the occupation of Palestine, from private companies and universities to banks and arms manufacturers. She traces decades of complicity,...
Francesca Albanese dismantles the illusion that ordinary people are powerless. She shows how our wallets our banks and our investments make us complicit in the arms industry that profits from Gaza....
Achin Vanaik explores the ideological kinship between Hindutva and Zionism, showing how both are built on myths of being “original inhabitants,” on racial exclusivity, and on a politics of perpetua...
Francesca Albanese highlights how Israel’s occupation has fostered an exploitative economy—built on stolen Palestinian resources such as water, land, quarries, and offshore gas—while forcing Palest...
This expert panel examines the obligations and responsibilities of businesses operating within this colonial war economy, and examine the consequences of infringements.
Key questions include:
Wh...
Following the release of UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese's most recent report, this webinar explored the intersection of economic activity, corporate responsibility, and human rights viola...
What is the agenda of the far-right? How has the far-right secured the support of anti-elite anger – and appeased by the traditional right? Where did the left go wrong? How can we survive authorita...
Chevron’s operations in the Ecuadorian Amazon that left Indigenous communities with poisoned rivers and skyrocketing cancer rates. After an Ecuadorian court ruled against Chevron, the company pulle...
What was the promise and reality of the liberal order? Did it deserve to die? What is the future for international law and multilateralism? What will replace it? What should we demand in its place?...
Iraqi sociologist and writer Sami Ramadani exposes decades of Western imperial intervention in Iraq, from the 1963 CIA-backed coup to the devastating 2003 invasion and occupation. Ramadani unveils ...
Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and an associate of the Transnational Institute, delivers a sharp critique of US support for Israel’s recent escalation against Iran. Sh...
In this final session of the Fractures Teach-in Series, we ask what are our imagined liberated futures? How can we build these within and beyond a fractured world? What are the alternatives that so...
What will social movements look like in the newly emerging era? What does global resistance look like? How do we build a new common sense in an age of internet eco-chambers? What can we learn from ...