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Walden Bello

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Walden Bello

Senior analyst at Philippine think-tank Focus on the Global South, TNI fellow and Akbayan representative in the Filipino Congress.

Author of more than 14 books, Bello was awarded the Right Livelihood Award (also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize) in 2003 for "... outstanding efforts in educating civil society about the effects of corporate globalisation, and how alternatives to it can be implemented." Bello has been described by the Economist as the man “who popularised a new term: deglobalisation.”

Bello predicted the financial crisis several years prior to the current meltdown and is a globally respected figure within the alternative globalisation movement. Canadian author Naomi Klein called him the "world's leading no-nonsense revolutionary."

Economic and Financial Crisis; Regionalisms & Globalisation; Alternatives to Corporate Globalisation; International Financial Institutions; World Trade Organisation; Alternative Security in the Asia-Pacific; Food and Agriculture;

South Korea's Suh Sang Don Prize in 2001; Right Livelihood Award, also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize, in 2003

English

Bello is a regular contributor to numerous periodicals including Review of international Political Economy, Third World Quarterly, Foreign Policy, Race and Class, Le Monde Diplomatique, Le Monde, Guardian, Boston Globe, Far Eastern Economic Review, and La Jornada and has been interviewed by a wide range of international television and radio programmes.

Selected publications: 
Dark Victory
Food Wars
Dilemmas of Domination
De-globalization
The Future in the Balance
The Anti-Development State

Recent content by Walden Bello

China Lassoes its Neighbors (11 Mar 2010)

The China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA), went into effect on 1st of January tyis year. For China, the benefits are clear, but Southeast Asia will be paying a big price for a bad deal.

China: The Prince of Denmark (21 Jan 2010)

Like Hamlet, Shakespeare's conflicted Prince of Denmark, China was caught between conflicting currents in Copenhagen. Its failure to manage these challenges led to its biggest diplomatic debacle in years.

The China-Asean Free Trade Area: Propaganda and Reality (18 Jan 2010)

Despite the official propaganda, the China-Asean free trade agreement that came into effect on January 1, 2010, will benefit China, but is likely to disadvantage the Asean Countries.

Lessons of the Gaza Freedom March (4 Jan 2010)

Although the Gaza Freedom March did not enter Gaza, due to the obstacles imposed by the Egyptian government that eventually lead to divisions among the marchers, the protests organised in Cairo caught the attention of the international media and showed that the people of Gaza were not forgotten by the rest of the world.

Upsetting the Offset (16 Dec 2009)

The book contributes to a growing field of critics of carbon markets by highlighting several up-to-date examples of where the system has failed and often led to negative social, economic and environmental impacts in deprived countries.

How hyper-capitalism may hobble the Copenhagen summit (9 Dec 2009)

Unless we re-think the export-oriented capitalism that's causing all of our climate problems, the Copenhagen conference will be nothing more than a Band-Aid.

The Meaning of Seattle: Truth Only Becomes True Through Action (1 Dec 2009)

WTO+10: Before 1999, the momentum of globalization seemed to sweep everything in front of it, including the truth. But in Seattle, ordinary women and men made truth real with collective action.

Contours of Climate Justice (25 Nov 2009)

This publication aims to contribute to a more sophisticated understanding of the emerging climate justice movement and to create resonances between different perspectives and spheres of engagement. The activities around the COP 15 in Copenhagen are a starting point in the creation of such a broad movement

The Migrant Condition (19 Nov 2009)

Migrants' rights have to be addressed on two fronts: end the neoliberal policies that are responsible for creating poverty in their home countries, thus forcing them to emigrate, and demand that they are given full rights in their host countries.

Neoliberalism as hegemonic ideology in the Philippines (27 Oct 2009)

Why does the ideology of neoliberalism still exercise such influence in the Philippines despite the challenges it has faced from both the Asian and now global financial crisis?

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