Statement of the ASEAN Peoples’ Forum-Fourth ASEAN Civil Society Conference 20 – 22 February 2009 Bangkok, Thailand We represent a group of more than 1,000 participants from the ASEAN region, and in solidarity with our friends...
Read MoreTurning their backs on the worldFeb 19th 2009From The Economist print editionThe integration of the world economy is in retreat on almost every frontIllustration by Claudio MunozTHE economic meltdown has popularised a new term:...
Read MoreIt is a rare occasion that both the ASEAN Chair and the ASEAN Secretary-General sit down to dialogue with hundreds of civil society representatives, and expectations were understandably high. However, it was a surprise that it...
Read More(Activists protest the impact of free trade agreements (FTAs) during a dialogue session with Thai foreign minister Kasit Piromya and ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan at the Fourth ASEAN Civil Society Conference on February...
Read MoreFocus on the Global South is co-organizing 10 workshops at the ASEAN Peoples’ Forum on Saturday, February 21, 2009. Some of these workshops shall be available in live streaming. To download the list of workshops together...
Read MoreGroups fear EU’s aggressive trade agenda is driving the talks EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Campaign Network-Philippines* Secretariat Office, 19-Maginhawa St., Teachers’ Village, Diliman Quezon City. Tel...
Read MorePublished on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 by Foreign Policy in Focus by Walden Bello* As goods pile up in wharves from Bangkok to Shanghai, and workers are laid off in record numbers, people in East Asia are beginning to realize...
Read MoreThe dramatic downturn gripping the global economy has breathed new life into old questions about how best to run our economic systems. Politicians, business leaders and policymakers searched for solutions at this year’s...
Read MoreCampaign Secretariat Office, c/o 19-Maginhawa Street, Teachers Village, Diliman, Quezon City Press Release: Philippine negotiator criticized for supporting EU Proposal for bilateral trade negotiations A civil society network...
Read Moreby Walden Bello* Inter Press Service, 23 January 2009 MANILA, Jan (IPS) As the US recession drags Asia down, there has been much speculation about a regional response to the crisis. Seemingly lending substance to this have been...
Read MoreWalden Bello interviewed Aljazeera Walden Bello has attended every World Social Forum. He is a senior analyst at Focus on Global South, president of the Freedom from Debt Coalition and a professor at the University of the...
Read Moreby Alejandro Kirk/IPS TerraViva The World Social Forum has an urgent and crucial task: battling the social democratic response to the global crisis capitalism now under way, and push for a democratic control of economy and...
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