The Left Better Arm Itself with a Strategy for Deglobalization: An interview with Walden Bello*
*This interview was done by the French online publication Mediapart and was originally published...
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Author: Joseph Purugganan
Informal worker doing food deliveries stopped by police amid lockdown. Photo by JL Burgos
Philippines: Informal Workers face brunt of COVID-19 Lockdown
By Joseph Purugganan* 17 April 2020 The Luzon-wide lockdown implemented by the Duterte...
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Till, sow and harvest transformative ideas for the future! Now is the moment to demand food sovereignty – #17April
LVC Press Release | 15 April 2020 (Harare) On 17 April 2020 – the International Day of...
Read MoreMessage to Applicants for the posts of Regional Program Coordinator and Content Creator and Outreach Coordinator
Applicants for the posts of Regional Program Coordinator and Content Creator and Outreach Coordinator Hope you are all well and safe. We acknowledge receipt of your applications and thank you all for your interest in joining the...
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Job Post: Content Creator and Outreach Coordinator
JOB OPPORTUNITY: CONTENT CREATOR AND OUTREARCH COORDINATOR FOCUS ON THE GLOBAL SOUTH Closing date...
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Farmer groups stage a protest at the gates of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) to call on the government to repeal the Rice Liberalization Law. 2019 November 20. Pasig City, Philippines.
Farmers demand government to repeal Rice Liberalization Law
On Wednesday, November 20, around 100 farmers, farmworkers, rural youth, women, urban poor, and...
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Young farmer killed in Bataan over agrarian land
Press Release/Statement 10 JUNE 2019 Hermosa, Bataan – Tensions broke out in Barangay Sumalo after...
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Adyenda ng Taumbayan, hindi Chacha ng iilan! Ika-labing walong araw ng Lakbay mula Marawi hanggang Maynila. Photo by Del Bañares
The Election Challenge: Stopping Duterte’s Authoritarian Agenda
FOCUS ON THE GLOBAL SOUTH The midterm elections come at very critical conjuncture. The series of...
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Women's rights advocates from different organizations converge on Rizal Park to demand respect for women's rights and the recognition and resolution of their issues. International Women's Day. 2019 March 8. Manila, Philippines. Photo by Galileo de Guzman Castillo.
Misogyny, Neoliberalism, and Despotism: Shoring up Duterte’s Anti-Women Agenda
Bianca Martinez Even before Duterte became President, women were already burdened with multiple...
Read MoreSelective Transparency, Inconsistent Accountability:Unpacking Duterte’s Anti-Corruption Campaign
Raphael Baladad “Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap” (If there is no corruption, there is no poverty) was the rallying call behind Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s Presidential campaign in 2010, with the promise of...
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Where will the 2019 elections take us? A side street near a slum area in Quezon City is lined with election posters. April 2019. Photo by Joseph Purugganan
Stopping the Slide: Democracy and Human Rights Decline under Duterte
Joseph Purugganan From his pulpit at the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in...
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Musicians from Southeast Asia come together to collaborate on songs that amplify and support peoples’ struggles across the region
The Asian Music for Peoples’ Peace and Progress or AMP3, a collective of artists with a...
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Onions sold alongside a highway in the Municipality of Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija, priced at P100.00 (USD 1.92) for a 10-kilo sack. Onion farmers in the Philippines struggle with plummeting market prices due to import liberalization. Photo by Raphael Baladad
Surviving in a fading countryside: The plight of small food producers under Duterte
Government responses to the recent crises on food have revealed one thing: uplifting the hands...
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Rising food prices was a main driver of inflation in 2018. Government responded by opening up the rice market to more imports. March 2019. Photo by Joseph Purugganan.
The Price of Taming Inflation
By Joseph Purugganan Chaos has been the brand of the Duterte presidency. His governance has been...
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Why we should not dance to Duterte and Arroyo’s Cha-Cha: Unpacking the neoliberal and authoritarian agenda behind federalism
By Bianca Martinez Since his presidential campaign in 2016, Rodrigo Duterte has promised to change...
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