By Mong Palatino
The advantages of a united ASEAN are easy to imagine. A cohesive ASEAN would likely bring tremendous benefits to Southeast Asians in the forms of more jobs, more tourists, stronger defense forces and improved camaraderie among competing neighbors. Besides, who would oppose the idea of unity and [...] Continue Reading…
Analysis on Regional Integration, Asia
by Amanda Latimer
The trajectory of trade negotiations between the European Union and the Comunidad Andina de Naciones can be seen as an expression of the contemporary character of dependency between the two regions and of the conflict between competing strategies of integration within the Andean region itself. The first [...] Continue Reading…
Analysis on Regional Integration, Latin America
By Yuyun Wahyuningru
When you sign up for Facebook, you will be asked to state your relationship status. Facebook provides the following choices: single, married, engaged, divorced and it’s complicated. The later is, perhaps, what is merrily–and ridiculously–playing in between the ASEAN and the civil society.
This state is a result [...] Continue Reading…
Analysis on Regional Integration, Asia
By Jenina Joy Chavez
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is 45 years old, but it has yet to enjoy wide recognition and support from the ASEAN populace. Many explanations have been offered for this, not least of which is the distance of the regional formation from the people [...] Continue Reading…
Analysis on Regional Integration, Asia
By Thomas Deve*, 9 September 2012
SADC heads of states who met in Maputo a few weeks ago were told in no uncertain terms by civil society and social movements that the citizens of region are not happy with the increased incidence of undemocratic governance and impunity of the corporate [...] Continue Reading…
Africa
THE 2012 SADC PEOPLE’S SUMMIT REPORT
“Reclaiming SADC for People’s Development – A People’s SADC Myth or Reality?”
Table of Contents
About SAPSN
Contextualization
1. Introduction
2. Opening and Introductory Remarks
3. Key Note Addresses: A People’s SADC Myth or Reality
3.1 From Liberation Struggles to the Building of Social Movements in [...] Continue Reading…
Africa, SAPSN (Southern Africa)
By Thomas Deve
Summary of Key note speech during SADC People’s Summit in Mozambique (August 2012)
In his Key note address, Thomas Deve delivered a brief but powerful keynote address to the audience gathered at the summit. He outlined the 2012 theme in the context of growing frustration from the citizens [...] Continue Reading…
Africa
We the more than 250 representatives of grassroots movements, community-based organizations, peasant and small farmers movements, faith based organizations, women’s organizations, labour, student, youth, economic justice and human rights networks and other social movements met in Mumemo centre, Maracuene, Mozambique, from 15-16 August at the eighth People’s Summit incorporating [...] Continue Reading…
SAPSN (Southern Africa)
By Glenn Ashton
South Africa looms large in the affairs of the Kingdoms of Swaziland and Lesotho, the local geo-political giant. Economically, each receives disproportionate amounts of their annual GDP directly from South Africa. Each is profoundly reliant on their powerful neighbour for the supply of food, fuel, goods and [...] Continue Reading…
Africa, Analysis on Regional Integration
The Appeal “Another Road for Europe”
invites civil society organisations, social movements, networks, Trade Unions and political forces
to a one-day discussion at the European Parliament in Brussels
on the ways out of the European crisis.
Forum
Another Road for Europe
June 28, 2012, h.9.00 -18.30, European Parliament, Brussels
Place de Luxembourg,
Building Altiero Spinelli, 3rd [...] Continue Reading…
Activities organized by the regional networks