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The subversion of the Philippines’ Indigenous People’s Rights Act

The following paper was presented under the title The Philippines’ Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1997: Challenges to Realizing the Full Potential of a Progressive Law at a discussion on the crafting of a law to advance the rights of indigenous people in Thailand,...
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Why the Duterte regime could fall victim to COVID-19

People expected a message of hope from his State of the Nation Address, but the Philippine president instead self-destructed against the background of a public health disaster, a collapsing economy, and a generational rebellion. In his fifth State of the Nation (SONA)...
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The burning question is not if Duterte will go, but how

originally posted on Rappler 'Even Duterte’s usually aggressive DDS true believers and paid trolls are confused and defensive in their comments, or are simply keeping quiet, waiting desperately for the wind shift that will never come' This is the way the world ends...
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The Far Right: Formidable but not Unbeatable

By Walden Bello* The Covid-19 pandemic has frozen much social and economic life throughout the world, but it has not stopped political polarization.  In the US, there has been a welcome push-back from the left as millions of people throughout the country went to the...
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A Siamese Tragedy

Mar 6, 2008 |

The military coup in Thailand is the second high-profile collapse of a democracy in the developing world in the last...

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Nuts

May 1, 2007 |

He dismisses the violent reaction to his latest antic, saying, "There are many nuts in this country; more than...

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