America on the Cusp of Fascism By NORMAN POLLACK Counterpunch I use “fascism” here not as a cliché, but as an historical-structural formation principally rooted in the mature stage of capitalism, in which business-government interpenetration (what the Japanese political scientist Masao Maryuma called the “close-embrace” system) has created hierarchical social classes of wide differences in…
Day: November 9, 2012
Servants and Masters: The Special Interests Won Again
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS Counterpunch The election that was supposed to be too close to call turned out not to be so close after all. In my opinion, Obama won for two reasons: (1) Obama is non-threatening and inclusive, whereas Romney exuded a “us vs. them” impression that many found threatening, and (2) the election…
Makabayan endorses five Senatorial candidates from other parties
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – They belong to different political parties but they share common advocacies. This is the basis of the Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (Makabayan) for endorsing five Senatorial candidates, Satur Ocampo, president of Makabayan said. “This manifests our confidence in the leadership qualities of the six, their personal integrity,…
Bus unionists march, drive 404 kms. to urge implementation of Supreme Court ruling
By MARYA SALAMAT
They got favorable rulings from the Labor Department and the Supreme Court and still, the owner of the bus company Times Transportation Company, Inc refuses to reinstate the bus employees and pay their back wages.
NPA denies AFP allegations, says soldiers were armed and legitimate military targets when killed
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The 1st Pulang Bagani Company of the Merardo Arce Command of the New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao (1ST PBC-NPA) denied earlier reports that the four army soldiers killed in Paquibato District on Sunday, November 4, were unarmed and off-duty. In an e-mailed statement sent…
Son of Cordillera rebel leader taken by authorities
By Artemio A. Dumlao Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY (November 7, 2012) – Intelligence agents reportedly took “captive” for two days now the son of underground Cordillera Peoples Democratic Front (CPDF) spokesperson Simon Naogsan. Grayson Naogsan was arrested by men who introduced themselves as policemen and is now missing, said Jude Baggo of the Baguio-based human rights…
Women’s rights advocates question PHL’s gender equality performance
Man story: Rape, cases of violence against women on the rise – Gabriela Retired professor Vilma Gonzales of the local Network of Women raised her doubts over the country’s international ranking in gender relations as “sexual abuses, rape, among others still abound with most perpetrators go unpunished.” By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today KIDAPAWAN CITY,…
Rape, cases of violence against women on the rise – Gabriela
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Even worse, said Gabriela, is the alarming increase in rape cases involving state security forces.
Sidebar: Women’s rights advocates question PHL’s gender equality performance