𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑 Lessons from El Salvador’s Historic Mining Ban for the Philippines 📆 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝟵:𝟬𝟬𝗔𝗠-𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬𝗡𝗡 (Registration will begin at 9:00AM) 📍𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝗨𝗣 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗥)
Focus on the Global South
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What can be the way out, and are there any alternatives? Countries in the Global South face severe structural economic deficits that undermine their economic sovereignty, constrained by neo-colonial regulations. The current war in West Asia and the climate crisis aggravate this reality.
🆕 #FOCUSDispatch June 2026 is out. From ISDS in trade deals to nuclear revival and mega-dams, this edition traces how decisions over trade, energy, and digital life are pulled further from public hands — and how movements are pushing back ✊
**CALL FOR WORKSHOP APPLICATIONS** 📌Topic: Asian development trajectories in an era of protectionism and war 🤝🏻Organisers: IDEAs, Focus on the Global South, and D-Econ 📅Event date: 19-23 October 🗺️Location: Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 👀Read more: go.networkideas.org/3SEB6do
On the anniversary of the historic Welgang Bayan against the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), CSOs, environmental defenders, and community groups renewed their opposition to reviving the facility and expanding nuclear energy development in the Philippines. Read at focusweb.org/civil-societ...
Civil Society Groups Mark Anniversary of Welgang Bayan Against BNPP, Renew Call to Reject Nuclear Revival - Focus on the Global South
18 June 2026, Quezon City — On the anniversary of the historic Welgang Bayan[1] against the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), civil society organizations, environmental defenders, and community group...
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🆕 NEW ARTICLE: Invisible by Design: How the EU-Philippines FTA Protects Algorithms, Weakens Workers, and Locks In Digital Dependency SENTRO and Trade Justice Pilipinas Critique on the Digital Trade Chapter of the EU-Philippines FTA Read at focusweb.org/invisible-by...
Invisible by Design: How the EU-Philippines FTA Protects Algorithms, Weakens Workers, and Locks In Digital Dependency - Focus on the Global South
SENTRO and Trade Justice Pilipinas Critique on the Digital Trade Chapter of the EU-Philippines FTA The proposed Digital Trade Chapter of the EU-Philippines Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is presented as a...
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🆕 #FOCUSDispatch May 2026 is out. From India's labor rights rollback to ASEAN civil society demanding accountability, this edition traces how workers and communities resist the systems that deepen precarity and dispossession — movements continue to resist ✊
More than 40 CSOs from across Southeast Asia gathered in Quezon City on 13–14 May 2026, calling on ASEAN governments to move beyond rhetoric and take urgent action on the region’s worsening political, economic, social, and environmental crises. Read more 👇 focusweb.org/asean-csos-g...
ASEAN CSOs gather in the Philippines, resist “business as usual,” and call on ASEAN to address regional crises while upholding the fundamental rights of the peoples - Focus on the Global South
14 May 2026, Quezon City — More than 40 civil society organizations (CSOs) from across Southeast Asia gathered in Quezon City on 13–14 May 2026 for the Regional Consultative Meeting (RCM) of the ASEAN...
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📆 Happening tomorrow! The New Geopolitics of Food LAUNCH WEBINAR. As crisis after crisis hits food systems, what will it take to stabilise prices & build more resilient, self-reliant food systems? With incredible speakers @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social, @thinink.bsky.social, @commonmolly.bsky.social
WEBINAR | The New Geopolitics of Food
Register now for this webinar on how to reduce dependence on global markets, stabilise food prices, and build resilient food systems.
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🚀Just launched: THE NEW GEOPOLITICS OF FOOD💥 Food prices & hunger are rising. Crisis after crisis exposes how fragile our global food systems have become. But governments have tools to stabilise markets & reduce vulnerability. We call it resilient self-reliance. 📘 ipes-food.org/report/the-n...
International Workers’ Day 2026 Solidarity with the Indian Working People: A Continued Legacy of Collective Struggle against the Erosion of Labour Protections, Systemic Exclusion and Dispossession
🆕 #FOCUSDispatch April 2026 is out. On the 30th anniversary of the Eldorado de Carajás massacre, this edition brings together stories of peasant resistance, food sovereignty, and struggles for land and justice from Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, and beyond — movements continue to resist ✊
Global Experts says no to ISDS. Over 300 groups around the world call on countries to start freeing themselves from secretive tribunals. Focus on the Global South joins this global statement on ISDS. Read at: focusweb.org/focus-on-the...
Focus on the Global South joins 340+ organizations in global statement on ISDS - Focus on the Global South
Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) threatens a just transition from fossil fuels and the urgent need for a social and ecological transformation for people and the planet. We welcome the recognit...
