Author: Alex de Jong

  • Searching for international solidarity

    Searching for international solidarity

    Alex de Jong reviews the memoir of Eddie L. Quitoriano, a Filipino revolutionary and member of the “General Command” of the Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines in the 1980s and 1990s.

  • Nepal protests have deeper roots

    Nepal protests have deeper roots

    Protests against a social media in Nepal ban grew into a full blown uprising after police killed 19 protesters. But what is next? Tempest republishes this article from Alex de Jong, initially run in International Viewpoint, with minor edits.

  • An internationalist looks back 

    An internationalist looks back 

    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.

  • After decades, an insurgency falters

    After decades, an insurgency falters

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