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Mong Palatino is a blogger, activist, and former legislator. He can be reached via his email, mongpalatino@gmail.com.
Mong Palatino is a blogger, activist, and former legislator. He can be reached via his email, mongpalatino@gmail.com.
Taon ng baha, panahon ng protesta
Taon ng baha, panahon ng protesta
Bumaha ng korapsyon kaya baha ng protesta ang naging tugon ng mamamayan. Walang patlang ang mga pagkilos buong taon mula Kamaynilaan hanggang sa Visayas at Mindanao. Kinalampag ang mga kontraktor pati mga korap sa Kongreso kaya ang praning na pangulo ay...
Island chains of domination and resistance
Island chains of domination and resistance
The island chain is not a novel concept but a recalibration of a Cold War strategy aimed at containing Soviet expansionism in the past, and undermining China's rise as a superpower today and in the near future.
Mga di-pangkaraniwan sa Utrecht, West Philippine Sea, at Cagayan Valley
Mga di-pangkaraniwan sa Utrecht, West Philippine Sea, at Cagayan Valley
Mga Pilipinong rebolusyonaryo sa Netherlands. Mga mangingisdang nakikipagtagisan sa iba't ibang pwersa sa West Philippine Sea. At mga aktibistang tinarget ng karahasan ng estado sa Cagayan Valley.
Political Dynasties and their Plutogogues
Political Dynasties and their Plutogogues
Denialists, legalists, and apologists are the plutogogues of political dynasties who make a career in legitimizing the irrational and unjust rule of the few even if it contravenes the interests of the majority.
Ang mga tula ng paglaban ni Desiree Jaranilla
Ang mga tula ng paglaban ni Desiree Jaranilla
Sa zine na kumpilasyon ng ilan sa kanyang mga tula ay masusulyapan ang kanyang katatagan at lubos na pagsandig sa kilusang mapagpalaya.
‘Hahamakin ang Lahat’: Rebyu sa Dulang ‘O Pag-ibig na Makapangyarihan’
‘Hahamakin ang Lahat’: Rebyu sa Dulang ‘O Pag-ibig na Makapangyarihan’
Ika nga ni Balagtas, hahamakin ng pag-ibig ang lahat. Ganito rin sa pagrerebolusyon. Walang kawala ang mga indibidwal at nagtutunggaling uri sa lipunan.
The rise of Tulfoismo
The rise of Tulfoismo
The problem with this type of politics is that it equates the delusions of a crusading politician and family with political empowerment. It weakens collective action for good governance by spreading the illusion that complex social issues can be addressed either by foul language or pitting individuals against each other in a macabre show of public shaming.
Hello, laban again! The people’s fight for accountability and justice
Hello, laban again! The people’s fight for accountability and justice
Let us end the year with a resolve to defeat the politics represented by Marcos and Duterte and to fight for a just future.
Friendship and politics in the Philippines
Friendship and politics in the Philippines
Friends sometimes turn a blind eye to the shortcomings and excesses of their friends but we have always overlooked what the US has done to our country over the past century. The myth of friendship persists which allowed the US to expand its bases and military presence while claiming that all this is for our own good. To punish us for the sins of the few ungrateful ones, they even asked a former bully to play their war games in our backyard.
Batch 2024, angkinin ang mga posibilidad, piliin ang paglaban
Batch 2024, angkinin ang mga posibilidad, piliin ang paglaban
Nakaangkla ang transpormasyon ng edukasyon sa buod ng namamayaning politika sa bansa. Paalala ito na hindi pwedeng ang tore ng kaalaman sa loob ng klasrum ay ihiwalay sa kalagayan ng lipunan. Hindi pwedeng malaya ang unibersidad pero nananatiling pyudal ang kaisipan sa bansa. Ang paniwalang ito ang nagtulak sa akin, sampu ng iba pa, na suungin ang isang landas na maaaring palabas ng paaralan subalit ang inspirasyon at motibo ay pagbutihin ang kagalingan ng lahat ng paaralan.
Binhi at agos ng paglaya
Binhi at agos ng paglaya
Patuloy na nakapagsulat si Amanda Echanis kahit nakakulong at sa kanyang mga akda masusukat ang lalim ng kanyang pagnanasa na lumaya at higit sa lahat ay magpatuloy na lumaban para sa pagbabago.
People’s Pushback in 2023
People’s Pushback in 2023
The year 2023 affirmed the significance of enjoining the people to voice out their demands and aspirations while battling the social evils that continue to plague the nation.
‘Spirit of the Glass’: Aral ng kasaysayan at paghamon sa red-tagging
‘Spirit of the Glass’: Aral ng kasaysayan at paghamon sa red-tagging
Kapupulutan ng mayamang aral sa kasaysayan ang dula. Higit sa lahat, pinakita ang karaniwang mukha ng aktibista at hindi ang aktibistang ginawang demonyo sa propaganda ng mga pasista.
Reflections after a prison visit
Reflections after a prison visit
Given the constraints they face, political prisoners deserve our utmost respect for choosing defiance instead of compromise and collaboration with the class enemy. They provide a dignified example of how to live a life devoted to the cause of fighting with the oppressed. Their activism is demonized and criminalized by those who see no evil in the obscene hoarding of the nation’s wealth by the elite and the exploitation of the poor and powerless by those in power.
Relentless resistance against APEC
Relentless resistance against APEC
The "shutdown APEC" protests in San Francisco, California gathered more than a thousand people who shared testimonies about how APEC impoverished a generation, displaced Indigenous peoples, and undermined the rights of workers.
My experience as a folding biker and bimodal commuter in Metro Manila
My experience as a folding biker and bimodal commuter in Metro Manila
The fun of biking is undercut by the constant reminder that our roads are unsafe. Major thoroughfares may have bike lanes but this is wishful thinking in most secondary roads. Bike lanes are merely a slim extension of existing roads where potholes, manholes, and even open drainages are often located. It is used too as an emergency lane and frequently “patronized” by motorcycle riders.
Question Everything | Ship of State
Question Everything | Ship of State
The protest of Masinloc fishers highlighted the lack of attention given to ordinary people as officials relish their token role in the geopolitical ‘game of thrones’ in the Asia-Pacific. On one hand, they are bullied by oversized Chinese vessels in our own territory; but they are also barred from fishing during Balikatan war games. Dynamite fishing has been outlawed yet US troops used a missile to blow up a warship in Zambales.
Question Everything | ‘Like the rain falling in torrents on a thousand raging rivers’
Question Everything | ‘Like the rain falling in torrents on a thousand raging rivers’
We need more testimonies and reports highlighting the lesser-known protests that contributed to the building of a formidable resistance to the dictatorship.
Question Everything | My father in America
Question Everything | My father in America
Family reunions allowed us to catch up, reenact rituals of domestic living, and build new memories. Were they enough? For a child who sincerely wanted to express his love and gratitude, they were agonizingly inadequate.
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