2024: the year crises got worse, but can things get better?
December 30 2024 Focus on the Global South Two thousand and twenty-four was marked by three...
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Author: Anisa
FRANCISCO (KA DODONG) NEMENZO: SOCIALIST, PATRIOT, FRIEND
Focus on the Global South deeply regrets the passing of Dr Francisco (“Dodong”) Nemenzo. Dr...
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EVEN AS THE MULTIPLE CRISIS DEEPENS IN ASIA, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ADVANCE THE STRUGGLE FOR ALTERNATIVES
Focus on the Global South December 2024 The so-called ‘Asian century’ is a veritable jumble...
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Jess Santiago plays one of his songs at a gathering of artists-activists in Dhaka, Bangladesh. February 2024. Photo by Joseph Purugganan.
Human Rights Defenders honored for their work to promote and defend human rights
By Joseph Purugganan Originally published here. Written for Amplifying Human Rights Through Music:...
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Filmmaker JL Burgos and his mother Edita Burgos protesting the X-rating given by the Movies and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) to their film Alipato at Muog, a documentary on the search for missing activist Jonas Burgos. Photo by Chantal Eco.
Culture amidst Conflict
By Joseph Purugganan Originally published here. Written for Amplifying Human Rights Through Music:...
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[JOINT STATEMENT] Laos: States should ask “Where is Sombath?” at upcoming review of human rights record
15 December 2024: On the 12-year anniversary of the unresolved enforced disappearance of Lao civil...
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Shui-Meng Ng speech delivered remotely at the opening of the 27th session of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) in Geneva, 23 September 2024.
“Where is Sombath?” Family of disappeared Lao activist demands answers
Originally posted at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...
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Solidarity Seed Festival and Harvest Ritual Celebration
— Together to preserve traditional seeds and the environment Peasants, food workers, and...
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Indian Civil Society Demands a new democratic financialsystem on World Bank/IMF’s 80th Anniversary
This statement was originally published on Working Group on IFIs and can be read here. Watch here...
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Exploring the Intersection of Sound and Activism
Insights from the Roundtable Discussion “Sound of the Struggles and His/Herstory”...
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Panisa “Khun TaTa” Ruengchai from Serii- Palestine
How we can build Palestine solidarity among our region
by Panisa “Khun TaTa” Ruengchai We are from Serii Palestine which is a Thai activist...
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TeduRISE. Valtimore “Bong” Fenis (center) shares his perspectives on the intersectionality of the struggles for indigenous peoples’ rights, self-determination, peace, and development during the Palestine Solidarity Session at the Mekong-ASEAN Environmental Week. Bangkok, Thailand. 2024 September 28. Photo by Galileo de Guzman Castillo.
SOLIDARITY FROM BELOW
By Valtimore “Bong” Fenis* Heard of Palestine genocide? Myanmar military rule? Victims of...
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Preserving Tradition: Nim Chheang’s Legacy of Agroecology in Cambodia
In the lush, semi-wetlands of Sdey Krom village, nestled in Prek Luong commune, Ek Phnom district...
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Rhetoric And Realities: How Does Official Development Assistance Impact Non-Moro Indigenous Peoples In The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao?
Research/Analysis by Isaak Heller Political calls by LOYUKAN network Download the report in...
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Rediscovering Roots: Agroecology as a Future for Adivasi Livelihoods
Field notes from Sonbhadra, India 28 August 2024 By Angshuman Sarma [1] On the...
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