Over 70 delegates from 43 organizations and 17 countries have gathered in Sri Lanka to discuss the many dimensions of true sovereignty and the process of its collective construction.
The three-day conference is organized by the International Peoples Assembly in collaboration with Tricontinental: Institute of Social Research in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Protest in Visakhapatnam, India, condemning the US attack on Venezuela on January 3, 2026. With the latest foreign policy moves by the Trump administration, rejection of imperialism is growing across Asia. Photo: CPI(M)
The gathering will bring together movement leaders, scholars, journalists, diplomats, trade unionists, and representatives of progressive political parties and people’s organizations to build a common agenda for sovereignty and solidarity.
Fifty-one years after victory over Washington’s war machine, Vietnam faces a subtler assault – sanctions, debt, and covert subversion – and answers with a commitment to peace and development.
How did an island and its mainland – bound by one language, history, and culture – drift to the edge of conflict, and whose hand has kept that divide open across the decades?
When the last US soldier left Taiwan in 1979, Washington’s grip did not loosen – it simply changed shape, shifting from barracks and warships to classrooms, newsrooms, and the minds of a generation.
Caught between US military dependence and deep economic integration with China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Taiwan face mounting contradictions as the New Cold War reshapes East Asia.
Economic growth alone cannot secure genuine sovereignty in Asia; a regional platform for coordination remains a vital material necessity to safeguard the region against imperialism and neocolonialism.
One in three Okinawans died in the Battle of Okinawa; decades later US military bases fester like an open wound, bringing crime and pollution.
