By RONALYN V. OLEA
Political prisoners from all over the country commemorated the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 3, by a simultaneous reading of a poem about the longing for freedom.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"His works as a writer, poet, thespian, singer and songwriter have remained relevant especially to the succeeding generations of UP activists in and out of the university. His bias for the poor and oppressed dates back to his campus days."
NI AXEL PINPIN Inlilathala ng Bulatlat Anak, si Bunso’y kumutan mo muna at kamutan para mahimbing ihimig ang pagkagiliw ng Tatay n’yong naka-welga. Huwag mangamba sa sungit ng panahon ang gabi ay maiksing paghihintay lamang sa paglalaro ninyo bukas maghapon. At...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Under the bill, no justification can be offered that would allow torture and other inhuman punishments. Those who torture will be penalized as principals, as well as their superiors in the military, police or law enforcement establishments who ordered it.
Ang pagiging written at spoken art ng tula ay makitid na dimension lamang ng pag-iral nito. Mas malawak ang hamon sa tula na makalampas pa sa mabusising pagkakasulat, mahusay na pagkakabigkas o kaiga-igayang pagkakatanghal, papunta sa pagtanggap ng mambabasa, na...
NI AXEL PINPIN* Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 49, January 20-26, 2008 Kung punebre na yaring mga awit sa mga suyuan ng magbubukid at ang mga tula nila ay dalit ng pasakit sa tanang panggigipit; aguniyas ang dupikal na himig nitong nangagluluksang mga karit!...
When Axel Pinpin and the rest of the “Tagaytay 5” were under tactical interrogation two years ago, they were being asked about Renato Alvarez, chairman of Kamagsasaka-Ka to which two of them belong. Three days after the release of the “Tagaytay 5”, Alvarez along...
NI AXEL PINPIN Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 30, August 31-September 6, 2008 Kumupas at kumupis ang kalendaryo Kumalampag at ipininid ang kandado Kumupad at bumilis ang oras Nagasgas at numipis ang rehas Dumatal at umalis ang lamig Sumagad at umibis ang...
Filipino Artists Wage War Vs. VFA
A literary critic described the former political detainee’s poems as ‘among the best to have come from the ranks of Philippine protest poets.’ A National Artist for Literature also praised Axel Pinpin’s courage to write poems while in detention. Tugmaang Matatabil...
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