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Mensahe sa mga bagong graduate ng NSTP
Mensahe sa mga bagong graduate ng NSTP
Ang ating buhay ay hindi dapat ginu-Google kundi ginugugol sa isang dakilang layunin. Madaling sabihin subalit mahirap gawin dahil sa totoo lang, napakalakas ng hatak ng indibidwalistang pantasya at makasariling konsepto ng pagmamahal sa bayan.
My first five years as a full-time activist
My first five years as a full-time activist
It is methodical, thorough, repetitive, but never dull. That’s why those who lampoon the mundaneness of rallies are either clueless commenters, misinformed keyboard analysts, or apologists of the state.
Are you biased against activists?
Are you biased against activists?
When you see a rally, you assume it is a hakot crowd. Maybe you think rallies are similar to the assemblies organized by trapos during campaign sorties. But only politicians pay people to attend events and their own self-serving rallies. Unfortunately, too, there...
On becoming a full-time activist
On becoming a full-time activist
Beyond the instagrammable image of a fierce-looking activist with a clenched fist is someone rationalizing and constantly reaffirming his fidelity to radical politics. Activists are stereotyped as dogmatic simpletons who derive a perverse pleasure in organizing...
A letter of reassurance to my mother
A letter of reassurance to my mother
Ni JOHN THIMOTY A. ROMERO Mother, I am very aware that my decision to teach in Mindanaoan mountains weakened not only yours, but of Dad’s and Lolo’s seemingly frail hearts. You’ve already visualized me in areas you thought were far greater than where I am today:...
Patuloy na dumarami
Patuloy na dumarami
Ni JOHN THIMOTY A. ROMERO Patuloy na dumarami Ang mga imaheng Pinuno na ng puros na karahasan; Dugo sa bawat pahina Patak ng luha sa bawat pagbuklat Nang maisiwalat Ang kalagayan ng kapwa ko lumad. Patuloy na dumarami Ang pinalilisan ng takot Binubugaw ng mga putok...
The problem is not excess but lack of activism
The problem is not excess but lack of activism
A week before the global celebration of Human Rights Day in 2016, various people’s organizations in the Philippines conducted a solidarity fasting campaign to press for the release of 400 political prisoners. In response, a government peace negotiator described the...
Here’s how to tell if your friend is misinformed about activism
Here’s how to tell if your friend is misinformed about activism
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino Bulatlat.com Respect for diverse beliefs is one of the prescriptions of political correctness so therefore your decision to become an activist should no longer provoke scandalous reactions. But the menacing tentacles of Red Scare...
Dear kids, you are free to choose your life, but will you please try activism?
Dear kids, you are free to choose your life, but will you please try activism?
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino These are precarious times. We live in a world plagued by mass poverty, chronic hunger, wealth inequality, and racism but we seem to lack the will to overcome these preventable miseries. The world order is already ripe for an...
Congress security ‘blacklists’ activists
Congress security ‘blacklists’ activists
A number of mass leaders and activists are now banned from Congress for “shouting and displaying of banners” inside its august halls.
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