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Gabriel Tupinambá’s latest After Order Working Paper examines sovereignty, political organisation and the autonomous infrastructures through which forms of popular power can emerge and endure. Read the full paper on the Alameda website: alameda.institute/working-pape...
We can say that the Burnham years are likely to be ideologically innovative in ways that the Starmer years were not.
What does sovereignty mean when the nation-state model begins to break down and the “periphery” becomes a defining logic of global capitalism?
Juliano Fiori spent 15 years inside a major aid organization. Surplus labor kept wages down and could be called up when needed. Populations excluded from accumulation serve no function at all. The funding logic for aid goes with them. Full episode w/ @alameda.institute: youtu.be/1gheCv8HnI0
The conditions that enabled the expansion of multilateralism in the twentieth century no longer exist… The apparent inability of the United States to reshape international norms and institutions in accordance with its evolving geostrategy is an indicator of this.
As support for Palestine has grown around the world, another question has become increasingly urgent: what kind of solidarity is actually being built? As Yara Hawari puts it: “The level of global complicity is what makes Palestine central.” // @alshabaka.bsky.social
The question, past and present, is not whether the United States should infringe upon Mexican sovereignty, but how much, and how it should calibrate and determine the scale and form of said infringements.
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Peoples took place, organised by Escola das Águas Nascentes in partnership with Movimento IRUN and Casa Castro Alves as part of the 11th edition of Águas Nascentes: A Time for New Beginnings.
"We can see indicators of collapsing US hegemony long before this period. The intervention in Kosovo was a key moment... That's when the US uses NATO as a surrogate for the UN." - Juliano Fiori @alameda.institute
Drones, the Ukrainian president proclaimed, had heralded ‘revolutionary changes in the very nature of war’ – as significant as the machine gun in the First World War, or as the modern tank in the Second. // @lilylynch.bsky.social
"Rainbow nationalism is now a faltering project, subsumed by the African National Congress’s failure to redress the wrongs of the past and deliver an egalitarian, growing economy." @benjaminfogel.bsky.social
Our latest After Order Working Paper Series webinar is now available on YouTube. In Clouds and Territories, @paologerbaudo.bsky.social explores how cloud infrastructures, AI systems, and digital platforms have become central to geopolitical competition and contemporary forms of state power.
A refreshed Alameda website is now live. Our updated website brings together our research, publications, podcasts, videos, public events, and projects in one place, offering new ways to explore the ideas, debates, and collaborations that shape Alameda's work.
How should we think about sovereignty, territory and power in a world shaped by cloud infrastructure, AI systems and digital platforms? Our latest working paper by Paolo Gerbaudo explores how digital technology and geography have become deeply intertwined. // @paologerbaudo.bsky.social
As Brazil navigates trade disputes, geopolitical competition, and growing tensions over foreign influence, claims to national sovereignty have acquired renewed political force. Yet the material capacities required to sustain sovereignty have been steadily eroded over decades.
How is sovereignty being reshaped by cloud infrastructures, AI systems, and digital platforms? Join Paolo Gerbaudo, Paris Marx, and Anna de Mello for a discussion on how digital technologies are redefining power, territory, and geopolitics in the 21st century.
Clouds & territories: Rethinking Space and Power in the Digital Era
How should we think about sovereignty, territory and power in a world shaped by cloud infrastructure, AI systems and digital platforms?
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The presence of democracy in the discourse of contemporary autocrats has become commonplace. Across the world, leaders of authoritarian movements present themselves as the true democrats and the only ones capable of restoring national sovereignty in the name of the people.
A presença da democracia no discurso dos autocratas contemporâneos tornou-se corriqueira. No mundo todo, líderes de movimentos autoritários afirmam ser os verdadeiros democratas e os únicos capazes de restaurar a soberania nacional em favor do povo.
Andy Burnham’s campaign in the Makerfield by-election has become a testing ground for what some call the “Idea of the North” — a mix of branding, regional identity, and political ambition that goes far beyond simple PR.
Join us online for a webinar exploring how sovereignty, territory and power are being reshaped by cloud infrastructure, AI systems and digital platforms in the twenty-first century.
The first season of After Order podcast concludes with a live-recorded conversation exploring the central premise that has run through the series: that we are not living through an interregnum between stable systems, but through a period of sustained disorder.
Alameda is an international institute established in response to the catastrophic threats facing humanity today, including ecological collapse, large-scale war, and deepening social and economic disintegration.
Can societies flourish within planetary limits while remaining committed to endless growth? In a recent webinar, Sabrina Fernandes and Raj Patel, moderated by Alameda Director Juliano Fiori, discussed ecological sovereignty and the political and economic challenges of our time.
What forms of sovereignty are possible in an age of overlapping crises? Our latest newsletter features updates on research, essays, conversations and publications exploring some of the defining questions of our time.
In a time marked by instability, fragmentation, and recurring crises, questions around sovereignty have become increasingly urgent. Who holds power today? Who shapes the decisions that affect people’s lives?
We’re pleased to share our latest Working Paper, Towards a Concept of Ecological Sovereignty, by Sabrina Fernandes (@sabrinafernandes.com) The paper reflects on sovereignty, extraction, planetary boundaries, and the political contradictions shaping today’s ecological crisis.
While we ask ChatGPT questions such as “Will AI take my job?” or “Can you proofread this text?”, there are communities whose lives are being directly altered by the expansion of this technology.
Breaking Big Tech’s grip won’t be easy - we’re all entangled. But it’s the only way to reclaim political power. @paologerbaudo.bsky.social @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and @meadwaj.bsky.social on last week’s AFTER ORDER. Watch now 📺 Link in bio 🔗