---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nick Buxton <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 12:28 AM Subject: [NetworkedLabour] Fwd: State of Power 2016: essays on democracy by Varoufakis, Bello and others To: [email protected] Hi folks, There are some good essays in here that I am sure will be of interest to folk in this list. Best wishes, Nick -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: State of Power 2016: essays on democracy by Varoufakis, Bello and others Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:33:32 +0100 From: Transnational Institute <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Reply-To: Transnational Institute <[email protected]> <[email protected]> To: [email protected] If you are having problems viewing this message, please click here <https://www.tni.org/en/publication/state-of-power-2016> to view online January, 2015 State of Power 2016 report [image: Transnational Institute] <http://tni.org> [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/TransnationalInstitute> [image: Twitter] <https://twitter.com/tninstitute> [image: En espanol] <#-1120282087_es1> [image: Image of cover of State of Power - links to full report] <https://www.tni.org/en/publication/state-of-power-2016> TNI is proud to present its fifth annual State of Power 2016 report. This year we explore the intersect of power and democracy, with essays by prominent and new activists and academics - including an exclusive interview with former Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis. See a summary of all the essays below or download the full report here » <https://www.tni.org/en/publication/state-of-power-2016> <https://www.tni.org/en/publication/democracy-power-and-sovereignty-in-todays-europe> Democracy, power and sovereignty in today’s Europe Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis argues that the nation-state is dead and democracy in the EU has been replaced by a toxic algorithmic depoliticisation that, if it is not confronted, will lead to depression, disintegration and possibly war. He calls for a launch of a pan-European movement to democratise Europe, to save it before it is too late. Read the interview » <https://www.tni.org/en/publication/democracy-power-and-sovereignty-in-todays-europe> <https://www.tni.org/en/publication/democracy-power-and-sovereignty-in-todays-europe> Democracy is dead: Long live democracies! *An introduction to State of Power 2016 by Hilary Wainright.* Building a real democracy in the face of corporate and financial power will require a rethinking of power and agency, unleashing the creative, experimental, knowledge-sharing and emancipatory approaches of social movements. Read more » <https://www.tni.org/en/publication/democracy-is-dead-long-live-democracies> <https://www.tni.org/en/article/davos-and-its-danger-to-democracy> Davos and its danger to Democracy We are increasingly entering a world where gatherings such as Davos are not laughable billionaire playgrounds, but rather the future of global governance. Read more » <https://www.tni.org/en/article/davos-and-its-danger-to-democracy> <https://www.tni.org/en/publication/who-does-the-world-economic-forum-really-represent> Who does the World Economic Forum really represent? TNI takes a close look at the World Economic Forum’s Board to see who they represent, their economic interests and political beliefs. Might this be the future of global governance? Read briefing » <https://www.tni.org/en/publication/who-does-the-world-economic-forum-really-represent> | View Infographic » <http://davosclass.tni.org/> A global post-democratic order <https://www.tni.org/node/22744> Leigh Phillips In the era of globalisation, the steady removal of decision-making from democratic chambers by EU elites is serving as a blueprint for post-democratic governance around the world. Progressives must be ambitious and start putting forward ideas for a democratic world government as a viable alternative. Read more » <https://www.tni.org/node/22744> Economics as ideology: challenging expert political power <https://www.tni.org/node/22746> Elaine Coburn Economics often appears boring, but this narrow, mostly male dominated profession decides on matters intimately bound up with questions of power, democracy and vital matters of health, education, social welfare and the environment. Meaningful democracy requires the participation of ordinary people in economic debates, so that they can shape their own lives in solidarity with others. Read more » <https://www.tni.org/node/22746> The tyranny of global finance <https://www.tni.org/node/22747/> Walden Bello Against all expectations, financial capital has emerged even stronger after the financial crisis having staved off regulation and putting the blame on public