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On the 30th anniversary of the Day of #PeasantStruggles, we share the new edition of the Nyéléni newsletter! #Globaltrade is being reshaped by power, sanctions & conflict—impacting food systems and livelihoods. But movements are rising. nyeleni.org/en/category/... #FoodSov #17april
Peasant and worker struggles are inseparable. On #April17 we echo the call by the Working Peoples' Coalition to release all arrested workers, activists and lawyers in India, and to guarantee living wages for all. #PeasantStruggles #ResistCultivateTransform
Statement on the International Day of Peasant Struggles: SAGOT SA KRISIS: HUSTISYA PARA SA MGA MAGSASAKA DEFEND AGRARIAN REFORM GAINS! NO TO THE DAR ORDER SELLING OUT FARMERS’ LANDS Read at focusweb.org/defend-agrar...
DEFEND AGRARIAN REFORM GAINS! NO TO THE DAR ORDER SELLING OUT FARMERS’ LANDS - Focus on the Global South
Statement on the International Day of Peasant Struggles: SAGOT SA KRISIS: HUSTISYA PARA SA MGA MAGSASAKA DEFEND AGRARIAN REFORM GAINS! NO TO THE DAR ORDER SELLING OUT FARMERS' LANDS APRIL 17, 2026 The...
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Today marks #April17, International Day of #PeasantStruggles. We publish the first of a four-part series, "Commoditizing Rivers", tracing tracing Cold War politics, dam construction, and peasant dispossession in Thailand's northeast. #ResistCultivateTransform Read at focusweb.org/commoditizin...
Commoditizing Rivers: Cold War and How it Led to Dams Construction on the Mekong from the 1990s Onward - Focus on the Global South
April 17 marks the International Day of Peasant's Struggle, a day to remember and stand with peasant communities around the world who continue to resist dispossession from their lands, rivers, and way...
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🆕 #FOCUSDispatch March 2026 is out. From the crumbling multilateral order and imperial aggression to trade justice struggles, the acid attack on an Indonesian human rights defender, and waves of uprisings across Asia — movements continue to resist ✊
WEBINAR: Time for a transformation of the Global Trade system Join us for an online discussion about the upcoming 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization. 📅 March 27, 2026 ⏰ 12:30 India | 2:00 Bangkok/Jakarta | 3:00 Manila Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #EndWTO
🇵🇭🆕 NEW ARTICLE: Resisting the Weaponization of Interdependence As the EU fast-tracks FTA negotiations worldwide, what does this mean for a developing country like the Philippines? New piece on trade justice, geopolitics, and the weaponization of interdependence. 🔗 focusweb.org/resisting-th...
🆕 NEW ARTICLE Development today is shaped by overlapping crises: shrinking aid, collapsing climate finance, and growing dependence on private capital. What does this mean for the Global South and civil society movements? Read the analysis by Anusha Lall: focusweb.org/development-...
Webinar MDB Reform and The Role of New Development Bank in Financing Energy Transition amid Geopolitical Uncertainty 🗓️ Date: Thursday, 12 March 2026 ⏰ Time: 13:00 - 15:00 GMT+7 📍 Register at s.id/MDBReform More information: iesr.or.id/en/agenda-ie...
🆕 #FOCUSDispatch January-February 2026 is out. As the year opens with the US invasion of Venezuela, this edition confronts imperialism, corporate power, and the fight for sovereignty. From Thailand's constitutional referendum, to the Philippines' EDSA at 40 — movements continue to resist ✊
#Thailand has had 20 constitutions since 1932, but citizens have rarely had a real say in writing them. Our latest piece unpacks why people rallied behind the constitutional referendum, and what a people-driven charter could mean for Thai democracy. Read at focusweb.org/on-the-cross...
Join us for CROSSROADS: EDSA at 40 🍃 an intergenerational conversation + a docu screening to revisit the legacy of EDSA February 27 | Friday | 4-7pm REGISTER: form.jotform.com/260361467132...
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📽️ कोहि किन सुकुम्बासी? किन भूमिहीन ? — A documentary that carries the narratives of #landless of urban poor communities in Nepal. It unpacks socio-economic and political nuances around #landlessness. Watch at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSvw...
कोहि किन सुकुम्बासी? किन भूमिहीन ? (Why is someone LANDLESS? why SQUATTER?)
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🚨 US Invasion of Venezuela 🚨 What happened on Jan 3, 2026—and what does it mean for the Global South? 🗓 Jan 28, 2026 | 8:00 PM (BKK) 🎙 Walden Bello, Peter Rosset, Lia Pinheiro, Edgardo Landers 🎤 Moderator: Anuradha Chenoy Join this timely webinar for critical analysis & forward-looking insights.
Stop imperialist and corporate aggression against the Venezuelan People! The Global Campaign strongly condemns the recent military attacks by the US against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and declares its solidarity with the Venezuelan People. www.stopcorporateimpunity.org/stop-imperia...
🆕 #FOCUSDispatch December 2025 is out. Ending the year in a time of war and repression, this edition calls for peace, justice, and accountability. From border conflicts to occupation, enforced disappearance, and grassroots resistance, movements across regions continue to resist ✊
