Photo of the Week: Poor Education
Poor Education
Bulatlat Contributors | Dec 14, 2009
Yeswecanistan: The Peace Candidate Myth
Yeswecanistan: The Peace Candidate Myth
By WILLIAM BLUM Counterpunch International All the crying from the left about how Obama "the peace candidate" has now become "a war president" ... Whatever are they talking about? Here's what I wrote in this report in August 2008, during the election campaign: We...
Not Even a Peanut
Not Even a Peanut
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN Counterpunch International A friend down the coast here in California called Wednesday to say that her mother, 95, had fallen, cracked her ribs, got a cough and told her daughters, “That’s it. I’m checking out.” She’s given up eating. I...
Deals That Threaten Disasters
Deals That Threaten Disasters
t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed by: J. Sri Raman Deals for 16 reactors in a single day - so read India's nuclear score card on December 7, 2009. On this date, an agreement was reached in Moscow, under which the country would get four more nuclear reactors from Russia....
Violations of Economic, Social Rights Severe Under Arroyo Administration
Violations of Economic, Social Rights Severe Under Arroyo Administration
By IBON FEATURES Posted by Bulatlat.com The Arroyo government’s human rights record is considered one of the worst in history, not just in violations of civil and political rights but also in the economic, social and cultural realm. Thirty-five years after the...
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Frankenstein Begets Frankenstein
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Frankenstein Begets Frankenstein
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com The declaration of martial law in Maguindanao is not the answer to the cry for justice for the victims of the Nov. 23 massacre allegedly perpetrated by top local government officials...
Photo of the Week: Bayugan’s Fervent Children
Photo of the Week: Bayugan’s Fervent Children
Bayugan's Fervent Children
News in Pictures: Black Mark
News in Pictures: Black Mark
A black ribbon placed by a reporter hangs from the last two digits of the street number at the gate of the Department of Foreign Affairs, symbolizing the number of media workers slain in the November 23 Ampatuan massacre in Maguindanao massacre (actually 31 media...
News in Pictures: Jeepney Drivers and Operators Oppose Series of Oil Price Hikes
News in Pictures: Jeepney Drivers and Operators Oppose Series of Oil Price Hikes
Members of the Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (PISTON) renewed their call to the Big Three oil companies to stop oil price hikes during a noise barrage held in Cubao, Quezon City on Thursday. According to George San Mateo, PISTON...
News in Pictures: We are Farmers!
News in Pictures: We are Farmers!
A farmer and his sons said they were picked up by members of the 69th Infantry Battalion in sitio Salagunting, Barangay Fatima in Paquibato, where a landmine recently exploded on November 23, wounding four soldiers. Mateo Molato, father, 57, (center) and his sons...
Children Afraid of the Night
Children Afraid of the Night
By VIJAY PRASHAD CounterPunch International More US troops are being prepared for Afghanistan. The President charged them with (1) defeating or degrading the Taliban; (2) building the Afghan National Army. We have thrown in our lot with Hamid Karzai's government....
Strategy and Logistics in Afghanistan: Flawed Thinking
Strategy and Logistics in Afghanistan: Flawed Thinking
By MELVIN A. GOODMAN Truthout International Logistics will be the key to introducing 30,000 soldiers and Marines into Afghanistan in the next six to seven months and to confronting the Taliban over the next 18 months. This reflects an old saying in the military -...
War Cries from a Defeated Man
War Cries from a Defeated Man
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN CounterPunch International Ritual trumphalism about America’s righteous mission in the closing sentences of his speech did not dispel the distinct impression during President Obama’s 33-minute address to cadets at West Point Tuesday night that...
News in Pictures: Lights for Justice
News in Pictures: Lights for Justice
Reporters covering the Department of Justice (top) and students of De La Salle University in Manila held separate candlelighting ceremonies on Wednesday, December 2, to honor the victims of the Ampatuan massacre and demand justice. (Photos courtesy of Nonoy...
News in Pictures: Goodbye, Mom
News in Pictures: Goodbye, Mom
Eldest daughter Sunshine bids goodbye to her mother, Lawyer Concepcion ‘Connie’ Brizuela. Brizuela was laid down to her final rest on Monday, November 30, in their residence in Del Carmen village, President Roxas town in North Cotabato. She was one of the victims...
Proletaryo
Proletaryo
Ni RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Isang Proletaryo ang nakaupo’t nag-iisip, Ibinuka ang mga palad at kagyat ding kinimis; Maigting ang tikom at kaniyang inilapit Sa mukha, sa dibdib at itinaas sa langit— Nang muling ibuka’y bumalong ang putik Kasama ay...
In Northern Mindanao, Tears Flow Over Human-Rights Abuses
In Northern Mindanao, Tears Flow Over Human-Rights Abuses
By MACARIO PACANA
At the International Peace and Human Rights Summit in Cagayan de Oro City, victims and witnesses of human-rights abuses take turns recounting their appalling ordeal in the hands of the military and its paramilitary forces.
News in Pictures: In Memoriam
News in Pictures: In Memoriam
Candles, a placard and a wall poster demanding justice for the victims of the Ampatuan massacre and showing Bombo reporter Bart Maravilla, one of the 31 media workers killed in the carnage, at the Makati headquarters of the Bombo Radyo Network Tuesday evening. The...
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