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By CARLO MANALANSAN
Bulatlat Contributors | Nov 14, 2017
The plague of plantations
The plague of plantations
“Since its inception, the ASEAN has never been for the interest of the people, but for profit and monopoly capital. It serves to strengthen foreign control over raw materials, labor and supply chains in the region at the expense of the people and nations of Asia Pacific.”
Day 1 of Asean summit | Protesters slam ‘biggest imperialist, terrorist’
Day 1 of Asean summit | Protesters slam ‘biggest imperialist, terrorist’
"The Asean summit offers nothing but imperialist or neoliberal programs and policies that will put poor Filipinos into a much deeper poverty and misery.”
Progressives greet Trump with anti-imperialist protests
Progressives greet Trump with anti-imperialist protests
Progressives hold protests in time for the arrival of the POTUS.
Bungkalan: Mga Aral mula sa Hacienda Luisita at Negros
Bungkalan: Mga Aral mula sa Hacienda Luisita at Negros
In commemoration of the 13th year of the Luisita Massacre on Nov. 16, Bulatlat posts this article on recent experiences on collective land cultivation as a form of struggle against land monopoly, and their compilation in a book.
Youths protest near Asean venue in PICC
Youths protest near Asean venue in PICC
By RUTH LUMIBAO Bulatlat MANILA – Youth and student activists slipped past heavy police security yesterday afternoon, Nov. 11, and held a lightning protest in front of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), one of the venues for ASEAN 2017 summit....
Caution raised: Don’t depend on US military
Caution raised: Don’t depend on US military
“Let me state it publicly here and now, wala akong problema sa America (I have no problem with America)… We remain to be the best of friends with America.” That’s what President Duterte said a day before flying to Vietnam Wednesday for his first face-to-face...
Protesters tag Trump, Duterte as ‘fascists’
Protesters tag Trump, Duterte as ‘fascists’
By BULATLAT MANILA – Various sectoral groups staged a protest near the US embassy here on Nov. 10, the second day in a row, in anticipation of the first visit by US President Donald Trump in time for the Asean summit on Nov. 12. Hundreds of anti-riot police men...
Kontra-modernidad: Ilang Mungkahi sa Pagbabagong Radikal ng Lipunan
Kontra-modernidad: Ilang Mungkahi sa Pagbabagong Radikal ng Lipunan
"Walang mang-aapi kung walang nagpapaapi…”—Jose Rizal "Walang himagsikang nabibigo. Bawat isa ay hakbang sa wastong direksiyon" —Salud Algabre, lider ng Sakdalista Ni E. SAN JUAN, JR. Polytechnic University of the Philippines LAGOM: Salungat at tahasang lihis sa...
Northern Samar farmers want soldiers out of their village
Northern Samar farmers want soldiers out of their village
Residents of San Miguel village in Las Navas are making a stand against soldiers who encamped in their community.
If these walls could talk | San Agustin Museum and Catholicism’s beginnings in the Philippines through the Augustinians
If these walls could talk | San Agustin Museum and Catholicism’s beginnings in the Philippines through the Augustinians
The building which the museum currently occupies was a former monastery of the Order of St. Augustine or Augustinians, the first Catholic religious order to set foot in the Philippines. Augustinian missionaries from Mexico were brought along by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in his expedition to the Philippines to colonize the archipelago during the expansion of the Spanish Empire.
The US Trump card
The US Trump card
The United States has announced that President Donald Trump will take up human rights issues in the Philippines with President Rodrigo Duterte in their one-on-one meeting sometime during the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit this November....
‘Fighting back’ | Legal community forms alliance vs EJKs, rights abuses
‘Fighting back’ | Legal community forms alliance vs EJKs, rights abuses
Lawyers from a broad political spectrum formed Manananggol Laban sa Extrajudicial Killings, or MANLABAN sa EJK.
Families of EJK victims give tribute to loved ones in mass
Families of EJK victims give tribute to loved ones in mass
Relatives of the victims of drug-related killings remember their loved ones as they call for an end to President Duterte's brutal War on Drugs .
Rise Up-Metro Manila | Human rights advocates, EJK victims’ kin unite to form group
Rise Up-Metro Manila | Human rights advocates, EJK victims’ kin unite to form group
The formation of the Metro Manila chapter of the group Rise Up marks the growing number of families of EJK victims who are taking a stand against impunity and fear.
Cordilleran leaders harassed by Ilocos Sur police, military
Cordilleran leaders harassed by Ilocos Sur police, military
"We urgently appeal to the public in condemning the harassment of State security forces to the people, to communities and people’s organisations."
On farmers’ appeal for land and justice, Duterte is mum
On farmers’ appeal for land and justice, Duterte is mum
For ten days (Oct. 16-25) peasants from Mindanao, Visayas, and Luzon motored, sailed, and trekked to the National Capital Region in what they called “Pambansang Lakbayan ng Magsasaka para sa Lupa at Laban sa Pasismo.” Having camped outside the gate of the...
Wishful thinking
Wishful thinking
After saying that he still “has to talk to the NPA (New People’s Army),” by which statement he meant that the Government of the Philippines will have to resume peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), President Rodrigo Duterte...
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