Category: Power and Democracy
Observations on the Thai Election 2019
Posted by admin2 | Apr 1, 2019 | Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Thailand | 0
Laos: Six Years On, Civil Society Worldwide Demand...
Posted by admin2 | Dec 20, 2018 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Statement | 0
Justice for the TAMASCO 8 Massacre. Now.
Posted by admin2 | Dec 20, 2018 | End Impunity, Philippines, Power and Democracy, Statement, The Commons | 0

Student protestors occupy Sanam Luang, beside Bangkok's Grand Palace, on 19 September 2020. Photo: Jacob Goldberg
The political education of Thailand’s dissident youth
by Kheetanat Wannaboworn | Dec 30, 2020 | Mekong Region, Opinion/Analysis, Power and Democracy, Social Movements, Thailand | 0
Thailand’s anti-government, anti-monarchy protests may have been triggered by recent abuses, but...
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Lao national and 2005 Magsaysay Award recipient Sombath Somphone stands beside a poster of fellow awardee V. Shanta during a press conference in Manila, Philippines on Monday 29 August 2005. Photo: EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA
Civil society demand Laos government reveal Sombath’s fate
by Focus on the Global South Team | Dec 15, 2020 | End Impunity, Laos, Statement | 0
Laos: After eight years, civil society worldwide demands the government establish and reveal...
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Thai police use water cannons to disperse pro-democracy demonstrations in Bangkok on 16 October 2020. Photo: Sirikan Charoensiri
Thai government must end crackdowns on pro-democracy activists
by Focus on the Global South Team | Oct 17, 2020 | Power and Democracy, Statement, Thailand | 0
Focus on the Global South calls on the Thai government to release all detained activists and lift...
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Thousands protested against Martial Law in Pepe Diokno Freedom Park, Quezon City, on September 21, 2020. Photo: PhilRights
Collective struggle, collective strength
by Focus on the Global South Team | Oct 7, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates, Feature, Philippines, Power and Democracy, Social Movements | 0
By Galileo de Guzman Castillo, Joseph Purugganan, and Bianca Martinez As we commemorate today the...
Read MoreOpen Letter to EU Trade Commissioner on Philippines GSP+ Withdrawal
by Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner | Oct 5, 2020 | 1Post Types, End Impunity, Philippines, Power and Democracy, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
Note: This open letter was addressed to then-EU Trade Commissioner Paul Hogan on 1 September 2020....
Read MoreTo dream the impossible dream: Youth-led uprisings in Thailand
by Supatsak Pobsuk | Aug 26, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates, Mekong Region, Opinion/Analysis, Power and Democracy, Thailand | 0
By Supatsak Pobsuk “Down with dictatorship, long live democracy.” – Protest chant On August 16,...
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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 Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner | Aug 26, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates, Opinion/Analysis, Power and Democracy | 0
By Richard Falk To ask whether the United States, the world’s dominant military power, is ‘a...
Read MoreWhy the Duterte regime could fall victim to COVID-19
by Walden Bello | Aug 26, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates, Opinion/Analysis, Philippines, Power and Democracy | 0
By Walden Bello People expected a message of hope from his State of the Nation Address, but the...
Read MoreThe burning question is not if Duterte will go, but how
by Walden Bello | Aug 24, 2020 | Opinion/Analysis, Philippines, Power and Democracy | 0
by Walden Bello originally posted on Rappler ‘Even Duterte’s usually aggressive DDS true...
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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
by Galileo de Guzman Castillo | Jul 6, 2020 | 1Post Types, Asia/World, COVID-19 Updates, Peace and Security, Power and Democracy | 0
Solidarity Message from the Global South to the 2020 Japan Peace March[i] By Galileo de Guzman...
Read MoreThe Racial and Genocidal Underpinnings of the American Way of War
by Walden Bello | Jul 6, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates, Power and Democracy | 0
by Walden Bello* The US military command’s pushback against President Donald Trump’s attempt to...
Read MoreWhat next for the Anti –CAA protests in India?
by Mansi Sharma | Jul 6, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates, India, Power and Democracy | 0
28 June 2020 Interview with Professor Manisha Sethi (NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India)...
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