By Eva Golinger Postcards from the Revolution International Posted by Bulatlat.com US State Department documents declassified under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) evidence more than $4 million USD in funding to journalists and private media in Venezuela...
By JEREMY BIGWOOD NACLA International Posted by Bulatlat.com The U.S. State Department is secretly funneling millions of dollars to Latin American journalists, according to documents obtained in June under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The 20 documents...
By ELAINE MOORE Peopleresist.net International Posted by Bulatlat.com Chinese labour unrest is being replicated in south-east Asia where factories that compete with China to supply low-cost goods face walkouts as employees demand better pay and benefits. In...
By PAUL QUINTOS Peopleresist.net International Posted by Bulatlat.com Leaders from 20 major economies gathered in Toronto last June 26-27, 2010 in the first Summit of the G20 in its new self-designated role as “the premier forum for international economic...
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO
The cold-blooded assassination of Bayan Muna Aklan coordinator and Lezo town councilor Fernando Baldomero last Monday is forcing the hand of President Benigno Aquino to not only denounce extra-judicial killings (EJKs) and promise to go after their perpetrators but to deal with its obvious link with the government’s counterinsurgency program called Oplan Bantay Laya (OBL).
By GERMELINA LACORTE / Davao Today
Cardeno’s unexplained death while working for the US troops in February and the death of the Philippine Army officer a month later have renewed calls among militant groups to junk the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the US and the Philippines.
By CJ KUIZON / Davao Today
After former House Speaker Prospero Nograles lost in the last elections, barangay captains supporting him have stopped recruiting scholars for Nograles’ Oplan Kaalam program.
By LUIS TEODORO LuisTeodoro.com/Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com WHEN Barack Obama was elected US President in 2008, hopes ran high that change was forthcoming both in the United States itself as well as abroad. Obama would decisively address the economic...
By ROBERT REICH The Nation / Alternet.org International Posted by Bulatlat.com Wall Street's banditry was the proximate cause of the Great Recession, not its underlying cause. Even if the Street is better controlled in the future (and I have my doubts), the...
By STEPHAN SALISBURY TomDispatch International Posted by Bulatlat.com Informers have by now become our first line of defense in our battles with the evildoers, the go-to guys in the never-ending domestic war on terror. They regularly do the dirty work -- suggesting...
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Indigenous peoples would like to see former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo behind bars for human rights violations and plunder during her nine-year reign, said the Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (Kamp or...
It would be interesting to see how Aquino III will be able to transcend his class background and political orientation. In Philippine politics, promises are bound to be broken unless elected leaders begin to walk the talk. By the Policy Study, Publication, and...
By DAVID BACON International Posted by Bulatlat.com SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Chinese immigrants and Chinese-Americans in San Francisco protest the long hours and bad conditions at the Foxconn factory in southern China, where the Apple iPad is manufactured. They lined up...
By BEVERLY BELL and TORY FIELD Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat.com "I'm struggling to end slavery because I know how I suffered," said Helia Lajeunesse, a former restavèk, child slave, who is now a children's rights advocate. Today, there are an estimated...
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com The Aquino presidency is finally ensconced. If only because this signals the end of the Arroyo nightmare, our people have reason to cheer. But how much different will the Aquino...
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