By Robert Fisk The Independent UK So America’s one-time ally has been sentenced to death for war crimes he committed when he was Washington’s best friend in the Arab world. America knew all about his atrocities and even supplied the gas – along with the British, of course – yet there we were yesterday declaring…
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NI CORAZON CAÑETE Inilathala ng Bulatlat In the Philippines, hunger reveals its face in the social survey of the Social Weather Station (SWS) for the third quarter of 2004. The survey shows that 15.1 percent of household heads reported that their families “had experienced hunger, without having anything to eat, at least once in the…
Pagdalaw sa Libingan ng mga Buhay: Sagutang-tula
NINA AXEL PINPIN AT RONALYN OLEA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Ang Pagdalaw sa Libingan ng mga Buhay* Ni Axel Pinpin, sa ngalan ng Tagaytay 5 Iwan n’yo na ang kandila, ‘wag nang mag-abala sa bulaklak ‘Wag n’yo lang kalilimutan na magbaon ng halakhak, Pagkat kailangan iyan ng nauupos naming tuwa, Pampahalimuyak din iyan ng alingasaw ng…
Buti Pa…
NI ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat Buti pa ang kalendaryo, may date, yung ibang tao, wala… Buti pa ang Hershey’s, may kisses, yung ibang tao, wala… Buti pa ang sugat, iniingata’t inaalagaan, yung ibang tao, hindi… Buti pa ang unan, katabi’t inaakap sa gabi, yung ibang tao, hindi… Buti pa ang kilusan, nag-aalab, yung ibang tao, hindi….…
Publikhaan: Making Human Rights Issues Public
Tutok Karapatan (TutoK), a group of artists advocating human rights, will hold a series of upcoming art events starting this month, tackling the spate of extra-judicial killings in the Philippines. TutoK was formed late last year as a response to what the group described as the “deteriorating” human rights situation in the country. BY ALEXANDER…
The War on Terror is a Deliberate Strategy to Criminalize Every Resistance against Capitalism
The idea of terrorism is extended to several forms of social fight and protest. Dissident political and trade union opinions become criminalized. An environment movement such as Greenpeace or animal rights activist is even prosecuted as terrorist in some countries. By Atty. Raf Jespers* Progressive Lawyers Network, Belgium Posted by Bulatlat The attacks in New…
U.S., Japan May Use Asean to Railroad Bilateral Trade Pacts
The coming 12th ASEAN Summit to be held in Cebu this December would continue the neo-liberal liberalization agenda, to the continuing disadvantage of the peoples of Southeast Asia. By IBON Foundation Posted by Bulatlat The US and Japan may use the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to negotiate and hasten onerous free trade agreements…
Street University in Cebu Launched Takes on agenda of 12th ASEAN Summit
It’s the school needed for our times and it’s for free, without the exorbitant fees and yearly increases. The only requirement is an open mind and a willing spirit to take on a critical and alternative perspective of society and reality. By KAREN PAPELLERO Bulatlat It’s the school needed for our times and it’s for…
Gov’t Spies in State U: Threat to Academic Freedom
The University of the Philippines (UP) as the premier academic institution in the country remains one of the bulwarks of academic freedom. But its students are being harassed and military and police forces are intensifying surveillance operations inside the campus. By REYNA MAE TABBADA Bulatlat Floyd Tiongson, an editor of the Philippine Collegian, recounted several…
Militants to Commemorate 2nd Luisita Massacre Anniversary
On Nov. 16, 2004, seven strikers were killed at the picket line outside Gate 1 of the sugar mill when soldiers and police fired at thousands of protesters manning the barricades. Eight more – including an acclaimed bishop, a pastor, city councilor – who were active in or supported the workers’ struggle have also died.…
Throw out Case vs Punks – Kin, Friends to Baguio Fiscal
Friends and families of the nine punks still languishing at the Benguet Provincial Jail in La Trinidad have asked the fiscal to immediately throw out the case against them. They maintain that the nine punks are innocent and their arrest was “unlawful from the start.” BY NESTOR GUILLERMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY…