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Bulatlat Contributors | May 7, 2019
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How attacks against workers’ rights ‘censored’ us
How attacks against workers’ rights ‘censored’ us
How unfortunate, really, since there were only three journalists in the restaurant at that time – Marya, Zeng, and I. And all three of them happened to be holding a spoon on one hand and fork on the other and not a camera to capture the moment.
On ouster plots and upholding the people’s right to oust tyrannical regimes
On ouster plots and upholding the people’s right to oust tyrannical regimes
If there exists an actual, substantive, and strong basis for the people to call for Duterte’s resignation, ouster, or removal from office by whatever means, the people have the right to exercise their sovereign will to do so.
Matrix, a bad omen for democracy
Matrix, a bad omen for democracy
Painting a conspiracy among the media groups and lawyers -- all perceived as enemies by Duterte -- might be used to justify further draconian measures and blatant attacks.
Bukas na liham kay Dante Ang | Sino po ba kayo?
Bukas na liham kay Dante Ang | Sino po ba kayo?
Anong klaseng halimbawa ang ipinapakita ng isang chairman emeritus kung ang isang “screaming headline” na sinulat niya ay hindi pumapasa sa mataas na normatibong pamantayan.
Persistent disasters
Persistent disasters
It is not by accident or a matter of racial superiority that rich countries have the technologies for disaster preparedness and management such as early warning signs, sturdy infrastructures. The resources at their disposal are proof of unequal development of nations as a direct result of imperialist plunder of resources and exploitation of cheap labor in the Global South by the Global North’s oligarchy. Imperialist plunder accounts for the stark differences in welfare, well-being and chances of survival people in this political-economic and spatial divide under global capitalism.
Isang pagsipat sa Araw ng Kagitingan
Isang pagsipat sa Araw ng Kagitingan
Ang kasaysayan ng Pilipinas ay kasaysayan ng paglaban sa mga mananakop.
Rage against state terror
Rage against state terror
What we are witnessing is a war against civilians since Duterte assumed the presidency. He started with the thousands of poor drug suspects, using anti-drugs campaign as a veil. Now, authorities are mouthing anti-criminality and counterinsurgency for going after civilians.
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