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‘Para kanino tayo kumikilos?’: Planting the seeds for a new social movement

In a seemingly fragmented society, how can Filipinos begin to rebuild the power of social movements? Illustration by JL JAVIER (Source: CNN Philippines)
Several G-Watch activities featured in the CNN Philippines by Anna Bueno. See below for complete caption.

“What can we do amidst these concerted efforts to strike down accountability? The people in the roundtable ask. What can we do against the overwhelming arrogance of power?
“The suggestion, coming from Government Watch — an action-research organization embedded in various civic groups all over the Philippines — is to revive the power of social movements. Or more specifically: revive the movement-building approach, especially in light of a society that feels more divided and fragmented than ever.”

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A Close Encounter with Global Social Accountability: Reflections on the Global Partners Forum 2017

By Francis Isaac, Government Watch (G-Watch) 

Growing up in a typical urban slum, I never thought that I would ever lay eyes on the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC. But there I was, standing before this massive infrastructure, dwarfed by its rectangular glass windows and passive concrete walls. Passing through a small revolving door, I soon found myself in a spacious square atrium, sheltered beneath a 46-meter high ceiling made up of numerous glass panels and interlocking metal bands.

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