Alex de Jong, Author at Tempest

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Posted July 23, 2025 Article

An internationalist looks back

A review of Walden Bello’s Global Battlefields

by Alex de Jong

Alex de Jong reviews the Filipino activist-scholar Walden Bello’s new memoir, Global Battlefields: My Close Encounters with Dictatorship, Capital, Empire, and Love. Chronicling Bello’s political development, Global Battlefields provides us with an informative and entertaining portrait of a committed internationalist.

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Posted January 2, 2025 Article

After decades, an insurgency falters

Philippine Maoists under pressure

by Alex de Jong

The strongest force on the Philippine Left is faltering under long-term attrition. Alex de Jong explains the decline.