BY TERENCE KRISHNA LOPEZ Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 44, December 9-15, 2007 She was four years old, Dianne. Her dreams of colors And beautiful world Was cut, abruptly. In that dawn of darkness In that dawn that forever Vanished the sunrise In her life. And her sister’s And her father’s. Dianne’s mother Bled…

NI ROLAND TOLENTINO KULTURANG POPULAR KULTURA Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 44, Disyembre 9-15, 2007 Nagluluksa tayo dahil may yumaong mahal sa buhay. Mahal, ibig sabihin, may halaga dahil nagkaroon na tayo ng emotional investment sa taong sumakabilang-buhay na: nakausap, nakainuman, nakasama sa rali, sa meeting, nakipagbatbatan, nagkaisa ng opinyon, nakatawanan, at iba pa. Ganito ang…

Notwithstanding “X” ratings, organizers of the Kontra-Agos Resistance Film Festival struggled and won the fight for bringing films that dare to make a difference in this country full of indifference. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Contributed to Bulatlat CULTURE Vol. VII, No. 44, December 9-15, 2007 Notwithstanding “X” ratings, organizers of the Kontra-Agos Resistance Film Festival…

BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat December 3, 2007 – 5:30 p.m. Human rights group Karapatan said that the Macapagal-Arroyo administration has been put on the defensive by strong local and international pressure to put a stop to the spate of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances. Karapatan noted a decline in the number of cases of extrajudicial…

Kapag ginamit ang unlapi (prefix) na “super,” ipinapahiwatig nito ang labis, sobra, lampas sa ordinaryo: superman, supermarket, superpower, superstar, at sa panahon ni Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA)—supermaid at super-typhoon. NI ROLAND TOLENTINO KULTURANG POPULAR KULTURA Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 43, Disyembre 2-8, 2007 Kapag ginamit ang unlapi (prefix) na “super,” ipinapahiwatig nito ang labis, sobra,…

Human rights, civil liberties, and democracy are in a more precarious situation now. It is not because of the walk-out of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim from their court hearing at the Makati Regional Trial Court where they are being tried for coup d’ etat and the resulting standoff at the…

BY PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON Chairperson, International League of Peoples’ Struggle DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 43, December 2-8, 2007 The International League of Peoples’ Struggle praises and supports the vigorous protests against the Arroyo regime and the demand for the ouster of this regime aired separately by scores of military officers…

For far too long, workers’ wages, conditions and bargaining positions have been sacrificed at the altar of the economy or some conservative political agenda, but things are changing. BY CAESAR BAROÑA Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 43, December 2-8, 2007 Australia has a new government. The Australian Labor Party (ALP) was swept to power…

Madaling sisihin ang mga drayber ng dyip, bus at taksi sa kaguluhan sa mga lansangan. Kilala sila sa kawalan ng respeto sa batas trapiko. Ang ganitong negatibong imahe ay hindi nakakatulong sa pagkuha ng suporta mula sa publiko para sa kanilang planong malawakang transport strike. NI DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Konteksto/Pinoy Weekly Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol.…

While families of Sentosa 27++ made efforts to attend the hearing despite the bad weather, representatives from concerned government agencies and the Sentosa Agency, did not show up during the Senate’s first inquiry regarding the case. BY AUBREY MAKILAN Bulatlat MIGRANT WATCH Vol. VII, No. 43, Dec. 2-8, 2007 After Sentosa representatives, foreign affairs and…

Reiterating its expressed commitment to respect human rights, the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Baguio City as a collective body passed a resolution that denounced all forms of political persecution as they supported the speedy disposition of criminal complaints against a detained leader of the party-list group Bayan Muna. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by…