spending. But its victory is likely a pyrrhic one as a new crisis looms, one in which the global public could learn from victories such as reforms in Iceland and finally reassert its control over money. Read more » <https://www.tni.org/node/22747/> Multi-stakeholderism: a corporate push for a new form of global governance <https://www.tni.org/node/22749/> Harris Gleckman The World Economic Forum’s Global Redesign Initiative is perhaps the best reflection of how corporations and other elites envision the future of governance. It calls for marginalising intergovernmental decision-making with a system of multi-stakeholder governance, but what does this mean for democracy, accountability and the rule of law? Read more » <https://www.tni.org/node/22749/> Case study: nutrition and food – how government for and of the people became government for and by the TNCs <https://www.tni.org/node/22750> Flavio Luiz Schieck Valente Advocating multistakeholderism in the area of food and nutrition has been one of the main strategies for advancing a pro-corporate agricultural agenda that results in dispossession of small-scale farmers. Read more » <https://www.tni.org/node/22750> “To change the heart and soul”: How elites contained the global climate justice movement <https://www.tni.org/node/22751> Herbert Docena Corporate executives and climate skeptics that mobilise against strong international climate change agreements have rightly been the focus of attention of many people concerned about the climate crisis. But another group of elites—those who actually believe in climate change —may paradoxically have done more to block effective solutions to the crisis. Read more » <https://www.tni.org/node/22751> Precarity, power and democracy <https://www.tni.org/node/22734> Tom George The increasingly precarious nature of work and life poses a serious threat to democracy as it undermines our social fabric, atomizes individuals and seeks to personalize blame for economic insecurity. What potential is there for ‘the precariat’ to become a new kind of social movement with a collective vision to reimagine contemporary life? Read more » <https://www.tni.org/node/22734> Freedom technologists and the future of global justice <https://www.tni.org/node/22730> John Postill In the wake of early 2010s upheavals such as the Arab Spring, Spain’s indignados, or the global Occupy movement, many commentators were quick to either invoke the presumed tech-savvy of ‘digital natives’ or the purported ‘cyber-utopianism’ of net freedom advocates who supported the protests. But what role have internet freedom activists – or ‘freedom technologists’ – played in ongoing struggles for progressive political change around the world and how can the pursuit of liberty be combined with the struggle for social justice? Read more » <https://www.tni.org/node/22730> The open source city as the transnational democratic future <https://www.tni.org/node/22732> Bernardo Gutierrez Experiences and experiments in Spain, Brazil, Istanbul and other cities suggest that a transnational municipalism, based on concepts of an open source city (free online tools and active citizen participation), has the potential to regenerate democracy and build a geopolitics of the commons against neoliberalism. Read more » <https://www.tni.org/node/22732> Power in India: radical pathways <https://www.tni.org/node/22728> Ashish Kothari & Pallav Das India has strongly entrenched power hierarchies that have historical roots but have also been exacerbated by inequalities and injustices that have deepened with economic globalisation. However grassroots political movements are emerging in India that could signal a gradual shift to direct or radical democracy, coupled with making representative democracy more accountable and ecologically sustainable. Read more » <https://www.tni.org/node/22728> En español <https://www.tni.org/en/node/22738> Democracia, poder y soberanía en la Europa de hoy En 2015, Yanis Varoufakis, exministro griego de Finanzas, se enfrentó a las poderosas instituciones europeas. En esta entrevista comparte sus experiencias y habla sobre las amenazas que se ciernen sobre Europa hoy en día, así como posibles formas para democratizarla.Leer más » <https://www.tni.org/es/publicacion/democracia-poder-y-soberania-en-la-europa-de-hoy> <https://www.tni.org/en/node/22736> ¿A quién representa realmente el Foro Económico Mundial? El TNI analiza de cerca la junta directiva del Foro Económico Mundial para intentar entender a quién representan sus integrantes y cuáles son sus intereses económicos y convicciones políticas. ¿Será este el futuro de la gobernanza global? Leer más » <https://www.tni.org/en/node/22736> <http://davosclass.tni.org/es/> ¿Quiénes son la clase de Davos? 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