Filipino Activist #WaldenBello Speaks Out After Arrest Just Weeks After Marcos Jr. Inauguration

We speak to Walden Bello, the longtime Filipino activist and former vice-presidential candidate. He was arrested Monday on "cyber libel" charges, which he sa...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omNPwryq6mo

> ...the U.S. is desperate for some credibility at this point in time, especially after the very shameful exit from #Afghanistan, in which it lost a lot of credibility globally, as well as within its allies in Europe. And I think one of the tragedies of this, #Putin’s move, has been to give the United States sort of an opportunity to try to assert that sort of #superpower leadership for #TheWest.
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/2/philippines_walden_bello_nato_expansion
#Bello #Filipino #WaldenBello #USA #Philippines

> ..the #USA was not interested in[a]diplomatic solution..Russia.. would have been interested in..a neutral zone of countries.. bordering #Russia that would..not be hosts for #NATO and..nuclear weaponry..a diplomatic solution that could have created a neutral zone..was..the rational thing to do, given the security concerns of the #Russians, as well as the independence concerns of the #Ukrainians. But I think #TheWest was not interested in that.
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/2/philippines_walden_bello_nato_expansion
#WaldenBello #Bello #DN!

#Rappler #Phillipines #elections

'NO FUCKING PROGRAMS' - Bello

Sharp-tongued #vicepresidentialcandidate #WaldenBello took a swipe against his rivals during the #CNNPHVPDebate, noting the absence of survey frontrunners Sara Duterte and Ferdinand Marcos Jr. #CNNPHVPDebate #PHVote #WeDecide

https://t.co/jD5JatKjNU https://t.co/NiNf881Wch

RT @cntrlcenterdwn@twitter.com

Walden Bello lang. PERIOD. No more to neoliberal economic policies! Doon tayo sa tumitindig para sa manggagawa, OFWs, farmer-controlled agri, gender and reproductive rights, at climate justice!

https://www.walden.ph/#bakit-si-walden

#ManggagawaNaman
#WaldenBello https://twitter.com/oslecjunior/status/1486541749036417031

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