Our country underwent numerous transitions in the past century which saw the rise and fall of winners, losers, heroes, villains, oppressors, and the oppressed. Which of the contending forces emerged triumphant and what was its impact on society? Rather than amplify the mainstream version of history, our role is to find the voices which were dismissed by those in power as noise, nuisance, and irrelevant chatter. We have to assert the need to record and popularize this history from below.
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This Week on People’s History: Impeachment and ouster of President Joseph Estrada
In this episode of This Week of People’s History, Bulatlat remembers the impeachment trial and ouster of President Joseph Estrada.
Caught in the Crossfire and Too Angry to Cry

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK | The Pinaglabanan residents did not need my tears. They needed help. And if reporting about their struggles and exposing what they had to go through could help, why would I deny it to them?
In Pinaglabanan, Poor Residents Fight for Their Homes (Video)
Pinaglabanan Folk Fight for Their Homes
Photo of the Week: Erap Throws a Mean Punch
Erap Throws a Mean Punch
Benjie Oliveros | Estrada’s Presidential Bid Another Philippine Aberration
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com MANILA — He has been hinting it ever since he made himself visible again by embarking on provincial sorties. Thus, when former president Joseph “Erap” Estrada announced, at the end of a 30-minute speech, that he would run for president again, nobody was surprised. Every one was expecting it even…
News in Pictures: Joseph Estrada Expected to Make Today Formal Declaration of 2010 Bid
Former Philippines President Joseph Ejercito Estrada answers question from a panelist during the Millenium Developement Goals (MDG) Leaders’ Forum held in Makati City on Oct. 14. Recently, Estrada has made known his intention to run for president in next year’s election. He is expected to make a “formal declaration” this afternoon in Tondo during the…
Ang Normalidad ng Skandalo
Ang skandalo ay paratihang nandito. Hindi ito nawawala, bagkus ito nga ang katangian ng sinumang presidente bilang pagsipat sa mas malakihang krisis sa bansa. Normal ang skandalo. Abnormal ang kawalan nito. Sa pagkakataon ni Arroyo, ang skandalo ay nagiging malaking bitak sa pambansang krisis, na siyang makakapagdulot ng skandalo, na tulad kina Marcos at Estrada,…
Kapangyarihan at Pisikalidad
May korelasyon ang pisikal na pangangatawan at panghawak sa pambansang kapangyarihan. Kailangang magsimbolo ang pangangatawan ng presidente bilang pinakamatayog at makapangyarihan sa bansa. Kailangan itong sumabay sa kinetisismo ng posisyon—parating laman ng quad-media araw-araw, kayang pagsabayin ang pagninang sa kasal ng anak ng kaibigang politiko, pakikipaglamay, at pamumuno sa disaster-relief operation ng super-typhoon, kayang nasa…
On EDSA II Anniversary: EDSA II Forces, Erap Groups Unite in Anti-GMA Protest
The seventh anniversary of what is now known as the EDSA II or People Power II uprising was marked by a coming together of political blocs that were not and could not have been seen talking to each other seven years ago: the EDSA II forces, on the one hand; and the pro-Estrada forces, on…
Back in Business
Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo’s name cropped up in a corruption scandal once again. It has barely been a week since the Sandiganbayan found Joseph Estrada guilty of plunder and a scandal has erupted again involving the husband of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 33 September 23-29, 2007 Jose Miguel…