On liberal opportunism and the “purity” smear
Accusing leftists and activists of demanding a "useless politics of purity" is a classic liberal defense mechanism designed to shift the burden of moral failure onto the critic.
COMMENTARY
On the Fringes | Days in a life as a daughter of a farmer
On the Fringes | Days in a life as a daughter of a farmer
Just like those banana trees, I know their resistance is as tough. Despite enduring a lot, it never stopped sustaining generations of families in Tungkong Mangga.
AT GROUND LEVEL
SATUR OCAMPO
Progressive groups condemn decision acquitting Palparan
“The aim of fascists like Palparan is to silence dissent and spread fear. We will push back and resist the normalization of tyranny. We will continue to speak truth to power and fight for justice."
Impunity still persists, says tortured farmer after Palparan acquittal
"It pains me because in all the cases where I testified in, the courts believed in me except this - Branch 19. I am confused why he was acquitted."
Malolos court acquits Palparan
"It is not surprising. It only means that impunity persists.," Raymond Manalo said.
BALIK-TANAW
PROMOTION OF CHURCH PEOPLE’S RESPONSE
Balik-Tanaw | Sleeping in Church
Many people sleep during Sunday services. Many people find such behavior unacceptable. Many other people understand the reasons why many people sleep during Sunday services.
Balik-Tanaw | Impostor Syndrome
As we delve into these texts, we’re reminded of the universal nature of God’s call. The invitation is open for all- elite or the powerful are invited, likewise God welcomes the marginalized, and ordinary people. Amos, a shepherd and dresser of sycamores, embodies this truth. His story challenges the established power structures and affirms that prophecy and justice can emerge from the margins.
Balik-Tanaw | The bastard from Nazareth
But Sunday’s lection on Jesus’s homecoming paints a different picture. His townmates ask, “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?” Mark’s ‘The carpenter from Nazareth, the son of Mary’ (read, bastard) was a hard sell. It was certainly a hard sell for the other Nazarenes; in the Lukan version of this story, they tried to throw Jesus off a cliff.
BALIKSAYSAY
FRANCIS GEALOGO
Dengue at ang politika ng mga epidemya sa kasaysayan
Nang isakatuparan ng mga Amerikano ang rekonsentrasyon ng mga populasyon sa mga bayang itinuturing na pugad ng mga ‘irreconcilables’ o mga tumututol sa pananakop ng mga Amerikano, nilayon nila na pigilan ang pagdaloy ng mga rekurso at suplay ng mga armas, pagkain at gamot sa mga rebolusyonaryo at nakikipaglabang Pilipino mula sa mga barrio. Dahil dito, pinagsama-sama ng mga Amerikano sa maliit na lugar lamang ang mga sibilyang Pilipino at nilimitahan ang kanilang pag-alis sa mga rekonsentradong lugar. Nagkataon namang ito ang panahon na lumalawak ang kolera sa kanayunan!
Si Einstein at ang dalawang araw ng lagim sa Hiroshima at Nagasaki
Hindi ang pagkakaroon ng malawakang sandata kundi ang pag-aalis ng mga kalagayang nagdudulot sa mga tao at lipunan na makidigma sa isa’t isa ang makapagtatapos sa panganib ng digmaan.
Ang tindig ni Mabini sa pamumuno ng Republika
Ang kapakanan ng sambayanan ang lohika ng pagpapatuloy ng paghihimagsik. Kung mawawala ang kapakanan ng bayan sa isinasakatuparan ng pamumuno at pamahalaan, mawawala na rin ang batayan at lohika ng pamumuno at paghihimagsik. Sinabi ni Mabini ang aral na ito mahigit isandaang taon na ang nakaraan.
BLOODRUSH
SARAH RAYMUNDO
Federico Garcia Lorca and academic freedom
The 'Real' was not Irene Marcos. But rather, an instance in which the academe's complicity in that violent history is being displayed like anything. What the protest action affirms is a space that will not be defeated, that will not surrender, a space that turns itself into a place that battles academic freedom's free market version.
#NeverForget Eileen Sarmenta
The predator, in this case, is a corrupt politician who had the police functioned as his private army. This equally brutal government is about to set him free. We have all the reasons to fear rape and death to this day.
Bato’s new enemy: imagined transwomen rapists
The separate spheres theory has been rendered obsolete in modern times on account capitalism's inclusion of women workers in production while maintaining the wage gap and other sexist practices that serves the interest of profit accumulation.The separate spheres ideology also has a profound impact on culture, and therefore on mindsets, that it has normalized gendered restrictions in the use of public toilets.
