You're going to be. Hello and welcome to a world to win a podcast from Tribune magazine. I'm Grace Blakely bringing

you your weekly dose of socialist news, theory and action from around the world.

Today I'm joined by Walden Bello, academic, author, human rights campaigner, and former member of the Philippine House of Representatives,

who joins us today to discuss the history of the Philippines, his opposition to the brutal

Markos dictatorship, his longstanding campaigning against US imperialism and neoliberal

globalization, including breaking into the offices of the World Bank to steal confidential documents

and how COVID-19 is affecting the Philippines.

As you know, our funding for the first few episodes comes from the Lippman-Miloban Trust.

They're a brilliant organisation and you can follow them on Twitter at Lippman Milliband.

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Now without further ado I give you the first section of the show, the rundown, where

Walden-Bello and I discuss the the coronavirus in the Philippines

and the growing discontent with President Duterte.

So, hello, Walden-Belloello and thank you so much for joining me on a world to win.

We're going to start the show with the rundown where we're going to discuss a few new

stories of relevance to your life and work that have caught our eye this week.

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