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Dee Ayroso | Jan 21, 2023
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Reading in the age of distraction
Reading in the age of distraction
We are back to the basics. Threatened by armies of disinformation, our best weapon is the truth. Reading the truth, deciphering the truth, fighting for the truth. In the age of ephemeral attention, reading is an act we can pursue, promote, and steer towards our other political endeavors.
Fact or fiction: Lawbreakers, professional rallyists, blind followers and other labels about activists
Fact or fiction: Lawbreakers, professional rallyists, blind followers and other labels about activists
Vow of poverty. Activists are encouraged to live simply, but unlike priests, they don’t have a vow of poverty. They don’t fetishize poverty; instead, they work with the poor to fight the structures that engender oppression in society. Indeed, activists renounce...
Tokhang, trolls and Arroyo generals
Tokhang, trolls and Arroyo generals
The UP Third World Studies Center organized a research workshop on 'Violence, Human Rights and Democracy in the Philippines.' I submitted a short essay in response to the workshop question: "Based on your knowledge of and experience in your locality, do you think...
The books I read in 2017
The books I read in 2017
1. Too Much Happiness, Alice Munro. Impossible not to empathize with her strong female characters, their pursuit of fulfillment and freedom, their overcoming of various tragedies and other challenges in life. 2. How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays, Umberto...
Under neoliberalism, the problem lies with you
Under neoliberalism, the problem lies with you
What does it mean to live in the era of neoliberalism? It is to recognize that the world is a mess and that I, as an individual, can fix it by being responsible for my life. So far, nothing perverse with this line of thought. Then we add this in the equation: If...
From the countryside to the city: Lakbayan and the Philippine revolution
From the countryside to the city: Lakbayan and the Philippine revolution
Lakbayan ‘transports’ the struggle from the remote to the center.
Pagpupugay sa Batch 2017! Nagmahal, Nagsikap, Nagtagumpay
Pagpupugay sa Batch 2017! Nagmahal, Nagsikap, Nagtagumpay
Isa pong malaking karangalan ang mapiling tagapagsalita ngayong araw na ito. Ispesyal at di malilimutan ang pagtitipong ito. Para sa mga mag-aaral, lubos ang kasiyahan dahil natapos din natin ang kolehiyo sa kabila ng maraming pinagdaanang pagsubok, hindi po ba?...
The books I read in 2016
The books I read in 2016
1. Open Secrets, Alice Munro. I think there is a Munro Effect: A reader is initially lulled into thinking that a storyline is dull but it is only when the short story is about to end that he finally begins to see how he is completely immersed in the Munronian...
Tribute to parents of activists
Tribute to parents of activists
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino Bulatlat.com The untold first mission of many activists does not involve the smashing of the bourgeois state or the 'bombarding of the headquarters' of the repressive government; their first instinct is to go home and confess their...
Bakit hindi matalu-talo ang New People’s Army?
Bakit hindi matalu-talo ang New People’s Army?
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino Bulatlat.com Lahat ng rehimeng nagdaan ay nagtangkang buwagin at talunin ang New People’s Army (Bagong Hukbong Bayan). Lahat ay nagsabing sila’y magtatagumpay. Lahat sila’y nabigo. Ano ang nasa likod ng misteryong lakas ng NPA?...
Caloocan and Marikina city councils echo calls to #StopLumadKillings
Caloocan and Marikina city councils echo calls to #StopLumadKillings
“A resolute action is needed now to protect the Lumád way of life and to give the future generation the opportunity to interact with and learn from our indigenous tribes.”
Sikreto sa Tagumpay ng Kabataan Partylist
Sikreto sa Tagumpay ng Kabataan Partylist
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino *Mensaheng binigkas sa pambansang kumbensiyon ng Kabataan Partylist noong Setyembre 28, 2015 Natutuwa po ako at mukhang maraming bagong mukha sa araw na ito; ibig sabihin, bukod sa tumanda at gumradweyt na ang aming batch, ay...
A is for Anakbayan and other activist terms in the Philippines
A is for Anakbayan and other activist terms in the Philippines
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino A – Anakbayan is a youth group established in 1998 which became prominent in Edsa Dos and during the campaign for the abolition of ROTC. Anakpawis is a partylist group which is at the forefront of the campaign to pass the Genuine...
PR: No to Postponement of Polls, Hold Accountable Comelec-Smartmatic — Youth Solon
PR: No to Postponement of Polls, Hold Accountable Comelec-Smartmatic — Youth Solon
Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond “Mong” Palatino expressed opposition to proposals to postpone the May 10, 2010 elections saying that “however which way you look at it, it would only serve to perpetuate the present administration into power”.
Youth Solon to New Lawyers: Take Stand on Midnight CJ Issue
Youth Solon to New Lawyers: Take Stand on Midnight CJ Issue
NEWS RELEASE March 27, 2010 Representative Raymond 'Mong' Palatino today congratulated the new bar-passers and urged them to take a stand on the SC decision allowing President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to appoint the next Supreme Court Chief Justice. He said that the...
Youth Solon Slams Harassment and Persecution of ‘PUP 5’
Youth Solon Slams Harassment and Persecution of ‘PUP 5’
NEWS RELEASE March 26, 2010 Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond ‘Mong’ Palatino today said that the robbery case filed against five students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) is a clear form of harassment by the PUP administration....
Students’ Triumph: CHED Declares No Tuition Hike in PUP
Students’ Triumph: CHED Declares No Tuition Hike in PUP
News Release March 24, 2010 In a public dialogue with Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond Palatino held in the rally of Iskolars ng Bayan from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) and University of the Philippines (UP) against tuition hikes this...
Live Webcast: Kabataan Partylist’s Education Agenda
Live Webcast: Kabataan Partylist’s Education Agenda
Kabataan Rep. Mong Palatino will discuss with Bulatlat.com his party's education agenda, in a live webcast interview on March 24, Wednesday, at 2 p.m.
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