Category: Asia/World
Indigenous self-determination: a blueprint for the ‘good life’
In an age of global warming, rising authoritarianism, and the corporate-led delusion of infinite...
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KASAMAS FOR LOVE, FOR PEACE. Heiwa koshin desu! (We are the Peace March!). Kiyosu Castle, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. 2019 June 10. Photo by Hideki “Run” Yokoe.
Peace and Courage in the Time of COVID-19
Solidarity Message from the Global South to the 2020 Japan Peace March[i] By Galileo de Guzman...
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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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COVID-19 Pandemic: Rethink on the Pacific Trade Pact?
Supatsak Pobsuk 26 May 2020 Debate on CPTPP in Thailand The Comprehensive and Progressive...
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How to Improve Myanmar’s Covid-19 Emergency Relief Program
By Walden Bello, Doi Ra Lahkyen, Jenny Franco, Pietje Vervest and Tom Kramer* The Covid-19...
Read MoreStatement to the Extraordinary Meeting of G20 Agriculture Ministers, April 21, 2020
As the COVID-19 health emergency unleashes a wider social and economic crisis, we believe that urgent action is indeed needed to safeguard global food security and nutrition. Action, however, cannot be limited to ensuring the...
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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...
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Martin Khor: The Making of a Global Activist
The late Martin Khor united activists, officials, and thought leaders against trade and climate...
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Job post: Regional Program Coordinator
Focus on the Global South (Focus) is currently seeking to fill the position of Regional Program...
Read MoreConfronting a Mega Deal: People’s Resistance to RCEP
by Joseph Purugganan Governments are now scrambling to conclude negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), the mega free trade and investment deal launched 7 years ago by the ten countries...
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Rachmi of Indonesia for Global Justice speaks at a Climate Justice rally during the 5th session of negotiations for a UN Binding Treaty for Transnational Corporations on Human Rights/ [Photo by Joseph Purugganan]
Trade & Investment Agreements and Human Rights
by Joseph Purugganan How do we ensure corporate accountability in the wake of rising power of...
Read MoreHundreds of Civil Society Organizations Worldwide Denounce World Economic Forum´s Takeover of the UN
240 civil society organizations and 40 international networks have called on the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General to end the recently signed UN’s Strategic Partnership Agreement with the World Economic Forum (WEF). The...
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