Category: The Commons
SPI Peasants in Tebo Fight Against Land Grabbing, Implementing Genuine Agrarian Reform
JAKARTA—Agrarian reform is a priority program of the administration of President Jokowi and...
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Pursuing Accountability, Peace and Participation: 10 years of uncertainty in the Dawei Special Economic Zone
“The development of this road linkage infrastructure will effectively generate economic and social...
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Advancing land rights in Zamboanga
Focus together with Rural Poor Institute for Land and Human Rights Services (RIGHTS) co-organized...
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Climate justice group demands real solutions to metro water woes
Marching under the banner “Tapat na solusyon, Hindi Tapal na solusyon” [True...
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Indigenous women mark March 8 protesting dam project
Press Release: Indigenous women’s action for Women’s Day “Ang lupa ay ginawa hindi...
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RCEP must not undermine farmers’ rights, especially to protect their own plant varieties
RCEP Negotiations Must Not Include Obligation to Join or Implement UPOV Systems and In...
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Civil society coalition slams anti-poor Manila Bay reclamation project
Press Release Manila Bay Para sa Tao slams anti-poor reclamation project QUEZON CITY—A...
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Small fishers and informal settlers in Manila Bay state their position clearly: YES to a pro-people rehabilitation of the Bay, but NO to Reclamation. 24 January 2019. Quezon City. [Photo by Joseph Purugganan]
Small fishers call for pro-people rehabilitation of Manila Bay
The Duterte administration’s rehabilitation of Manila Bay is set to begin on 27 January but a...
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10 Years of Struggle for Land and Life
The Southern Peasants’ Federation of Thailand (SPFT) celebrated their 10th...
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Justice for the TAMASCO 8 Massacre. Now.
December 3 marks the first death anniversary of Datu Victor Danyan, his two sons, son-in law, and...
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Toward land justice : Thai farmers’ struggles to defend their land and life
A public event was held on 17 to 18 November 2018 at Thammasat University, Bangkok to discuss and...
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Dangers posed by RCEP for agriculture & smallholder farmers
The following is a discussion note by Afsar Jafri for a lecture at the 4th Kisan Swaraj Sammelan...
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