On The Fringes | Mentally surviving the rotten healthcare system
I spent more hours in the waiting area than in my consultations. Most of my conversations with the doctor took only 15 to 30 minutes.
COMMENTARY
Truth be Told (Again) | To make a dictator (un)necessary
Truth be Told (Again) | To make a dictator (un)necessary
On September 23, 1972, the day Martial Law was announced, Ferdinand Marcos was certain — or, at the very least, he was determined to sound like it.
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
#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.
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FIRST PERSON
BULATLAT CONTRIBUTORS
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.
First Person | Si Karletz, ang bundok na di mapapatag
“Basta aksyon, Bad yon” tawa naming lahat. Siguro nga, kung si Ka Bea, bilang chairperson ang ‘nanay’ ng organisasyon, si Ka Inday iyung tita mong makulit, si Karlets naman ang inabutan kong tito na ‘bad boy’ ng kilusan ng maralitang lungsod. Hindi dahil pasaway siya o mahirap pakisamahan, pero dahil may taglay lang siyang swabeng angas na maganda kasama mapakwentuhan, sa init ng pagtuligsa sa bulok na gobyerno, at syempre sa pagharap sa masa.
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 | 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.
Konteksto | ‘Negosyonibersidad’
Bagama’t nangangakong hindi palalayasin ang mga manininda, nakapagtatakang mas binibigyan ng prayoridad sa espasyo ng kampus ang mga “taga-labas” sa halip na ‘yong mga bahagi ng komunidad.
Konteksto | 2009
Ang inakala kong election-related violence na away ng dalawang politikal na angkan, may nadamay palang mga peryodista’t manggagawa sa midya. Ang inakala kong posibleng mabilang sa daliri ang mga pinatay na kasama sa trabaho, napakarami pala.
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.
QUESTION EVERYTHING
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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