This article by Eduardo C. Tadem (cc'd here) looks at three cases of alternative practices that illustrate grassroots democracy at work in Thailand, Indonesia, and Timor Leste exploring the role of grounded movements on regionalism and transnationalism from below that can challenge the dominant elite-centred and oligarchic regionalism: https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:09:rivers regards, s -- Shrishtee Bajpai Kalpavriksh <http://kalpavriksh.org> / Vikalp Sangam <http://www.vikalpsangam.org>/ Global Tapestry of Alternatives <http://www.globaltapestryofalternatives.org>/ Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature <https://www.garn.org> Twitter <https://twitter.com/shrishtee?s=03> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/shrishtee-bajpai-18055390/> Writings <https://linktr.ee/shrishteebajpai> Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/194276902@N08/?>