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Counterhegemony: 12 Reasons to save the national language
Counterhegemony: 12 Reasons to save the national language
Filipino subjects have been obliterated through Commission on Higher Education/CHED Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 20, Series of 2013. Hence, instead of celebrating this year’s National Language Month (Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa), everyone is requested to help turn the tables against the enemies of our beleaguered national language.
The tragedy of Greece as a case study of neo-imperial pillage and the demise of Social Europe
The tragedy of Greece as a case study of neo-imperial pillage and the demise of Social Europe
Three and a half years after the EU and IMF, the "twin monsters" of global neoliberalism, came to the "rescue," Greece has been transformed from a developed economy into an emerging economy, posting unemployment and poverty rates that are normally associated with so-called "third world" nations, and is permanently stuck in a vicious cycle of debt, austerity and depression.
On US Imperialism and a way forward for the Philippines
On US Imperialism and a way forward for the Philippines
By BILL FLETCHER, JR.
Is the so-called “special relations” with the US beneficial to the Philippines? Is the Left a spent force? What are the prospects for real change? In an interview, Professor Jose Maria Sison tackles these questions and more.
War and health
War and health
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com When I began thinking about this topic and doing my research, I realized that I should be discussing not only about war and health but, more importantly, on the war against the people's right and access to health. The two wars...
Satur C. Ocampo | Winners and losers
Satur C. Ocampo | Winners and losers
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star In my last two columns I wrote about the call of US billionaire-investor Warren Buffet to tax the rich more, and about efforts to create more jobs in the United States by reviving manufacturing that uses...
The Economics and Politics of the World Social Forum: Lessons for the Struggle against ‘Globalisation’
The Economics and Politics of the World Social Forum: Lessons for the Struggle against ‘Globalisation’
Table of Contents: ‘Globalisation’ I. How and Why the World Social Forum Emerged II. WSF Mumbai 2004 and the NGO Phenomenon in India By Research Unit for Political Economy Ground floor, Sidhwa Estate, N.A. Sawant Marg, Colaba Mumbai (Bombay), India 400005....
KMU Resolves to Intensify Struggle Against Globalization and For A Just and Lasting Peace
KMU Resolves to Intensify Struggle Against Globalization and For A Just and Lasting Peace
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
During the 10th National Congress of the Kilusang Mayo Uno, the labor center took stock of its strengths and weaknesses and resolved to bring the struggle of workers to a higher level, and to pursue the fight against neoliberal policies, which constitute an attack on the rights of workers and the Filipino people.
Bush and the Law
Bush and the Law
By Le Monde Editorial Posted by Bulatlat.com Defenders of human rights in the United States and elsewhere may rejoice over the speech George Bush pronounced Wednesday, September 6. The American president acknowledged the existence of "secret prisons," in which the...
The Philippine Economy in 2009: Bruised and Battered by Myths and Hype
The Philippine Economy in 2009: Bruised and Battered by Myths and Hype
By SONNY AFRICA
Amid the unfounded hype about a global economic recovery, the challenge for Philippine development remains to be in the direction of defying the imperialist globalization offensive and genuinely building the domestic economy.
Globalization – not Wage Hike – is the Culprit for Job Losses
Globalization – not Wage Hike – is the Culprit for Job Losses
Globalization has resulted in the destruction of domestic and export manufacturing enterprises, since they cannot compete with cheaper dumped products in the local markets nor in the global export market against manufacturing powerhouses such as China, and this is...
Love without Borders
Love without Borders
Four couples find love across the Pacific Being in a foreign country does not prevent one from falling in love, even in a time of diaspora. Globalization and love have something in common since both can cut across all borders. Unlike the former, however, the latter...
Don’t be Rushed into Trade Deal with E.U., Think-Tank Warns
Don’t be Rushed into Trade Deal with E.U., Think-Tank Warns
IBON research head Sonny Africa said the EU Ambassador's statement that the Philippines was slow in negotiating for a PCA compared with neighboring countries Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand was merely a way of pitting Asean member-countries against each other to...
JPEPA Faces Tough Constitutional Issues as Senate Vote Nears
JPEPA Faces Tough Constitutional Issues as Senate Vote Nears
Ratifying the JPEPA at its present unconstitutional form creates the risk that the Philippines will be subjected to legal disputes in international courts and face liability for damages. Under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, for instance, the...
Militant Groups Call for Price Control, Policy Reforms to Solve Price Spikes
Militant Groups Call for Price Control, Policy Reforms to Solve Price Spikes
The militant group Bayan rejected calls from government to give emergency powers to President Arroyo but recognizes the need for the government to control the prices of commodities. This call was echoed by the women’s group GABRIELA who called the current situation...
The Rice Crisis, Globalization, and Culture
The Rice Crisis, Globalization, and Culture
BY JULIE L. PO CONCERNED ARTISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES Posted by Bulatlat DEMOCRATIC SPACE Vol. VIII, No. 11, April 20-26, 2008 The rice crisis that the country experiences today is greatly a result of the government’s policy towards globalization. Although...
Philippines, ASEAN Nations Now Powerless to Protect Own Economy with Japan-ASEAN Trade Pact
Philippines, ASEAN Nations Now Powerless to Protect Own Economy with Japan-ASEAN Trade Pact
A recently-signed free trade agreement between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) would grant Japanese corporations unhampered access to the region’s markets, prohibiting ASEAN members to protect their own economy while allowing Japan to...
14 Activists Swim Manila Bay vs JPEPA
14 Activists Swim Manila Bay vs JPEPA
Fourteen activists swam 10 kms across the Manila Bay, from Baccor, Cavite to Pasay City (near the Senate of the Philippines), on April 28 to dramatize their opposition to the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). BY GERRY ALBERT...
Ron Paul: “Some Big Events Are About To Occur”
Ron Paul: “Some Big Events Are About To Occur”
The congressman warns of "chaos about to be unleashed" on economic and political system by globalist intervention and world empire BY STEVE WATSON Infowars.net ALTERNATIVE READER Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 25, July 27-August 2, 2008 Texas Congressman Ron...
GlobalUSAtion: Lawyers, Human Rights and the Contradictions of the Legal Order
GlobalUSAtion: Lawyers, Human Rights and the Contradictions of the Legal Order
BY GILL H BOEHRINGER Division of Humanities, Macquarie University Sydney, Australia Contributed to Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 28, August 17-23, 2008 “First thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers” Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part II [Act 4, Sc.2] “First they came for...
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