FIRST PERSON
BULATLAT CONTRIBUTORS
First Person | Thoughts of a frontliner
It is not only COVID - but it made everything: hardest. DO NOT MAKE US CHOOSE WHO DESERVES TO LIVE. Because neither of us, wants to hear and utter these words: "maam, sir..sorry guid..wala lugar". (Sorry, we don’t have space.)
First Person | Baby blues
Will the courts show compassion and grant Ina provisional liberty so she could care for and nurse her baby girl somewhere safe? Will they recognize Ina's right to breastfeed her child who equally has the right to her breastmilk? Ina's breastmilk is her baby girl's natural immunization and best source of nourishment, especially at this time when her organs have not fully matured and there is a raging pandemic.
FIRST PERSON | Bike commuting on the 1st day of GCQ
I realized it is easier to see yourself, at least in my case, bike commuting when you are working in an air-conditioned office mostly doing mental labor. Riding a bike for maybe 5-10 kilometers then becomes a welcome form of exercise to make up for the lack of physical activity during those long hours seated at your desk. That you are not stuck in traffic and you lessen your carbon footprint are also encouraging. But this is a position of privilege many bike commuters do not have. Many of them are forced to take on this burden of additional labor before and after a day of performing backbreaking work in factories and other such places where you actually sweat it out to earn a living.
KALIBUTAN
KALIKASAN-PEOPLE’S NETWORK FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Bike ride to Lobo, gateway to the world’s center of marine biodiversity
Nature’s beauty and lessons in people’s struggles in one bike trip.
Green guerrillas
Even international experts recognize the conservation of biodiversity in the NPA-controlled areas.
Yes to Life, No to Mining Network solidarity to the people of Galicia
Mining-affected communities around the world unite against the big, destructive mines.
KONTEKSTO
DANILO ARAO
Konteksto | Liham
Para sa ating dalawa, susing salik sa mas malakas na pagsasama ang pagkakaroon ng isang anak. Sinisikap nating palakihin siya nang matino, gamit ang dangal at husay hindi lang mula sa libro kundi mula sa nakakasalamuha niya.
Konteksto | Sampaguita
Napanood mo ba ang viral na bidyo? Sige, panoorin mo pang muli. Sana nama’y higit pa sa 42 segundo ang pagninilay-nilay sa konteksto ng mga pangunahing karakter. Huwag din sanang mabilis na maghusga, lalo na sa ginawa ng guwardiya.
Konteksto | Pag-asa
Walang problema kung nais paniwalaan ang kasabihang “Habang may buhay, may pag-asa” pero mas mainam na isakonteksto ito sa mahigpit na pagkakaisa ng mas malawak na mamamayan.
LAB NOTES
Advocates of Science and Technology for the People
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OPINION
BULATLAT EDITORS
End the Nakba now
Since 1948, the people of Palestine have lost more than 85% of their land to Israel. The militarisation of the Israeli state has now confined them to a series of open-air prisons, in which the Israeli state routinely rehearses its cruel technologies of war — poisoning the soil, contaminating the water, and terrorising the people.
On the ‘radicalization’ of Philippine politics: A preliminary response
Now, what Duterte is essentially doing is to favor one oligarch over another. And this is no different to what Ferdinand Marcos did during his dictatorial regime, when he simply favored one faction of crony oligarchs over another faction of non-crony oligarchs.
“Hmm, now where should I put – er – FIND the grenade?”
The most inane spots to plant evidence, ranked by level of insanity.
ON THE FRINGES
BULATLAT STAFF
Surviving an earthquake
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MONG PALATINO
How ‘ako chamber’ diminishes us all, including our activism
The internet has many uses and one thing it conveniently offers is the boosting of individualism while rebranding it as a platform of empowerment. It poses unique challenges for community building and the pursuit of activism.
Who is Dennise Velasco?
Prior to his arrest, Dennise was coordinating relief efforts in Marikina. He planned to use proceeds from his small coffee business to procure relief goods and offer livelihood opportunities in the neighborhood.
Activism as cure to information disorder
Activism is our fact-checking initiative against so-called "fake news." We cannot engage in politics without a proper social investigation. Mao Zedong has a succinct quote for it: “No investigation, no right to speak”. Our statements must be grounded on the reality that affects the masses. We articulate the social condition based on verifiable facts.
ROOT ACCESS
COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS UNION
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