Bukidnon peasants camp out in Manila to assert right to land
For more than 30 years, BTL farmers have been in a deadlock with the CMU administration over 517 hectares of land.
Bukidnon peasants camp out in Manila to assert right to land
Justice denied: Baliaga acquitted, search for Jonas continues after a decade
Justice denied: Baliaga acquitted, search for Jonas continues after a decade
“We call on him to tell us where Jonas is.”
Court acquits military officer in abduction of Jonas Burgos
Court acquits military officer in abduction of Jonas Burgos
"We will still find Jonas." -- Edita Burgos
Visayan farmers, fisherfolk set to converge in Cebu for October protests
Visayan farmers, fisherfolk set to converge in Cebu for October protests
Some 5,000 peasants will gather in Cebu City from Oct. 17 to 20 to bring the issues of hunger, land and justice.
Lakbay Magsasaka | Peasants call for genuine agrarian reform, end to state fascism
Lakbay Magsasaka | Peasants call for genuine agrarian reform, end to state fascism
Progressive peasant and fisherfolk groups will hold a series of campaign in the capital this month.
Lyceum admin undermines student paper’s autonomy
Lyceum admin undermines student paper’s autonomy
MANILA — The administration of the Lyceum of the Philippines Manila (LPU-Manila) has locked the office of the student publication The Lyceum Independent Sentinel, Oct. 6. Security guards also barred students who wore black shirts and black ribbons from entering the...
A conspiracy specter, retreat from peace talks
A conspiracy specter, retreat from peace talks
Sensing that his ground base of support has been softening, President Duterte is conjuring a specter of conspiracy to oust him from power. Growing more bilious and truculent towards those whom he accuses of scheming to besmirch him with allegations of corruption,...
A global disgrace
A global disgrace
President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed his displeasure over the continuing attention being paid by various groups and organizations such as Amnesty International and other human rights groups and the United Nations, to the extrajudicial killings (EJKs) in the...
The obscure imprints of the German elections
The obscure imprints of the German elections
By ISIDOROS KARDERINIS The German elections of September 24th, 2017, due to the country’s specific political, financial and historical strength, have undoubtedly been at the center of international and European interest. Their results were marked by the winning of...
Authoritarian creep (pun intended)*
Authoritarian creep (pun intended)*
When President Rodrigo Duterte says something really outrageous then it backfires or he is proven to be lying or at least dissembling, he uses several tricks to get away with it. He or his apologists say he was just joking and because we are so gullible, we are...
Duterte gov’t adopts US ‘war on terror’ plan
Duterte gov’t adopts US ‘war on terror’ plan
The recently concluded (September 18-26) “low-key” US-Philippine joint military exercise, dubbed “Tempest Wind,” signals three interrelated foreboding situations: First, – after so much presidential anti-US blustering and threat to cut off relations and chart an...
Brothers under the skin
Brothers under the skin
Some of President Rodrigo Duterte’s adherents and those opposed to him because they have a vision of an alternative State and future and the programs to achieve it have more in common than most observers and even those in their own respective ranks think. Exclude...
Ang Mga Kriminal
Ang Mga Kriminal
Members of Sikad perform Romulo Sandoval's 1977 poem, 'Ang Mga Kriminal' (The Criminals) during a protest action against Duterte's war on drugs, Sept. 13 in Manila.
Burning of Duterte, ‘the Night King*’
Burning of Duterte, ‘the Night King*’
In a symbolic action in Manila on Sept. 19, members of urban poor group Kadamay and artists' group Resbak portrayed themselves as victims of Duterte's war on drugs and burn an effigy of the president depicted as 'Night King.'
Vandaldalismo
Vandaldalismo
ni CARLOS MANINGAT Matagal nang dinudungisan ng kapulisan ang mga pader at kalsada -- gamit ang dugo ng mga biktima ng gera kontra droga; matagal nang nakamarka ang panawagan para sa hustisya; Para sa ilang burgis, wais ang paggamit ng buwis kung ang baril ay...
Martial law should not be the option for Duterte
Martial law should not be the option for Duterte
“Never again to martial law!” was the emphatic, defiant cry that resounded in all of the protest actions held nationwide last Thursday (Sept. 21), the 45th year of Ferdinand E. Marcos’ martial law declaration that ran for 14 years. Although the same cry has been...
Defending freedom
Defending freedom
The authoritarian path the Duterte administration is taking imposes on the Philippine press and media, as public service institutions, the duty to more vigilantly defend that freedom and to sharpen and enhance its monitoring and coverage of the regime. The press...
Clearing the air
Clearing the air
On the eve of the September 21 protests against the Duterte regime, it has become necessary to clear the air of certain misconceptions as well as false judgments against the Left that stand in the way of forging a broad unity across the political spectrum. To those...
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