In this Rising Tide Foundation Dialogue, Matt Ehret and Butch Valdes discuss the past, present and hopeful future of the Philippines as a nation being pulled between two opposing paradigms. Butch is the former undersecretary of education under President Estrada (1998-2001), and a leading builder of citizens’ movements with a focus on economic reform, national banking, nationalizing utilities, energy sovereignty and constitutional reform- all topics discussed in this interview.