Artists Converge at Anti-VFA Cultural Night
Month: April 2009
Video: By Overturning Smith Conviction, ‘Court of Appeals Prostituted Itself’
‘Court of Appeals Prostituted Itself’
Aura ng Diploma
Ang posibilidad ng mobilidad ay nananatili. Naagnas din tulad ng tinta at kapabayaan. Rumurupok ang frame at ang pako sa dingding. Nahuhulog, nababasag ang salamin, kundi man kumukulot ang kahoy na pinanglaminate dito, dumidilaw ang papel hanggang di na mabasa ito. Na sa unang pagkakataon naman ay kahalintulad din ito ng pinagkakaloob sa mismong araw…
Torture, War and the Imperial Project: The Fatal Thread
You cannot disentangle the torture program from the war of aggression in Iraq – nor from the illegal wiretapping program, the corrupt war profiteering, and all the other degradations of liberty and law that have been so accelerated in the past eight years. They are all of a piece, part and parcel of a plan…
OFWs Forced to Beg for Food on Qatar’s Streets
Nelson Ebreo left the Philippines late last year to work as a tile setter in Qatar, seeking to provide a good future for his three children, the eldest of whom is still in Grade III, and his wife. However, after months of receiving nothing from his employer, he ended up begging on the streets of…
The Bush Administration’s Stunning Geneva Hypocrisy
Newly released US government documents, detailing how Bush administration officials punched legalistic holes in the Geneva Conventions’ protections of war captives, stand in stark contrast to the outrage some of the same officials expressed in the first week of the Iraq war when Iraqi TV interviewed several captured American soldiers. BY JASON LEOPOLD Truthout INTERNATIONAL…
The Need for Genuine Change
A new group has been formed not only to serve as watchdog in the 2010 elections but also to push for genuine change beyond 2010. BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat A new group has been formed not only to serve as watchdog in the 2010 elections but also to push for genuine change beyond 2010.…
May 1 Marks 111 years of American Intervention
May 1, 2009 will mark a little-known but important anniversary: on May 1, 1898, Admiral George Dewey steamed into Manila Bay and sunk the Spanish fleet defending the capital. The event marked the beginning of 111 years of American intervention in the Philippines. BY CHRIS PFORR Contributor Bulatlat May 1, 2009 will mark a little-known…
Poverty of the Human Soul: A Movie Analysis of Brillante Mendoza’s Tirador
Forming an unassuming picture of the less familiar side of Manila, Brillante Mendoza’s Tirador showed how it feels to live in the slum area that is Quiapo. BY JUAN ANGELO A. HONGO CULTURE Bulatlat Forming an unassuming picture of the less familiar side of Manila, Brillante Mendoza’s Tirador showed how it feels to live in…
Then They Rise…
A meditation on Recci Bacolor’s Resureccion My Little Art Space, Greenhills, San Juan; March 29-April 15, 2009 Group Exhibit Sometimes, the artist has to be reborn or awakened from his or her tight sleep in order to unleash the power of his or her art. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent Bulatlat CULTURE Sometimes, the artist…
Reinventing Reagan?
The Central American wars were only one ugly facet of the Reagan administration’s world impact, but they were hardly an exception to the overall trend. Whatever Professor Diggins and the others believe was in Ronald Reagan’s heart and mind, during his years in office, the United States stood for “freedom, peace, [and] disarmament” only in…