Category: Power and Democracy
Thaksin Shinawatra returns to Thailand as part of political deal giving the Pheu Thai party the prime ministership. Photo from 'Fast Backward Alliance' set to govern — Bangkok Post. https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2639783.
Establishment Wins, People Lose in Thai Political Compromise
By Kheetanat Synth Wannaboworn and Walden Bello* Southeast Asia Political Dynasties Project...
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“Back from the Future” Coalition Set to Govern Thailand
Shorter version of this article is published as an op-ed at Bangkok Post here. By Kheetanat Synth...
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Imperialism as Usual: Current Developments in Africa and the Urgency of Building a People-led Pan-African Agenda
by Boaventura Monjane[i] The imperialist agenda in Africa continues through the...
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Learning from Herstories and Histories; Shaping Futures, 4 August 2023. Photo by Shalmali Guttal.
Learning from Herstories and Histories; Shaping Futures
The Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute (CUSRI) and Focus on the Global South...
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SONA Moblizations on 24 July 2023 along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City, Philippines.
2023 Civil Society Mobilizations for the State of the Nation Address (SONA)
SONA Moblizations on 24 July 2023 along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City, Philippines. ...
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Ahead of President Bongbong Marcos’ State of the Nation Address (SONA) farmers raise doubts whether the recently signed new agrarian emancipation law that seeks to condone agrarian debts will indeed benefit farmers or favor instead landowners who have managed to regain control over agrarian lands. 21 July 2023. Quezon City. Photo by J. Purugganan
Emancipating Farmers, or Land Owners? The New Agrarian Emancipation Act needs a revalidation of ownership in agrarian lands
PRESS STATEMENT: Emancipating Farmers, or Land Owners? The New Agrarian Emancipation Act needs a...
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Joseph Purugganan speaking at the Roundtable discussion Reality vs Expectation: BBM’s 2023 SONA.
Civil Society under the Marcos-Duterte Administration
By Joseph Purugganan [1] It is important to start by looking at a way to frame the relationship...
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Amid heavy rains in the morning of July 17, more than 70 families from Barangay Sumalo located in Bataan Province in the Philippines were forcefully displaced by local police from their makeshift shelters in the village evacuation site. This happened against the backdrop of the Sumalo farmers' struggle for agrarian justice.
70 families forced out of evacuation site amid agrarian dispute in Sumalo
17 July 2023 PHILIPPINES—Amid heavy rains, more than 70 families from Barangay Sumalo located in...
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Move Forward Party Official Facebook Page (facebook.com/MoveForwardPartyThailand)
Thailand on the Brink of Change
By Kheetanat Synth Wannaboworn and Walden Bello* The next few days leading up to July 13 will...
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Standing Up for Justice
Artwork by Kyaw Linn Story by CDMer (Health Professional) The story is part of “Living the...
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Thailand/Laos: Investigate the Killing of Lao Refugee and Put an End to Transnational Repression of Human Rights Defenders
Originally published at the Amnesty International’s website here. In response to news on 17...
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PRESS RELEASE: CRIMINALIZATION AGAINST FILIPINO PEASANTS REACHES THE UN
Download PDF Geneva, May 8, 2023 – The Movement for Agrarian Reform and Social Justice...
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