Empire and decolonisation Archive

VIDEO: Tax Blacklists and Propaganda: Defeating the Discrimination and Pro-Poverty Agenda
March 7, 2023
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares We’re sharing this excellent live discussion between Caribbean Economist and Advisor Marla Dukharan, Alex Cobham, Economist and Chief Executive of the Tax Justice Network, and Professor Steven Dean, Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, “to find out the truth about the world’s biggest financial secrecy jurisdictions, the racial bias behind the tax

América Latina cambia en medio de la turbulencia mundial: February 2023 Spanish language tax justice podcast, Justicia ImPositiva
February 14, 2023
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Welcome to our Spanish language podcast and radio programme Justicia ImPositiva with Marcelo Justo and Marta Nuñez, free to download and broadcast on radio networks across Latin America and Spain. ¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas a nuestro podcast y programa radiofónico! Escuche por su app de podcast. (All our podcasts are unique productions in five languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, French, Portuguese. They’re all available here.)

Imperial Inequalities: Workshop on Colonial Taxation and National Welfare across European Empires
January 17, 2023
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares We’re pleased to share this blog post written by Gurminder K Bhambra and Julia McClure on the upcoming workshop on Colonial Taxation and National Welfare across European Empires, Friday 27th January, 2023, 2-4pm, University of Sussex (also livestreamed on zoom, please sign up here – a recording will also be made available after the

The day global power shifted: the Tax Justice Network podcast, the Taxcast
December 16, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Welcome to the latest episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast. You can subscribe either by emailing naomi [at] taxjustice.net or find us on your podcast app. There’s been a shift in global power, a tax justice milestone, and the most powerful nations couldn’t stop it… In this episode, Taxcast host Naomi Fowler

UN resolution for an intergovernmental tax framework: What does it mean, and what’s next?
December 15, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Following the momentous passing of the resolution to begin intergovernmental discussions on a globally inclusive UN tax framework, our chief executive Alex Cobham spoke to the German Tax Justice Network, Netzwerk Steuergerechtigkeit, about why the resolution passed, what it means and what happens next. (The original German post is here). 1. Last Wednesday,

Hoja de ruta para un cambio en toda América Latina: December 2022 Spanish language tax justice podcast, Justicia ImPositiva
December 12, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Welcome to our Spanish language podcast and radio programme Justicia ImPositiva with Marcelo Justo and Marta Nuñez, free to download and broadcast on radio networks across Latin America and Spain. ¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas a nuestro podcast y programa radiofónico! Escuche por su app de podcast. En este programa con Marcelo Justo and Marta Nuñez: La reforma tributaria

Uncommon Wealth and the ‘boomerang effect’: the Tax Justice Network podcast, the Taxcast:
November 18, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Welcome to the latest episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast. You can subscribe either by emailing naomi [at] taxjustice.net or find us on your podcast app. In this episode, Taxcast host Naomi Fowler discusses sovereignty, the ‘boomerang effect’ and the relevance of the ‘Third World Movement’ today to our global economic system

Putting tax justice on the agenda at COP27
November 14, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares The Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt is the focal point of the world’s attention this week as political leaders from all over the planet come together for COP27, the 27th United Nations climate change conference. This latest convening comes after a series of reports giving dire warnings about the

Tax and racial justice: the Tax Justice Network podcast, the Taxcast
September 22, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Welcome to the latest episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast. You can subscribe either by emailing naomi [at] taxjustice.net or find us on your podcast app. In this episode, Taxcast host and producer Naomi Fowler explores tax as a tool for racial justice and the launch of a new report by Decolonising Economics. Transcript

Tax as a tool for racial justice: new report launched
September 19, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares The etymology of tax is “to fix”, and so…we ask ourselves “howcan tax help address racial wealth inequality [and] repair the harms of structural racism that are embedded into our economic system?” ~ Decolonising Economics, Tax as a Tool for Racial Justice report These are crucial questions. And it’s taken many of us
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