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We look back on the past year and share our key takeaways and points of reflection. From elections to learning to appreciate comradeship, we talk about what the past year means for us as progressives.---Like and follow us at facebook.com/SocD
24 years since the end of the Suharto regime, Indonesia has been able to successfully embrace democratic governance. While social and political challenges remain, the country has largely have had peaceful elections and stable governments. In th
On this episode we discuss the political terrain in Nepal going into their general elections with Nepali journalist Yubaraj Ghimire. We discuss the political players and actors in the elections as well as the issues and concerns of voters that
Is there a resurgence of progressive politics in Latin America? We talk with Esteban Paulon, Coordinator of the Progressive Alliance of the Americas (APLA) on the recent trend of electoral victories of progressive candidates such as Gabriel Bor
We talk with Howard Lee to talk about the ramifications of the conviction of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on the country's politics, its effect on the people's trust in government and anti-corruption efforts. We also discuss how
We talk with our Akbayan Citizen's Action Party President Rafaela David on the current context of the Philippine elections, what's at stake, the issues that voters will consider heading to the polls, and the grass-roots and volunteer-led campai
Our guest Prof. Nathan Quimpo, a Filipino activist and academic, discusses with us the challenges that today's social democrats and progressives in Asia face today and the different factors that impede our movement to bring about progressive ch
We talk with Wan Hamidi Hamid, a veteran of journalism and political communications and media advisor to and has been conducting basic political education on behalf of the Democratic Action Party. In this episode, we talk about the Malaysian po
On this episode we sit down with Robert Francis Garcia author of the books "To Suffer Thy Comrades" and "Of Maps and Leapfrogs", he is also a peace advocate and transitional justice advocate. He has led organizations such as Popular Education f
We speak with Olle Törnquist, author of In Search of New Social Democracy: Insights from the South - Implications for the North and Professor of Political Science and Development Research at the University of Oslo. We talk to him regarding the
On this last episode for 2021, we talk with Leena Rikkilä Tamang, Director for the Asia-Pacific of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) on the current state of Asian democracies and some key ob
We will hear from lawyer and transitional justice advocate Ruben Carranza discuss the functions, scope of the International Criminal Court or ICC. We will talk about the challenges that victims and survivors face in relation to availing of t
After almost two years of a COVID pandemic, Japanese voters headed to the polls to vote for the government post-Shinzo Abe. As expected, the center-right Liberal Democratic Party or LDP once again dominated the polls with Fumio Kishida as the n
We are joined by Dr. Sustarum Thammabosadee, Assistant Associate Professor in International Relations, College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Thammasat University. He is also the Director of the University's Welfare State and Justice Studies. We
On the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the terror attack on the World Trade Center in New York, Afghanistan sees the Taliban now back in power. We are joined by Richard Heydarian, a geopolitical analyst, academic, columnist and author, to
We talk with Dr. Minendra Rijal, a former Minister of Communication and member of the Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress (NC) to talk about the legacy of B.P. Koirala and how he was also inspired by Koirala's principles.B.P. Koir
We have a talk with Teo Nie Ching, Former Deputy Minister of Education, Member of Parliament and the International Secretary of the Democratic Action Party of Malaysia. We discuss the background leading up to the collapse of the government of f
We have a talk with Sabina Dewan, Executive Director of Just Jobs Network about the Fourth Industrial Revolution or also known as "Industry 4.0" about what that means for societies, economies and workers in Asia. We also talk about the impacts
On this episode we talk with Dr. Chamindra Weerawardhana, a human rights activist, political and international affairs analyst, academic, and educator to discuss issues about transfeminism, gender identity, sexuality, and intersectionality espe
We publish a Political Management Training for Young Progressives of Asia (PMT) Podcast episode we created in 2020 for our inaugural online PMT. On this episode, we talk with Yudi Latif, renowned Muslim scholar and former head of the National A
We publish a Political Management Training for Young Progressives of Asia (PMT) Podcast episode we created in 2020 for our inaugural online PMT. On this episode, we talk with Kasper Sand Kjær, a Member of Parliament for the Social Democratic Pa
We talk with Lim Yi Wei, state assemblyman for Kampung Tunku in Selangor, Malaysia and an mental health advocate, and Alyannah Lagasca, the National Chairperson of Youth for Mental Health Coalition, Inc, a youth-led, non-government, volunteer o
We talk with Filipina feminist Sabrina Gacad. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of the Philippines Department of Women and Development Studies and co-founder of the Lunas Collective. We talk about issues of women's empowerment and
Since the February 1, when the Myanmar military overthrew the newly elected government and representatives of Parliament, massive street protests have erupted in cities across the country. These protests have taken on a civil disobedience chara
Indian farmers have now been protesting for over 6 months since August of last year against three farm laws passed by Parliament in September of 2020. Instead of dissipating, the farmers and their organizations have stepped up their campaign wh
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