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Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes Begin forwarded message: > From: Transnational Institute <[email protected]> > Date: June 5, 2020 at 8:00:59 AM CDT > To: Friend <[email protected]> > Subject: Webinar 10 June – Taking on the Tech Titans: Reclaiming our data > commons > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > > Join TNI's Wednesday webinar along with a great panel of international > activists, researchers and policy-makers who will help deepen your > understanding of the power of Big Tech > Webinar 10 June – Taking on the Tech Titans > > > > Dear reader, > > Our weekly Wednesday COVID Capitalism series continues on 10 June 2020 at 4pm > (CEST) with Taking on the Tech Titans: Reclaiming our data commons. You can > register here. > > The webinar will bring together a great panel of international activists, > researchers and policy-makers who will help deepen our understanding of the > power of Big Tech. It will explore who owns our data and why it matters, the > relevance of data extraction for countries in the Global South, and the > impact of COVID-19. It will ask what strategies, structures and institutions > are needed at national and international levels to confront Big Tech and > advance digital justice. > > 10 June 2020 at 4pm CEST. > Register > > > (Spanish and French interpretation will be available) > > Panellists > > Anita Gurumurthy: Founding member and director of IT for Change, India, where > she leads research collaborations and projects with a focus on governance, > democracy and gender justice. > Nanjira Sambuli: Researcher, writer, policy analyst, advocacy strategist on > tech and governance, Kenya > Ben Tarnoff: Tech worker, writer and founding editor of technology magazine > Logic and author of the forthcoming Voices from the Valley: Tech Workers Talk > About What They Do—And How They Do It (Sept 2020), US > Caroline Nevejan: Chief Science Officer, City of Amsterdam & Chair of > Designing Urban Experience, University of Amsterdam > Vahini Naidu: Trade negotiatior, Department of Trade, Industry and > Competition, South Africa > > Moderated by Ben Hayes, TNI Associate, Founding Director of AWO, a new data > rights agency. Researcher and consultant on security policies, > counter-terrorism, border control and data protection. > > This webinar is jointly organised by TNI with IT for Change and co-sponsored > by Just Net Coalition, Focus on the Global South and Alternative Information > and Development Centre (AIDC) > > Missed our latest webinar? > > Watch COVID-19 and the global fight against mass incarceration here. > > As demonstrations against unjust and racist systems of policing continue, it > felt timely to hold a global conversation about how to dismantle mass > incarceration. High levels of imprisonment is central to an (in)justice > system that continues to discriminate against and punish people every day > just because they are poor or because of the colour of their skin. As Andrea > James of the US National Council of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated > Women said during the webinar, “We need to start reimagining communities > where policing and incarceration is no longer used to address social issues”. > > You can listen to the recording here. > Webinar 12 June – The “Arab Spring” Lives On: Uprisings in times of a pandemic > > > > Ten years ago, the Arab uprisings were celebrated as world changing events. > The emancipatory experience was so contagious that people were inspired all > over the world. Occupiers from London to Wall Street and the Indignados were > proud to “Walk like an Egyptian”. > > The revolutionary process that has swept North Africa and West Asia, driven > by demands for bread, freedom, dignity and social justice, has seen ups and > downs, gains and setbacks, which materialized in a liberal democratic > transition in Tunisia and bloody counter-revolutions and imperialist > interventions in other countries. This led some pundits to pronounce a death > sentence on the so-called “Arab Spring”. > > A decade on, this protracted revolutionary process is well into the second > wave of revolt, triggered by the same features of governance and political > economy that shaped the first wave. This time, it started from Sudan in > December 2018 and spread to Algeria, Iraq and Lebanon. 2019 saw massive > popular movements erupting onto the political stage, demanding radical change > and achieving some historical gains. Although these movements find themselves > pitted against entrenched authoritarian and counter-revolutionary forces that > do everything to crush and bury them, including in times of COVID19, they > will not simply pass into history; there are already signs that protests will > resume when the pandemic subsides. > > This webinar will attempt to shed some light on the political and > socio-economic causes that led to these uprisings and on the actors involved, > as well as share some insights about future perspectives beyond the pandemic. > > You can register here. > > Friday 12 June 2020 at 4pm (CEST). > Register > > Panellists > > Muzan Alneel – Sudanese engineer, political activist and blogger. > Brahim Rouabah - Co-founder of Algerian Solidarity Campaign. PhD candidate in > Political Science at CUNY. > Rima Majed - an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the American University > of Beirut (AUB) > Zahra Ali (Iraq): is a sociologist and feminist based at Rutgers University > and author of "Women and Gender in Iraq". > TNI is proud to provide our webinars and research for free as a contribution > to the movements and activists responding to this pandemic. However, it takes > time and resources to organise these events, to research and to publish. If > you would like to support us in this work, please donate here. > > Sincerely, > > Jess Graham > > Community Builder > > > Transnational Institute - putting ideas into movement since 1974 > > Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or Instagram. > > Privacy policy - Política de privacidad > > Wittenstraat 25, 1052AK, Amsterdam, Netherlands > You may unsubscribe or change your contact details at any time. > > > Powered by: > >
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