Presented at the AEPF 13 Plenary : Covid 19 and the Broken Economic System. 20 May 2021 By Walden Bello Covid 19 and...
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#FactsFirst | The Real Battle in 2022
Writer, teacher, and activist Walden Bello joins Christian Esguerra in an in-depth discussion on why it's important...
The West Has Been Hoarding More Than Vaccines
MANILA — I’ve had my first Covid-19 vaccine jab, drawn from the limited supply of the AstraZeneca doses that has made...
Presentation on Finance Capital and Greece
A few slides from my presentation at the forum on "Understanding the Greek Crisis," sponsored by Focus on the Global...
Global poverty down, Philippine poverty remains high
That the poverty situation in the Philippines has not improved has been the cause of much concern lately. According...
The Hashimoto Controversy and Japan’s Failure to Come to Terms with its Past
The words were so brazen that they have created a firestorm globally. This was the comment of Mayor Toru Hashimoto of...
Wrong Choice, Again?
The conclave to elect the new Pope was an opportunity for the Catholic Church’s all-male college of cardinals to...
I’ll miss Hugo
I’ll miss Hugo. When I first was introduced to him in Porto Alegre in 2003, he greeted me, “Mi padre,” and said he...
Agrarian reform and the urban illusion
There can be no doubt that the administration of President Benigno Aquino III has made significant strides in terms of...
Women’s rights: Turning point in India, triumph in Manila
Women’s rights have been in the forefront of international concern over the last few weeks. Up in arms against rape...
Why the Philippines cannot afford to be “Like-Minded” in Doha
(This article was co-authored by Richard Javad Heydarian.) Seldom has a global conference been so devoid of positive...
Confronting the Continuing Power Crisis
Power rates in the Philippines are the highest in Asia and rank fifth in the world. Brownouts lasting several hours a...