Open Letter to the Biden Administration on the Need for a Pandemic Pivot
It’s urgent not to return to the previous status quo. It’s time for creative thinking and bold...
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US President Joe Biden. Photo: Eric Haynes
Author: Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner
In Defence of Democracy and the Farmers’ Movement
Media Release The widespread farmers agitations against the pro-business and anti-farmer...
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A historic process continues at the UN: States resume substantive negotiations on the text for a binding treaty on transnational corporations with respect to human rights on 28 October 2020. Photo: Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity
Civil society drives momentum for UN treaty on TNCs and human rights
PRESS RELEASE Despite covid-19 limitations, civil society drives momentum for the historic UN...
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The sixth session of the UN Human Rights Council’s Open-ended Intergovernmental working group (OEIGWG) on Transnational corporations (TNCs) and Other Business Enterprises in Geneva from 26-30 October 2020.
Asian Network pushes stronger TNC regulations at the UN amidst pandemic
Amidst the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the negotiations towards a legally binding...
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EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan. CC-BY-4.0: © European Union 2019 – Source: EP
Open Letter to EU Trade Commissioner on Philippines GSP+ Withdrawal
Note: This open letter was addressed to then-EU Trade Commissioner Paul Hogan on 1 September 2020....
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Swiggy employees go on strike in Chennai, India, in August 2020. Photo: Thandora Times
Indian Labour Law Must Recognise Platform Workers’ Rights
Statement issued by an Alliance of Labour Unions and Civil Society Organisations September 22,...
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Photo: Santos Unsad / TJG
TJG Statement: 2020 International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples
In celebration of the “2020 International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples” with the theme:...
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President Donald J. Trump makes a stop at a pizza shop in Old Forge, PA, on August 20, 2020. Photo: White House
Is the United States a failing state?
By Richard Falk To ask whether the United States, the world’s dominant military power, is ‘a...
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The Philippines’ Response to COVID-19: Limits of State Capacity
In an article for the Covid-19 Chronicles of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) of...
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Overcoming the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from the “dulet”
by Alim “Kim” Bandara* 2020 June 21 The Covid-19 pandemic came to a surprise to the...
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Webinar on COVID-19: Deglobalisation and the opportunity for food sovereignty
COVID-19 has exposed multiple weaknesses and failures of the corporate and finance capital...
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SPI Peasants in Tebo Fight Against Land Grabbing, Implementing Genuine Agrarian Reform
JAKARTA—Agrarian reform is a priority program of the administration of President Jokowi and...
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Breaking the Neoliberal Consensus in a COVID-19 World: An Agenda for India
9 May 2020 Economies around the world, and those in the developing world in particular, face...
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Statement From Feminists in India Against The Police Violence That Killed George Floyd
We, feminists in India, strongly condemn the murder of George Floyd, an African-American, by a...
Read MoreThe Mekong needs just energy transitions, not more destructive dams
On 11 May, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) announced that the proposed Sanakham hydropower project in Laos will undergo the MRC’s Prior Consultation process.[1] Sanakham is the sixth mainstream dam to be submitted for Prior...
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