“He’s a true visionary. Walden has been on the right side of history, siding with people against the power of multinational corporations.”—NAOMI KLEIN, Author of The Shock Doctrine

“A thinker and philosopher with the courage to live according to his values, Walden Bello is the only Filipino to resign from Congress because of his principles. In Global Battlefields, he reflects on his lifelong fight for justice and equality, and why some of the movements he helped lead failed. This is not just a feel-good story of activism; it’s a raw and honest examination of what it takes to challenge power and money – essential reading for anyone working for a just world.” —MARIA RESSA, recipient of Nobel Peace Prize, 2021

“Walden Bello has compiled a stellar record in activism and scholarship… I’ve personally learned a great deal from his work.”—NOAM CHOMSKY, Public Intellectual, endorsing Walden Bello’s run for the Vice Presidency of the Philippines in 2022

“Bello’s story is an impressive compilation of lessons learned from a lifetime of activism animated by multiple challenges..”—RICHARD FALK, Professor Emeritus,Princeton University and former United Nations Human Rights Rapporteur for the Occupied Territories

“I first met Walden Bello through Focus on the Global South in Mumbai. His work in trying to make the world understand fundamental inequality in the post-colonial world gives us so much inspiration, and so much hope.”—JEREMY CORBYN, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom

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A former member of the Philippine House of Representatives and recipient of the Right Livelihood Award (aka the Alternative Nobel Prize) in 2003, Walden Bello was named in 2023 the Most Distinguished Defender of Human Rights by Amnesty International Philippines. He was co-founder and is currently co-chair of the board of the progressive research and advocacy institute Focus on the Global South, which is affiliated with the Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute. A retired professor of the University of the Philippines, he is currently the International Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Binghamton and is the author or co-author of 25 books, among them Paper Dragons: China and the Next Crash (Bloomsbury/Zed) and Counterrevolution: The Global Rise of the Far Right (Fernwood).