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Power, Resistance & Political Organizing under the Duterte Regime
In May last year, Rodrigo Duterte was elected to the Philippines presidency, with his ascendancy to power embodying an unravelling of the discourse that has supported the People Power Revolution of...
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Martial Law Then and Now; Collective Memory-Making as Urgent Task*
The imposition of Martial Law in Mindanao carries with it the probability of Martial Law being imposed in the entire Philippines. With President Duterte threatening to put the Visayas and Luzon under...
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In Photos: March for Land and Social Justice
A young farmer looks back as farmers march forward during the third and final day of the march from Hermosa, Bataan to Manila.Ka Fe Andulan (woman wearing blue shirt on the left) and other women...
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Why the Commons Matter
“Enclosures have appropriately been called a revolution of the rich against the poor.”Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation. 1944. (p. 35) “Our ancestral domain or traditional territory covers...
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Job Opening: Communications Officer
BackgroundFocus on the Global South (Focus) is a non-governmental organisation with offices in Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines and India. Focus combines policy research, advocacy, activism and...
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Job Opening: Sombath Initiative Programme Officer
BackgroundFocus on the Global South (Focus) is a non-governmental organisation with offices in Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines and India. Focus combines policy research, advocacy, activism and...
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Interview with Shalmali Guttal: "Small Scale Food Producers are at the...
originally posted on ileia.orgWhat does the term ‘climate justice’ actually mean?For us at Focus (Focus on the Global South) we see climate justice as intrinsically linked with other forms of justice –...
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Advancing Justice After Climate Disaster in the Philippines
by Mary Ann Manahan; originally posted on ileia.orgOn Sicogon Island in the Philippines, farmers and fisher folk were displaced from their land and fisher folk were displaced from their land and...
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Four Challenges To Global Trade Activists
Walden Bello's Keynote Speech to the Forum on European Union-Latin America Trade Relations, Brussels, June 28, 2017 (by Skype from Tokyo)I would like to thank the Transnational Institute and other...
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The Bolivian Government Must Stop Persecuting Those Defending Nature and...
7 July 2017Focus on the Global SouthPablo Solón, the Director of Fundación Solón, former Executive Director of Focus on the Global South, and former Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), is...
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Call for Solidarity and Participation! People’s Summit against FTAs and RCEP
22-26 July 2017Hyderabad, IndiaThe Government of India will host the 19th trade round of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) from 17-28 July 2017 in the city of Hyderabad. The RCEP...
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Solidarité avec notre ami bolivien Pablo Solón - Attac France
Attac France have released a statement (in French), in support of Pablo Solón. Mardi 11 Juillet 2017, par Attac FranceNous apprenons avec effroi que Pablo Solón, ambassadeur de la Bolivie aux Nations...
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In Photos: Worldwide Solidarity with Pablo Solon and Rafael Archondo
Filipino small fishers from the provinces of Laguna, Batangas, Bataan, Quezon, La Union, Pangasinan, and General Santos are in solidarity with Pablo Solon and Rafael Archondo and join calls for...
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Solidarity Actions in Support of Pablo Solón and Rafael Archondo, and Against...
Pablo Solón is being persecuted by the Bolivian Government, and is facing fabricated legal charges because he dared to challenge two mega-hydropower projects in the Amazonian region, El Bala and El...
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Nyeleni Newsletter No. 30 – Promoting Food Sovereignty
Editorial Advancing the paradigm of Food Sovereignty This year marks the tenth anniversary of the historic International Forum on Food Sovereignty that was held Mali in 2007. The Forum brought together...
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ICTS13 Declaration: Return the Space of Knowledge, Rights, and Civil...
Declaration of the “The Community of International Academics” 13th International Conference on Thai Studies and Scholars on Thai Studies“Return the Space of Knowledge, Rights, and Civil Liberties to...
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Asia and the Mega Free Trade Agreements
By Joseph PuruggananVery few people know about them, but new generation free trade agreements have become powerful instruments in shaping how development is pursued in the 21st Century. And rapidly...
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Presentations: A Year of Dutertismo, Unpacking its Policies, Vision, and...
Focus on the Global South has organised a forum entitled "A Year of Dutertismo: Unpacking its Policies, Vision and Direction" on 18 July 2017 at the Balay Kalinaw, University of the Philippines,...
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Economic Growth and the Rise of Dictatorial Regimes – Roundtable Report
As part of the 13th International Conference on Thai Studies, Focus on the Global South (Focus) organized a roundtable discussion on 16 July 2017 to look at the role of capitalism and development in...
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Declaration from the People's Convention against FTAs and RCEP
23 July 2017--Hyderabad, IndiaWe join hands to resist RCEP and Free Trade Agreements which are an Onslaught on the Lives, Livelihoods and Rights of the Majority of Indians and on the Nation’s...
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