On Duterte’s Arrest

by Dr Walden Bello, Amnesty International Philippines’ Most Distinguished Defender of Human Rights Awardee (2023) I landed in Seattle to the news of former President Rodrigo Duterte being arrested on a warrant of arrest issued by the International Criminal Court. I...

EDSA, Neoliberalism, and Globalization

(Delivered at Coalesce Conference, sponsored by Ateneo Lex, Ateneo de Manila, March 18, 2017.) Most of you had not yet seen the light of day when the EDSA Uprising took place in February 1986. To my generation, this event was a memorable step in the Philippines...
The Original Fascist

The Original Fascist

“When it comes to fascism, we’re not copycats. We’re original. In fact, our Fuhrer is a model for would be fascists elsewhere. To borrow an image from Quentin Tarantino, he’s not just a natural-born killer. He’s a natural-born...