By D.L. Mondelo Bulatlat.com AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands – Writing in his blog "Geen Commentaar" entitled "The Netherlands in the service of the US", Jos van Dijk, a Dutch writer/blogger assailed his government's servility to the US government in its effort to...
By INA ALLECO SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Main Story: Wikileaks bares extent of US interference in Philippine affairs Sidebar: US lobbied against Cheaper Medicines Act In a series of cables, the US embassy admitted the US' government's role in the terrorist listing of...
By D. L. MONDELO Bulatlat.com AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - The recent Wikileaks expose' of a 2007 cable from the US embassy in Manila (which was published in Manila newspapers) revealing the collaboration between the Dutch, Philippines and US governments to file...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Legal protest movements are rising on a global scale in an unprecedented way. They are fueled by pro-imperialist and reactionary policies and such concrete conditions generated by these as rising mass unemployment, soaring prices of food, fuel and other basic commodities and increasingly violent reaction of states to unarmed protests.” – Professor Jose Maria Sison
Jose Maria Sison’s poems are suffused with various kinds of imagery, but in these one thread is common – the voice of a poet not only resolved to write good poetry, but also revolting against oppression in all its forms. He thus shares, in Philippine literary...
Joma not only laid down the theoretical framework and guidelines for the peace negotiations. As chief political consultant, he has masterfully steered the negotiations to where they are now. We can spend hours, even days, relating those instances where Joma, broke...
By D.L. MONDELO Bulatlat.com UTRECHT -- A busload of forty two students taking up masters degrees and five academic supervisors from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom came to Utrecht, The Netherlands to listen to a lecture by Prof. Jose Maria Sison...
By PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON Reposted by Bulatlat.com Thank you for inviting me to speak on the Marxian critique of the neoliberal economic agenda. 1. Let me begin by reviewing briefly with you basic concepts in the Marxist critique of the capitalist political...
The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) has condemned the attempts of the US to interfere in the conflicts in the Libya and in the Middle East, saying that the US and its allies “are hell-bent on tightening their control over all the major sources of oil and gas.”
By PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee International League of Peoples' Struggle February 27, 2011 The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) steadfastly stands in solidarity with and supports the peoples of the North...
National Artist for Literature Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera and literary critic Dr. Elmer Ordoñez, talked about their experiences with Sison in the ’60s and ’70s. Kabataan Rep. Raymond Palatino discussed how Sison’s life has taught and inspired the youth to take on the struggle for national democracy. By RONALYN V. OLEA / bulatlat.com
The book, as the title states, is a celebration of Sison's life and his contributions to not only to the Filipino people's struggle for liberation and social justice, but to the rest of humanity's battle for good against the great evils wrought by capitalism.
The government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines resumed peace negotiations on Feb. 15, 2011, after a six-year impasse. Up in the talks is the second of the four substantive agenda, socio-economic reforms. Shown above are...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Fr. Dionito Cabillas, Selda secretary general, said the Philippine government should work for the immediate release of the political prisoners as a sign of goodwill in the continuation of the peace talks and for humanitarian reasons.
Press Statement December 18, 2010 By PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON Chief Political Consultant NDFP Negotiating Panel I wish to salute the Morong 43 health workers for their perseverance in fighting for their rights and for a just cause. I congratulate them for their...
By PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON Chairperson International League of Peoples' Struggle Bulatlat.com 20 September 2010 From September 20-22, 2010, the United Nations is hosting the largest gathering of heads of state since the Millennium Summit in the year 2000 when 189...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“We are willing to go into serious peace talks aimed at addressing the root causes of the armed conflict through fundamental social, economic, political and constitutional reforms.” - NDFP
Prof. Jose Ma. Sison National Democratic Front of the Philippines Chief Political Consultant July 27, 2010 The Negotiating Panel of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) has repeatedly declared its readiness to resume peace negotiations with the...
By ROSELLE VALERIO Liberation International Posted by Bulatlat.com 1. Noynoy Aquino seems to play the teflon game and ignore what you say against him. But he lets others hit you and make ad hominem attacks against you. Are you not afraid of taking on someone like...
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com The Anti-Terrorism Bill, as passed by the House of Representatives on third reading, may be "used politically to erroneously charge with terrorism and improperly extradite" the known leaders of the National Democratic Front of the...
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