The report of United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston on the culpability of the military in the spate of political killings, and the formation of the anti-fraud group Kontra-Daya addressed two critical issues confronting the Arroyo government: its crisis of legitimacy and charges of electoral fraud; and the gross violations of human rights especially the…
Benjie Oliveros
The Anti-Terrorism Bill: A Patently Fascist Measure
By the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) Posted by Bulatlat Welcome to the dark ages. On February 8, voting 16-2, the Senate passed on final reading the Human Security Act of 2007, more commonly known as the Anti-Terrorism Bill (ATB). A day after, the bicameral conference committee of both chambers of Congress adopted the Senate version…
Utang
NI JOI BARRIOS-LEBLANC* Inilathala ng Bulatlat Paano babayaran Ang utang ng aking bayan? Nakayapak ang batang sinanla Para sa mga sapatos ng isang Unang Ginang. Putol ang kamay ng manggagawa, Habang lumalambi-lambitin sa daliri Ng dating Pangulo Ang kanyang mahal na tabako. Gula-gulanit ang katawan Ng magsasakang naninibilhan Sa air-conditioned na kuwadra Sa asyenda ng…
Oplan Bantay Laya, Sumalangit Nawa
NI E. SAN JUAN, JR. Inilathala ng Bulatlat Natiyempuhan ko lamang basahin sa pahayagan kamakailan ang balitang nagpakamatay sina Librado at Martina Gallardo sa Barangay Conversion, Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija — hintay muna, baka may masahol pang higit sa tinamasang hagupit — upang maiwasan ang walang pakundangang tortyur ng Armed Forces of the Philippines. Uminom lang…
Ikatlong Himno kay Lenin
NI HUGH MACDIARMID SALIN MULA SA INGLES NI GELACIO GUILLERMO Inilathala ng Bulatlat Para kay Muriel Rukeyser Walang makaaangkin nitong kataasan (ang tugon ng anino) Kundi silang ang tingin sa mga paghihirap sa mundo Ay mga paghihirap, at sila’y hindi tutulutang mamahinga. Keats, Hyperion Kayong binaligtad ang mundo ay pumarito rin. Acta XVII, 6. Patalilis…
Ang Tunay na Terorista
Ang tunay na terorista, nakakapandaya sa eleksyon. Nanunungkulan bilang presidente habang sa pagkaligalig sa gabi, tanging cognac ang kapiling. NI ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat Pukpukin ang mga kahoy na sahig, dingding at kisame. Ang tunay na terorista, pumapatay ng aktibista. Tanghaling tapat, sa loob ng mismong buhay o sa bukana nito—ang eksena ng krimen. Walang takip…
Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing*
The Anti-Terrorism Bill that House Speaker Jose de Venecia is itching to pass under his leadership and Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is aching to sign with her pen poised in the air (as she herself announced) is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Simply put, the proposed bill lays the legal basis for an undeclared martial rule…
An Invitation to Murder
What started as an invitation to lunch by a persistent former colleague in the activist movement turned into an attempt on the life of the secretary-general for Southern Mindanao of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas. By Grace S. Uddin davaotoday.com DAVAO CITY — It all started with a visit by a woman named Nene at…
Breakup of Cartel, Price Control for Veggies Urged
Farmers need built-in mechanisms for pricing, a researcher from a Cordillera peasant alliance said in reaction to the agriculture secretary’s bid to provide Benguet farmers additional outlets for Manila consumers. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY – Farmers need built-in mechanisms for pricing, a researcher from a Cordillera peasant alliance…
Pro-Arroyo Landlords in Congress to Reap Profits from Biofuels Act
The Biofuels Act by itself cannot address the most urgent problem of exorbitant and soaring oil prices caused by foreign monopoly control. Worse, only landlords and bourgeois-compradors like Rep. Juan Miguel Zubiri and his co-authors are the ones who will benefit most from it. BY ARNOLD PADILLA IBON Features Posted by Bulatlat Going by the…
Zaynab Ampatuan and the Travails of the Moros
Zaynab Ampatuan, 27, hardly looks like one who has experienced being driven from home by bombs and bullets courtesy of the military. But she has – and more than twice. Her experiences with the oppression of Muslims in the Philippines led her to become an advocate for the Moro cause. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat…