Searching for an Alternative to the WTO
The system we replace this with does not have to be as equally hegemonic but it must at least respect the diversity of our alternatives.
Komentaryo
‘Untouchable’ Aquino friends behind Yolanda, #TanimBala & Luisita mess
What do Virgie Torres, Dinky Soliman and Jose Angel Honrado have in common? Clue: it is something insidious.
Twerk It Like LP (Liberal Partey! Partey!)
Nagpapatuloy ang pagtataksil ng Liberal Party sa bansa sa pamamagitan ng Enhanced Defense Treaty Agreement, Oil Deregulation Law, Public-Private Partnership o PPP, K-12 system, mga maanomalyang kontrata ng MRT-LRT at pagkakaloob ng sovereign guarantee sa malalaking dayuhang kompanya.
What we stand for when we stand with the Lumad
A massacre in a Surigao del Sur tribal school implicates the state and challenges the citizenry. Finally, the Lumad struggle becomes a national one.
Ang bagong mundong umuusbong sa Han-ayan
Ano nga ba ang lohika sa likod ng karumaldumal na pagpaslang sa komunidad-paaralan sa Lianga, Surigao del Sur? Nagbabalik-tanaw si Jayson Fajarda sa kanyang naging kasamahan sa Alcadev.
The Church is not an island: Lessons from the INC rallies
Defending rights, or defending political privilege? Carlo Redentor shares his observations on this rare political display from a Church that is usually reticent from public view.
Capitulation no substitute for national liberation
Dutch activist Thomas van Beersum replies to the now-infamous Jacobin Magazine article, and gives thorough review of what became of the counterrevolutionary currents in the Philippines today.
On the political opportunism of Mar Roxas
Political activist and writer Arnold Padilla on how quickly Manuel Roxas III changed sides from being anti-VAT on oil to being its defender under the Aquino regime.
Ka Bel, guro ng uring manggagawa
(Mensahe sa ika-7 taon ng paggunita sa kamatayan ni Ka Bel sa Plaza Miranda, Mayo 20, 2015) Una kong nakadaupang palad si Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran nang minsang nakisilong kami at nakigamit ng opisina ng PANALO dito sa Gusaling URC sa Espana Avenue. Mga kabataang aktibista kami noon na malaking bagay na ang makagamit ng […]
#FiringSquadforCeliaVeloso: New low for PH journalism
I almost do not want to type the words #FiringSquadforCeliaVeloso. It brings for me an avalanche of shame and anger—shame for my countrymen, who have seemingly lost all sense of decency, and anger at, well, almost everything that brought Mary Jane Veloso to the brink of death and moved sympathizers around the world to act […]