Activist think tank in Asia providing analysis and building alternatives for just social, economic, and political change. #FOCUSDispatch: http://focusweb.org/subscribehttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mqbsdgcmms27🆕 #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 ✊10 Jul 2026 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbsdgcmms27https://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mppjrrf6d22r**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/3SEB6do03 Jul 2026 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mppjrrf6d22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mok7mf5dbk2gOn 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 https://focusweb.org/civil-society-groups-mark-anniversary-of-welgang-bayan-against-bnpp-renew-call-to-reject-nuclear-revival/18 Jun 2026 06:36 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mok7mf5dbk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mnyciritfs2o🆕 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 https://focusweb.org/invisible-by-design-how-the-eu-philippines-fta-protects-algorithms-weakens-workers-and-locks-in-digital-dependency/11 Jun 2026 03:40 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnyciritfs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mnhbi4foyk2u🆕 #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 ✊04 Jun 2026 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhbi4foyk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mlso5g2bkc2yMore 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 👇 https://focusweb.org/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/14 May 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlso5g2bkc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mkrltl345c2kInternational Workers’ Day 2026 Solidarity with the Indian Working People: A Continued Legacy of Collective Struggle against the Erosion of Labour Protections, Systemic Exclusion and Dispossession01 May 2026 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrltl345c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mkpavpdxxk25🆕 #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 ✊30 Apr 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpavpdxxk25https://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mk7dy6b6z227Global 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: https://focusweb.org/focus-on-the-global-south-joins-340-organizations-in-global-statement-on-isds/24 Apr 2026 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7dy6b6z227https://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mjo6pkhsc226Peasant 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 #ResistCultivateTransform17 Apr 2026 05:24 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjo6pkhsc226https://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mjnza7cdgc26Statement 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 https://focusweb.org/defend-agrarian-reform-gains-no-to-the-dar-order-selling-out-farmers-lands/17 Apr 2026 03:46 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnza7cdgc26https://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mjnxghkpgs2nToday 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 https://focusweb.org/commoditizing-rivers-cold-war-and-how-it-led-to-dams-construction-on-the-mekong/17 Apr 2026 03:14 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnxghkpgs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3miitszjaw22g🆕 #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 ✊02 Apr 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3miitszjaw22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mhuft3nnc227WEBINAR: 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: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/zXlMagerSra9HBBJjB2tNg #EndWTO25 Mar 2026 05:57 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhuft3nnc227https://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mhd2jwmdf227🇵🇭🆕 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. 🔗 https://focusweb.org/resisting-the-weaponization-of-interdependence18 Mar 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhd2jwmdf227https://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mgqu3klgm22u🆕 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: https://focusweb.org/development-in-a-crisis-ridden-system11 Mar 2026 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgqu3klgm22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mgoc5lss3c2pWebinar 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: https://iesr.or.id/en/agenda-iesr/webinar-mdb-reform-and-the-role-of-new-development-bank-in-financing-energy-transition-amid-geopolitical-uncertainty/10 Mar 2026 02:10 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgoc5lss3c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mg2x2kkkdk2c🆕 #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 ✊02 Mar 2026 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2x2kkkdk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mflovzn4yc2n#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 https://focusweb.org/on-the-crossroad-of-critical-transitions-why-grassroots-and-civil-movements-in-thailand-campaign-for-the-constitutional-referendum/24 Feb 2026 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mflovzn4yc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mfl5upcvzs2nJoin us for CROSSROADS: EDSA at 40 🍃 an intergenerational conversation + a docu screening to revisit the legacy of EDSA February 27 | Friday | 4-7pm REGISTER: https://form.jotform.com/26036146713245224 Feb 2026 02:51 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfl5upcvzs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3me6rjeqdv22n💥Stay Alert !! Democracy needs you ! 👈 Election Monitoring Volunteers needed at your ballot station. เชิญชวนประชาชนทุกท่าน ไม่จำกัดเพศและวัย #รับบทกกต.ใกล้ฉัน ประจำหน่วยเลือกตั้งใกล้บ้านของคุณ 🫱🏽👀 จับตารายงานผลคะแนนเลือกตั้ง 8 กุมภาพันธ์ 2569 ตั้งแต่ 17.00 เป็นต้นไป ลงทะเบียนในโพสต์ Vote62.com https://Vote62.com06 Feb 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3me6rjeqdv22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mdzib74olc2s📽️ 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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSvwL4JvpcU04 Feb 2026 08:43 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzib74olc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3mcw3yj4hnc2v🚨 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.21 Jan 2026 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcw3yj4hnc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3maddfuhb6c2h🆕 #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 ✊19 Dec 2025 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3maddfuhb6c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3maa5t2vq222pLast November, we were privileged to speak with Amani Odeh, a dentist, mother of two, and community organizer from Jerusalem. In this video, Amani reflects on the realities Palestinian women and families live through and shares a powerful message of resilience and hope. #Palestine18 Dec 2025 02:44 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3maa5t2vq222phttps://bsky.app/profile/focussouth.bsky.social/post/3ma3qymok7k2wFocus on the Global South เน้นย้ำข้อเรียกร้องเร่งด่วนเพื่อทวงคืนสันติภาพให้กับชุมชนที่ได้รับผลกระทบและประชาชนส่วนใหญ่ทั้งในกัมพูชาและไทย รวมถึงองค์กรพันธมิตรภาคประชาสังคมและขบวนการภาคประชาชน ท่ามกลางสงครามที่ทวีความรุนแรงขึ้นตามแนวชายแดนกัมพูชา-ไทยในปัจจุบัน https://focusweb.org/focus-on-the-global-south-%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%99%e0%b9%89%e0%b8%99%e0%b8%a2%e0%b9%89%e0%b8%b3%e0%b8%82%e0%b9%89%e0%b8%ad%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b5%e0%b8%a2%e0%b8%81%e0%b8%a3%e0%b9%89%e0%b8%ad%e0%b8%87/16 Dec 2025 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:e7hppgrpijf72f5ep7wi7cka/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma3qymok7k2w