Peace & Democracy
This program will lead and participate in regional campaigns against US intervention in the Asian region, with the geographical focus being on Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia.
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EDSAngangdaan: Directors
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 06:52
Their stories take center stage during the EDSAngangdaan Film Festival on December 7 (UP Film Center) and 8 (Bantayog ng mga Bayani). Click here for more information
EDSAngangdaan: The EDSA Film Festival
Sunday, November 20, 2011 - 21:31
3 EDSAs, 7 Films, Interweaving Stories
This coming December, Focus on the Global South-Philippines is showcasing the works of multi-awarded as well as up-and-coming filmmakers to tell new stories and propose fresh perspectives about the three EDSA events that have shaped us as a nation through a film fest dubbed EDSAngagdaan: The EDSA Stories Film Festival.
Six short films, each produced under a film grant extended by Focus,in addition to Focus’ own documentary, willpaint a broad canvas of Philippine...
Known Muslim Activist and Academic to Speak on Self-Determination & the Mindanao Peace Process
Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 16:13
Focus on the Global South-Philippines Programme presents Dr. Chandra Muzaffar in its 2011 Speaker Tour series. Muzaffar is a known Muslim social activist and academic who has published extensively on civilizational dialogue, international politics, religion, human rights and Malaysian society.
Focus holds a bi-annual activity under its program called the Deconstructing Discourse and Activist Retooling Program or DDARP. It is a project that aims to revisit debates on contemporary development...
25 Years, 7 Films, 1 Nation: EDSAngangdaan: The EDSA Film Festival
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 21:39
from Manila BulletinMANILA, Philippines -- Some 25 years since the EDSA Revolution, a new generation of Filipinos has grown up, and stories about EDSA and People Power have been retold, rehashed, and even revised over time.Imagining the nation in various cultural forms and narratives has always comprised an integral process for the Filipino people— and this has never been as true as in the case of the EDSA narratives. Thus, this upcoming December, Focus on the Global South-Philippines is showcasing the...
Why Al-Qaeda Won
Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 18:33
By Walden Bello (originally published in Foreign Policy in Focus)With the tenth anniversary of the crime that was 9/11, the question inevitably crops up: who won, the United States or al-Qaeda? According to the politically correct answer, although al-Qaeda has been decimated, it has been a Pyrrhic victory for Washington. In defeating al-Qaeda, the U.S. government engaged in many unnecessary violations of human rights and due process that diminished America in the eyes of both its citizens and the world....
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