Power & Principle: Progressives & Coalition Politics in the Philippines
A Radical in the Congress: Opportunities and Constraints for the Left in a Liberal Democracy
Tuesday, September 22, 4pm, 206 Ingraham
Odyssey of a Filipino Progressive
Wednesday, September 23, 4pm, 8417 Social Science
Open Seminar for Students, Faculty and Public
Thursday, September 24, 12:20pm, 8108 Social Science
Co-sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies
WALDEN BELLO is senior analyst of Focus on the Global South and professor of sociology at the University of the Philippines. He is one of the leading critics of the current model of economic globalization, combining the roles of intellectual and activist. As a human rights and peace campaigner, academic, environmentalist and journalist, and through a combination of courage as a dissident, with an extraordinary breadth of published output and personal charisma, he has made a major contribution to the international case against corporate-driven globalization. During the fall 2015 semester, Bello is an Activist-in-Residence Writing Fellow with the Havens Center.