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Who profits from the green energy rush? Derisking and power relations in Africa’s renewable energy finance

Who profits from the green energy rush? Derisking and power relations in Africa’s renewable energy finance

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Who profits from the green energy rush? Derisking and power relations in Africa’s renewable energy finance

Who profits from the green energy rush? Derisking and power relations in Africa’s renewable energy finance

Transnational Institute (Steffen Haag et al.)

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2024

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Transnational Institute (Steffen Haag et al.)

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2024

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Derisking is touted as the panacea for delivering finance for expanding renewable energy in the global South, but the experience of renewable energy projects in Senegal and Namibia shows that foreign investors are being furnished with excessive protections from risk with all the financial, social, regulatory and long-term costs imposed on states and marginalised
Derisking is touted as the panacea for delivering finance for expanding renewable energy in the global South, but the experience of renewable energy projects in Senegal and Namibia shows that foreign investors are being furnished with excessive protections from risk with all the financial, social, regulatory and long-term costs imposed on states and marginalised
Neocolonialism, False Solutions, Finance
Africa
Report
Analysis
Renewables
Hydrogen
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The Prison Industrial Complex Goes Beyond Cops and Jails. It's All Around Us

The Prison Industrial Complex Goes Beyond Cops and Jails. It's All Around Us

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The Prison Industrial Complex Goes Beyond Cops and Jails. It's All Around Us

The Prison Industrial Complex Goes Beyond Cops and Jails. It's All Around Us

Daniel Denvir

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2022

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Daniel Denvir

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2022

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In this interview, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Brenna Bhandar and Alberto Toscano argue that the prison-industrial complex is a structural manifestation of racial capitalism, extending beyond prisons and policing into various societal institutions. They highlight how mechanisms like organized abandonment and the role of "petty sovereigns" perpetuate systemic control and racial hierarchies, emphasizing that true abolition requires dismantling these interconnected structures.
In this interview, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Brenna Bhandar and Alberto Toscano argue that the prison-industrial complex is a structural manifestation of racial capitalism, extending beyond prisons and policing into various societal institutions. They highlight how mechanisms like organized abandonment and the role of "petty sovereigns" perpetuate systemic control and racial hierarchies, emphasizing that true abolition requires dismantling these interconnected structures.
Europe
Americas
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AFOA podcast

AFOA podcast

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AFOA podcast

AFOA podcast

AFOA

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2024

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AFOA

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2024

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The AFOA podcast series shares discussions centered on anti-fascism, social justice, and anti-imperialism. It features interviews with activists and thinkers who explore struggles in Palestine, anti-racism, and resistance against authoritarianism. The podcasts highlight grassroots organizing and solidarity efforts, aiming to educate listeners on current political issues from a leftist, anti-colonial perspective. The podcast is in Greek.
The AFOA podcast series shares discussions centered on anti-fascism, social justice, and anti-imperialism. It features interviews with activists and thinkers who explore struggles in Palestine, anti-racism, and resistance against authoritarianism. The podcasts highlight grassroots organizing and solidarity efforts, aiming to educate listeners on current political issues from a leftist, anti-colonial perspective. The podcast is in Greek.
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Hydrogen strategy, a gift of the Italian government to Snam?

Hydrogen strategy, a gift of the Italian government to Snam?

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Hydrogen strategy, a gift of the Italian government to Snam?

Hydrogen strategy, a gift of the Italian government to Snam?

Recommon (Elena Gerebizza)

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2025

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Recommon (Elena Gerebizza)

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2025

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Critiques Italy’s hydrogen strategy favoring corporate interests.
Critiques Italy’s hydrogen strategy favoring corporate interests.
Hydrogen policy, Italy
Europe
Report
Analysis
Hydrogen
Gas
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The periphery has no time for binaries

The periphery has no time for binaries

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The periphery has no time for binaries

The periphery has no time for binaries

Lausan Collective (Elia J. Ayoub)

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2021

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Lausan Collective (Elia J. Ayoub)

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2021

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Transnational take on how to overcome time-intensive and misguiding false binaries between different regressive forces camouflaging as "resistance", and what to do next: "focus on building more organic bonds in our lands and between our diasporas."
Transnational take on how to overcome time-intensive and misguiding false binaries between different regressive forces camouflaging as "resistance", and what to do next: "focus on building more organic bonds in our lands and between our diasporas."
Syria, Palestine, Ukraine, Empire, Imperialism, Israel,
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Golden Gulag

Golden Gulag

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Golden Gulag

Golden Gulag

Ruth Wilson Gilmore

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2007

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Ruth Wilson Gilmore

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2007

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Golden Gulag (2007) the rapid growth of prisons in California, even as crime fell. She argues this expansion was driven by surpluses - of land, labor, capital and state capacity - and used to manage problems like job less, unused land and extra public money. Prisons became a social fix, targeting Black and working class communities in rural areas most. The book shows how racism, the economy and punishment are inter-connected, and highlights the grassroots resistan
Golden Gulag (2007) the rapid growth of prisons in California, even as crime fell. She argues this expansion was driven by surpluses - of land, labor, capital and state capacity - and used to manage problems like job less, unused land and extra public money. Prisons became a social fix, targeting Black and working class communities in rural areas most. The book shows how racism, the economy and punishment are inter-connected, and highlights the grassroots resistan
policing, repression, borders, imprisonment
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