Walden Bello
Activist • Academic • Journalist • Writer
Latest
The Continuing Imprisonment of Leila de Lima Is an International Scandal
Her incarceration for having the temerity to investigate former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is a stain on the...
Spellbinding: Review of Decision to Leave by Park Chan Wook
The professional and the personal merge intricately to create a memorable story of crime and passion set in a Korea...
Towards 2042: Review of Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Others have made the point that America has a caste system, but no one has made it as effectively as Isabel Wilkerson. By a...
Emancipation Review
You can never fail with a story of someone successfully eluding those chasing him with bloodthirsty dogs. And if it’s a...
Short Speech at Rally in Support of Fidel Nemenzo at Quezon Hall, UP Diliman
I think there is no doubt that in terms of scholarship, teaching, and administration, Chancellor Fidel Nemenzo deserves a...
Lady Chatterley, Senator Leila, and Patriarchy
Not a substitute for the experience of reading a great novel, but this is probably as good as a film adaptation of D.H....