An initial response from individuals, social movements and non-governmental Organisations in support of a transitional programme for radical economic transformation Beijing, 15 October 2008 Preamble Taking advantage of the...
Read Moreby Walden Bello* (Updated 18 October 2008) Flying into New York, I had the same feeling I had when I arrived in Beirut two years ago, at the height of the Israeli bombing of that city—that of entering a war zone. The immigration...
Read Moreby Walden Bello Originally published on The Nation, 24 September 2008 Many Asians absorb what is happening in Wall Street with a combination of déjà vu, skepticism and “I-told-you-so.” For many, the Wall Street...
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originally posted on The Hindu
CHENNAI: When rivers in Rajasthan, a desert State, can get a fresh lease of life and become perennial, it is possible in Tamil Nadu, too, Rajendra Singh, leader of the Tarun Bharat Sangh and winner of the 2001 Magsaysay Award, said here on Friday.
Participating in a ‘water dialogue’ held as part of the pan-Asian colloquium at Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, he said that having a sense of water, sense of river and sense of life, and seeing a close relationship among the three, was the critical factor.
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Join the pan-Asian water dialogue between policy makers, water operators, engineers, unions and water rights activists.
Featured Speakers India
B.K. Sinha, IAS, Director General, National Institute of Rural Development
Rajendra Singh, Tarun Bharat Sangh, Rajasthan, Magsaysay Award Winner
Featured Speakers International
Anil Naidoo, Blue Planet Project, Council of Canadians
Saleh Rabi, Director, Palestiniaian Water Training institute, Palestine
Mary Ann Manahan, Focus on Global South, Philippines
Moderator
Arvind Sivramakrishnan, The Hindu and Asian College of Journalism
Open to the public as part of the proceedings of the Asian Water Colloquium on September 26, 2008. 5-30 pm. At the IC & SR Auditorium, the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
If you are unable to participate physically, you can Query the Colloquium online (click here) and track the feedback on www.rightsresearch.org
Read Moreby Walden Bello Many on Wall Street are still digesting the momentous events of the last ten days: 1-3 trillion dollars worth of financial assets wiped out. Wall Street effectively nationalized, with the Federal Reserve and the...
Read MoreSecuring the Right to Water—Challenges and Solutions in Asia September 25-27, 2008 IC & SR Hall, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India organised by Reclaiming Public Water Network, Focus on Global South,...
Read Moreby Walden Bello* (This essay originally appeared as the author’s commentary in Foreign Policy in Focus, Sept. 5, 2008.) Despite the glitter that surrounded both the Olympics in Beijing and the Democratic National Convention in...
Read MoreWe are glad to invite you to the upcoming ASEAN Peoples’ Forum (APF), scheduled to take place December 12 through 14 2008, at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. This unique platform of direct People-to-People engagement...
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – A group of civil society organizations have expressed disappointment over the “non-mention” of migrant labor issues in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Charter. Asked to...
Read More“Globalization and Social Transformation” November 3 – 21 Chulalongkorn University Bangkok, Thailand Application Deadline: Sept. 15, 2008 Course Description This course examines globalization and its...
Read MoreBy Walden Bello and Mary Lou Malig* Like the good Count of Transylvania, the so-called Doha Round of trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization collapsed twice–the first time during the Cancun Ministerial Meeting...
Read MoreThe South Asian People’s Assembly (Colombo, 18-20 July) resolves to issue the Peoples SAARC Declaration at this gathering of representatives from SAARC countries. We, members of social movements, labour unions, women’s...
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STOP THE NEW ROUND COALITION PRESS STATEMENT 30 July 2008 Stop the New Round Coalition calls the...
Read Moreby Walden Bello There is something surreal about the ongoing World Trade Organization talks in Geneva , which aim at coming up with a new agreement to bring down tariffs in order to expand world trade and resuscitate global...
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