Financing for Development, Tax Justice and Debt Justice
by Anusha Lall| Focus on the Global South
Civil society backs 17+8 demands as deadlines for reform take shape 2025 September 4 By Anisa Widyasari Mass protests have swept across Indonesia since late August, leaving at least 10 people dead, more than 1,042 injured, and 3,337 arrested, according to latest numbers from the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI). Sparked by outrage […]| Focus on the Global South
We, human rights defenders, social organizations, and workers in Mindanao and the Philippines, stand firmly with the protesting youth, women, workers, and urban poor of Indonesia against repression and exploitation perpetuated by the ruling elite and the Prabowo Subianto government. In late August 2025, the streets of Indonesia erupted in protest. Workers, students, women, […]| Focus on the Global South
On 28th and 29th August 2025, tens of thousands of Indonesian workers protested across provinces and sub districts such as Manokwari, Semarang, Solo, Magelang, Medan, Bengkulu, and Tegal with the epicenter of protest in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) in Jakarta. Protesters demanded a minimum wage increase of 8.5 – 10% for 2026, […]| Focus on the Global South
originally published here. August 2025 In 1972, Salvador Allende stood before the United Nations General Assembly and offered a searing indictment of corporate power. He warned of a world where transnational corporations eclipsed sovereign governments, where economic imperialism supplanted democratic governance, and where the fate of nations was subordinated to the balance sheets […]| Focus on the Global South
by Joseph Purugganan Inputs made in the Panel Discussion on Who Controls the Green Transition-and What Would a People Centred Industrial Strategy Look Like? Global Convening on Reclaiming Industrial Policy for the People: Civil Society’s Role in Green Structural Transformation held from 28-29 August 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa The main questions for this […]| Focus on the Global South
Good afternoon. Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to the discussions. Allow me as well On behalf of Focus on the Global South as one of the co-organizers, to thank everyone for joining this side event at the HRC 59 to share the findings of a report on transnational landowners and inequality and the case for redistribution.| Focus on the Global South
