Combating ‘fake news’
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Bulatlat Contributors | Jun 10, 2019
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An appeal for sobriety and prudence
An appeal for sobriety and prudence
he defense for Lisandro Claudio, PhD is an opportunistic reaction to a petition signed by 467 academics, artists and activists. The petition rightly argues that an academic who is engaged in tagging activist organizations as communist fronts is doing something unbecoming. It correctly articulates the global and local contexts in which such disposition is lamentable at the very least.
Academic unfreedom and states of repression: On the case of Leloy Claudio
Academic unfreedom and states of repression: On the case of Leloy Claudio
Dr. Claudio's commentary, accusing his colleagues as well as students and activists of being "commies" are hardly statements to be glibly made or easily dismissed. Within the context of increasing state repression and concomitantly the erosion of academic freedom on both sides of the Pacific, the targets of Dr. Claudio's work are put directly into the crosshairs of the Duterte and even the Trump regime. Dr. Claudio produces conditions of academic unfreedom for those he attacks.
First Person | Notes of a non-lawyer: How the CA’s 14th Division is acting in favor of the respondents President Duterte et al in the petition for writs of amparo & habeas data
First Person | Notes of a non-lawyer: How the CA’s 14th Division is acting in favor of the respondents President Duterte et al in the petition for writs of amparo & habeas data
While we will fight it out and still avail whatever remedy there is, we are inclined to affirm the view that courts in especially with those appointed by the current President and his allies are severely compromised. We are inclined to believe that even these so-called remedies for victims of human rights violations are discouraging and thus are rendered inutile.
Pagmumuni-muni sa biyahe
Pagmumuni-muni sa biyahe
Mainam ang paminsan-minsang pagbiyahe sa labas ng bansa para makita kung paanong ang mga bagay tulad ng palpak na LRT at MRT sa Pilipinas na unti-unti nang nagiging “normal” ay hindi talaga katanggap-tanggap.
First Person | A tale of two fathers
First Person | A tale of two fathers
It’s already a full cycle for our family. The struggle never ceases.
First Person | ‘Hamon para sa mga dalubhasa sa komunikasyon’
First Person | ‘Hamon para sa mga dalubhasa sa komunikasyon’
Bago pa lamang ako pumasok sa graduate school ay lagi kong tinatanong ang aking sarili kung bakit ko ninais na mag-aral pang muli. Nakuha ko ang aking sagot makalipas ang tatlong taon --- na ang pagiging isang dalubhasa sa komunikasyon ay hindi lamang dekorasyong idinudugtong sa iyong pangalan kundi ito ay isang pang-habang buhay na misyon.
How I survived anti-Left academics and became an activist
How I survived anti-Left academics and became an activist
I was prepared to be disappointed with NatDem politics but instead, I became more immersed in their mass campaigns. I was overwhelmed with several political realizations: Here was a movement making democracy work through collective leadership, here was a political force whose strength is linked to the empowerment of its members in the grassroots, here was history claiming the present to build a new future.
Sa likod ng kamera
Sa likod ng kamera
Sadyang tinatago sa makukulay na termino ang sitwasyong napakasaklap para maging katanggap-tanggap. Hindi ito kakaiba sa kamerang nagbibigay ng ilusyon ng pag-unlad kahit na kabaligtaran ang realidad. Hindi nasasapol ng kamera ang lahat ng nangyayari, lalo na ang sitwasyon sa likod nito.
FIRST PERSON | How my politics strengthened my faith
FIRST PERSON | How my politics strengthened my faith
These “norms” for majority of my brothers and sisters in Mindanao are not merely borne out of discrimination and religious puns; these are consequences of decades-long imposition of all-out war, militarization, land-grabbing, and vulgarization of our culture.
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