Capitalism is built and thrives on, in fact requires and rewards greed--the more excessive the better. By greed we mean the relentless drive for the most profit--wealth appropriated from the labor of others--with the least scruples, in order to reinvest and gain...
Statement on the US and Global Economic and Financial Crisis BY THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF PEOPLES’ STRUGGLE DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat We, the International League of Peoples’ Struggle, take cognizance of the total discredit of the “free market” dogma,...
How did the world come to this point? Analysts are blaming Wall Street executives with their fat compensation packages and “golden parachutes” ( attractive severance packages). But is the deep economic and financial crisis the handiwork of a few executives? That...
“We are challenging the GFMD (Global Forum on Migration and Development) because we are for genuine peoples' development. We adhere to the UN Declaration on the Right to Development, which is consistent with our dream of a society 'where people are not forced to...
Triumph International Philippines is the largest undergarment manufacturer in the country. It also manufactures for popular brands like Marks & Spencer and Victoria’s Secret. But behind the glamorous women gracing the company’s advertisements are women workers who...
When he retired and after his appointment to the National Security Council fell through because of widespread opposition, Palparan has evaded media attention – in contrast to his frequently hogging the headlines during his days in military service. He must have...
The Ilocos Sur Provincial Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed the rebellion charges filed in Candon City, last July, against National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Elizabeth Principe. BY ROD TAJON, JR. Northern Dispatch HUMAN RIGHTS...
"Politics is the shadow cast on society by big business," concluded America's leading 20th century social philosopher John Dewey, and will remain so as long as power resides in "business for private profit through private control of banking, land, industry,...
Hitler's Third Reich was a monstrous system made possible by Germany's top business leaders, and while it proved a catastrophe for millions of people, it functioned as a Nirvana for Corporate Germany. Foreign-owned enterprises were also allowed to enjoy the...
Yes, America's economy is a war economy. Not a 'manufacturing' economy. Not an 'agricultural' economy. Nor a 'service' economy. Not even a 'consumer' economy. BY PAUL B. FARRELL, MarketWatch INTERNATIONAL Posted by Bulatlat ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) --...
The global financial crunch is actually taking its toll on the Philippine economy affecting all economic sectors; the worse will take effect in 2009, and a slight economic recovery may only be possible in 2010, said UP Professor Dr. Cayetano Paderanga Jr., former...
The Gabriela Women’s Party and the Health Alliance for Democracy asserted that the issue of reproductive health should not be limited to population control but is a part of the people’s right to health and thus, a component of a comprehensive, accessible, and...
In a forum last Oct. 13, the Philippine Psychiatry Association (PPA) expressed its misgivings over the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 (Republic Act No. 9165), saying that the said law is not solving the problem of drug addiction. BY RITCHE T. SALGADO...
From the looks of it, it was obvious that painstaking efforts were exerted to conceal the previous existence of the abandoned military camp. But the cries for justice of the victims of enforced disappearances and their relatives can never be muted as the former camp occupied by the 24th IB of the Philippine Army yielded burnt human bones and other vital evidences proving the claims of escaped torture victim Raymond Manalo that the military was involved in the abduction and torture of UP students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño, and farmer Manuel Merino.
The Arroyo administration has been courting foreign mining corporations to invest in the country. It has repeatedly said that a revitalized mining industry will create more jobs and will boost the local economy. Facts and experience, however, prove otherwise.
A fact-finding mission in Zamboanga City documented the inhumane treatment experienced by Filipino deportees from Sabah, Malaysia. BY ANGIE DE LARA MIGRANT WATCH Bulatlat A fact-finding mission led by Migrante International was held Oct. 2 to 5 to look into the...
At stake in our fight against JPEPA is the protection and preservation of our natural resources and our environment, the defense against the exploitation and oppression of human labor against the Arroyo regime’s pimping of Filipino nurses, caregivers and skilled...
Contrary to President Arroyo’s statement that the ratification of Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) will protect the country from the global financial crisis, it will make the country more vulnerable to economic shocks. BY IBON FOUNDATION...
“Once I regain my strength, I will still go back to mining,” declared Robert Buhway in Ilocano while recuperating at the Baguio City General Hospital, where he was confined after being rescued from a mining tunnel in Itogon. He is among 16 miners trapped in the...
Deregulation is quite simple but the powers-that-be tend to provide complicated explanations in claiming that it should be given a chance to work despite what is happening in the world market. Indeed, a clear understanding of oil deregulation leads one to oppose...
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