Nick Buxton

Nick Buxton is a communications consultant, working on media, publications and online communications for TNI. He has been based in California since September 2008 and prior to that lived in Bolivia for four years, working as writer/web editor at Fundación Solón. His publications include “Civil society and debt cancellation” in Civil society and human rights (Routledge, 2004) and “Politics of debt” in Dignity and Defiance: Bolivia’s challenge to globalisation (University of California Press/Merlin Press UK, January 2009).

Has the era of the ethical corporation arrived?

The corporate world’s embrace of purpose may seem commendable. But without any enforcement mechanisms, the profit-motive will always win out.

By Nick Buxton

/ 19 Dec 2019

Has the era of the ethical corporation arrived?

Trump’s border wall is a multi-billion dollar corporate handout

The militarisation of the US border has led to an increase in migrant deaths and a windfall for the security industry.

By Nick Buxton and Todd Miller

/ 15 Oct 2019

Trump’s border wall is a multi-billion dollar corporate handout

Transformative Cities Initiative: a unique participatory award

Until Tuesday, 5 June, we invite you to vote on the initiatives that inspire you to take actions of your own. The 2018 Transformative Cities People's Choice Award will be announced on 6 June 2018.

By Nick Buxton and Sol Trumbo Vila

/ 29 May 2018

An atlas of real utopias?

TNI today presents its Atlas of Utopias, part of the Transformative Cities initiative, sharing 32 stories of radical transformation that demonstrate that another world is possible, and already exists.

By Nick Buxton and Sol Trumbo Vila

/ 21 Mar 2018

The power of a transformative city

“The local was where democracy was born; it is now where we will recover it.” Fearless Cities.

By Nick Buxton and Sol Trumbo Vila

/ 30 Sep 2017

Our common ground: a salute to the Young Global Collective

The renowned Egyptian novelist and beacon of the Arab uprisings in conversation with the Transnational Institute, speaks of inequality, global conferring, cultures in resistance, solidarity, democracy and justice today.

By Nick Buxton and Ahdaf Soueif

/ 24 Jan 2017

The deadly consequences of Europe’s border militarization

Refugees are using other, often more dangerous, routes, contributing to the increase in migrant deaths that we have seen in 2016.

By Nick Buxton and Mark Akkerman

/ 19 Dec 2016

The deadly consequences of Europe’s border militarization

Refugees are using other, often more dangerous, routes, contributing to the increase in migrant deaths that we have seen in 2016.

By Nick Buxton and Mark Akkerman

/ 19 Dec 2016

The winners and losers in EU’s great privatisation fire sale

Selling state assets such as ports and airports in order to meet bailout requirements is not a realistic solution to the financial crisis.

By Nick Buxton and Sol Trumbo Vila

/ 23 Feb 2016

The winners and losers in EU’s great privatisation fire sale

Selling state assets such as ports and airports in order to meet bailout requirements is not a realistic solution to the financial crisis.

By Nick Buxton and Sol Trumbo Vila

/ 23 Feb 2016

How will Davos Man address inequality?

Will it mean consigning today’s neoliberal model, that has created the transfer of wealth upwards, to history’s trash-heap? Perhaps unsurprisingly, no, not at all.

By Nick Buxton and David Sogge

/ 22 Jan 2016

Ten years on: Katrina, militarisation and climate change

A security-led approach to climate change and complex emergencies not only fails to address the fundamental causes of these crises – it will often exacerbate them.

By Nick Buxton and Ben Hayes

/ 28 Aug 2015