Published by Ateneo Press, the Philippine release of Global Battlefields is now available through Lazada, Shopee, Ateneo Press and Fully Booked. The book has garnered praise from notable figures, including Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who described it as:
“A thinker and philosopher with the courage to live according to his values, Walden Bello is the only Filipino to resign from Congress because of his principles. In Global Battlefields, he reflects on his lifelong fight for justice and equality, and why some of the movements he helped lead failed. This is not just a feel-good story of activism; it’s a raw and honest examination of what it takes to challenge power and money—essential reading for anyone working for a just world.”
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Praise for Global Battlefields:
“Amid many years of challenges, setbacks and triumphs, Walden Bello remains one of the most fearless and insightful voices fighting for democratic rights in the Philippines and beyond.
This page-turning memoir of a respected figure of the broader Philippine left gives a blow-by-blow account of Walden’s evolution as an activist and academic – his days as a leader of anti-war student protests at Princeton University, an agent of the underground anti-dictatorship movement, and later a member of the House of Representatives for Akbayan, and an advocate against globalization and imperialist interests.
His personal pilgrimage reflects the larger journey and sacrifices of a generation of Filipinos who struggled against the forces of dictatorship, capital, and empire.
This memoir is both a compelling account of the achievements of Walden and his generation, and a candid discussion of their crises and failures. It is a must read for persons who have struggled and continue to struggle for a better future for all.”
-Senator Risa Hontiveros
Walden Bello is more than just a political activist, or a progressive Filipino politician. He is, as his autobiography exhibits, a literary giant, capable of breathing life and painting colors to what otherwise could have been just another political memoir devoid of character and soul. In these pages, Prof. Walden creates in words a real world of people and events that could all but have been lost to history, if not for the brilliance of his recollection and the erudition of his writing. More than his memoirs, this book is a history of the long struggle of the cosmopolitan Filipino to find a global role amidst his native land’s parochialism and cultural regression. This is Rizal and the Propaganda Movement in Europe redux, still seeking liberation, still fighting battles that would be familiar to our great 19th century forefathers and foremothers. If this book is Prof. Walden’s swan song, our gratitude to him for a gift that embraces us all in our collective misfortune as a nation still lost in its place in the world.