Best Oakland Institute Podcasts (2024)

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Crackdown on Loggers in Papua New Guinea ft. Eddie Tanago 23:24

9M ago23:24

23:24

After decades of being exploited for natural resources, Papua New Guinea is cracking down. Our guest today is Eddie Tanago, the Campaign Manager at ACT NOW, a PNG-based organization on the forefront against illegal logging and other destructive extractive industries. He discusses the recent historic fine imposed on a logging firm in PNG for tax eva…

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Carbon Pipelines Fuel Environmental Racism ft. Sikowis Nobiss, Mahmud Fitil, Jaylen Cavil & Alejandro Murgia-Ortiz 53:16

1y ago53:16

53:16

Summit Carbon Solutions intends to build the world’s largest carbon capture and storage pipeline across the Midwestern US, despite fierce and sustained citizen opposition. While media coverage so far has focused on the opposition white landowners in the path of the proposed route have to the pipelines – this project represents the latest instance o…

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A Decade of Struggle to Reclaim Land from Foreign Agribusinesses in Senegal, ft. Ardo Sow 27:01

1+ y ago27:01

27:01

As US-based holding company African Agriculture Inc. (AAGR) has filed an initial public offering to fund a large-scale agribusiness project in the northern region of Saint-Louis in Senegal, local communities are demanding the company return their land stolen over a decade ago. Today's episode features an interview with Ardo Sow from the Collectif p…

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Agroecology: The Solution to the Food Price Crisis ft. Luwayo Biswick, Malawian Permaculture Farmer 22:47

2y ago22:47

22:47

The world is currently in the midst of a food price crisis, with prices of staple foods and agricultural inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides skyrocketing on global markets. As usual, the most vulnerable are being hit the hardest by these rising prices. The good news is that more and more farmers are breaking free from the reliance on expensiv…

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Stealth Game: Community Conservancies Devastate Land & Lives in Northern Kenya ft. Abdinoor Dima Jillo, Isaiah Biwott and Violet Matiru 45:26

2y ago45:26

45:26

This episode explores the devastating impact privatized, neocolonial wildlife conservation and safari tourism have had on Indigenous pastoral communities, specifically in Northern Kenya. Since its founding in 2004, the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) has set up 43 "community" conservancies on over 42,000 square kilometers of land in Northern and Co…

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Art as Resistance ft. David Solnit 24:13

2+ y ago24:13

24:13

If you’ve participated in any mobilizations over the past decade, chances are you’ve seen the work of today’s guest, Oakland Institute Senior Fellow David Solnit. A climate justice, global justice, anti-war, arts, and direct action organizer, David is also an author, a puppeteer, and a trainer. He was a key organizer in the shutdowns of the WTO in …

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UN Food Systems Summit Resistance: Part II ft. Elizabeth Mpofu, Alejandro Argumedo & Anuradha Mittal 40:47

2+ y ago40:47

40:47

The second episode in a two part series exploring resistance to the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit and mapping out sustainable, bottom-up approaches to food sovereignty. Featuring Elizabeth Mpofu (La Via Campesina), Alejandro Argumedo (Swift Foundation) & Anuradha Mittal (Oakland Institute) Intro: Chivy Sok Host: Andy Currier For more see: //www.o…

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UN Food Systems Summit Resistance: Part I ft. Nnimmo Bassey & Kristen Lyons 31:08

2+ y ago31:08

31:08

The first episode in a two part series exploring resistance to the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit and mapping out sustainable, bottom-up approaches to food sovereignty. Featuring Nnimmo Bassey (Health of Mother Earth Foundation) and Kristen Lyons (Professor of Environment and Development Sociology, U Queensland). Intro: Chivy Sok Host: Andy Currie…

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Dignity or Exploitation? What Future for Farmworker Families in the US ft. David Bacon 40:22

3y ago40:22

40:22

Oakland Institute Senior Fellow, journalist and photographer David Bacon discusses the history of exploitation of the H-2A worker program and how it creates a race to the bottom for all farmworkers. Will the Biden administration protect the profits of growers and expand the H-2A program or will it stand with farmworkers who labor in the fields to k…

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On the Frontlines of Duterte’s War on Filipino Farmers ft. Kathryn Manga 38:55

3y ago38:55

38:55

Kathryn Manga of KMP (Peasants Movement of the Philippines) joins to discuss how farmers faced with land grabs and violent repression continue to struggle for genuine agrarian reform and a better future in the Philippines. For the latest news on KMP: https://www.facebook.com/kilusangmagbubukid/ https://twitter.com/kmp_phl Music: Mike Mell…

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”We are Human Beings” Inside the Longest McDonald’s Workers’ Strike ft. Angely Rodriguez & Maria Ceja 28:31

3+ y ago28:31

28:31

Today's episode features Angely Rodriguez and Maria Ceja - two McDonald’s workers who went on a historic strike in response to the company’s failure to provide the bare minimum to protect its workers as COVID-19 ran rampant through their Telegraph Ave location in North Oakland. To learn more and get involved visit: www.fastfoodjusticeahora.com. Hos…

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Changing the Path to Development in Papua New Guinea ft. Frédéric Mousseau 27:34

3+ y ago27:34

27:34

The Oakland Institute Policy Director Frederic Mousseau joins to discuss how despite an abundance of natural resource wealth, Papua New Guinea’s reliance on large scale extraction projects has failed to provide development for its people. Instead of allowing foreign corporations to evade taxes and bank profits offshore, PNG must change course to pr…

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Crackdown on Loggers in Papua New Guinea ft. Eddie Tanago 23:24

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Carbon Pipelines Fuel Environmental Racism ft. Sikowis Nobiss, Mahmud Fitil, Jaylen Cavil & Alejandro Murgia-Ortiz 53:16

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A Decade of Struggle to Reclaim Land from Foreign Agribusinesses in Senegal, ft. Ardo Sow 27:01

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Agroecology: The Solution to the Food Price Crisis ft. Luwayo Biswick, Malawian Permaculture Farmer 22:47

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Stealth Game: Community Conservancies Devastate Land & Lives in Northern Kenya ft. Abdinoor Dima Jillo, Isaiah Biwott and Violet Matiru 45:26

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Art as Resistance ft. David Solnit 24:13

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UN Food Systems Summit Resistance: Part II ft. Elizabeth Mpofu, Alejandro Argumedo & Anuradha Mittal 40:47

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UN Food Systems Summit Resistance: Part I ft. Nnimmo Bassey & Kristen Lyons 31:08

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Dignity or Exploitation? What Future for Farmworker Families in the US ft. David Bacon 40:22

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On the Frontlines of Duterte’s War on Filipino Farmers ft. Kathryn Manga 38:55

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”We are Human Beings” Inside the Longest McDonald’s Workers’ Strike ft. Angely Rodriguez & Maria Ceja 28:31

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Changing the Path to Development in Papua New Guinea ft. Frédéric Mousseau 27:34

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