Weaving a region of hope: Alternative regionalism in Southeast Asia

How​ do you imagine a regional future that honours people’s dignity when states fail to do so? Alternative regionalism is not an abstract ideal; it is already unfolding in fragments across ​Southeast Asia. 

The Movement for Alternatives and Solidarity in Southeast Asia​ (Massa​​) emerged as an attempt to move​ beyond state-centred regionalism and to build​ a people’s regional integration grounded​ in the alternative practices already nurtured by communities in the region.​

Madhuresh Kumar shares lessons and reflections from his participation at the sixth Massa conference in Cambodia two weeks ago. He writes: “If another region is possible, it will not emerge from the top down. It will be woven from below through care, resistance, culture, memory, and the unwavering demand to live with dignity.​” Read the full article on the Radical Ecological Democracy website.