Monthly Archives: March 2010

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Things Fall Apart

And so I’ve been jotting down on the notebook and flipping random book pages while occasionally scanning random .pdf titles as the Slovenian cultural theorist babbles in the background: all clear signs of my present state of retardation, stuck as

9780141023380h

Things Fall Apart

And so I’ve been jotting down on the notebook and flipping random book pages while occasionally scanning random .pdf titles as the Slovenian cultural theorist babbles in the background: all clear signs of my present state of retardation, stuck as

Students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, the largest state university in the country, throw dilapidated chairs to dramatize their opposition to the  almost 2000 percent tuition increase.

On the UP/PUP Student Protests

Carry Our Struggles Through to the End On the March 24 Protest Action Militancy and collective action are the only potent weapon of the students against the rule of the class interests of a few in the academe. Our fellow

Students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, the largest state university in the country, throw dilapidated chairs to dramatize their opposition to the  almost 2000 percent tuition increase.

On the UP/PUP Student Protests

Carry Our Struggles Through to the End On the March 24 Protest Action Militancy and collective action are the only potent weapon of the students against the rule of the class interests of a few in the academe. Our fellow

An image from the First Quarter Storm of 1970.

A Tradition of Struggle [1]

The history of Pagbutlak is closely intertwined with the history of the students’ militant struggles in the UP in the Visayas. Although Pagbutlak’s history is marked by intervals of passive absences and silences, its birth was firmly grounded in a

An image from the First Quarter Storm of 1970.

A Tradition of Struggle [1]

The history of Pagbutlak is closely intertwined with the history of the students’ militant struggles in the UP in the Visayas. Although Pagbutlak’s history is marked by intervals of passive absences and silences, its birth was firmly grounded in a

Economics is an Ideology in the Service of the Powerful

[E]conomics – or, more precisely, the neoclassical branch of political economy – is not an objective reality. In fact, for the most part it is not even a scientific inquiry into objective reality. Instead, neoclassical political economy is largely an

Economics is an Ideology in the Service of the Powerful

[E]conomics – or, more precisely, the neoclassical branch of political economy – is not an objective reality. In fact, for the most part it is not even a scientific inquiry into objective reality. Instead, neoclassical political economy is largely an

One of the images that popped up when I googled the word one-dimensional.

Leisure Readings

Not reading entire books as much as I want to due to the influx of other tasks and readings. Still found time to go over Herbert Marcuse’s One Dimensional Man which I found oh so boring in spite of not

One of the images that popped up when I googled the word one-dimensional.

Leisure Readings

Not reading entire books as much as I want to due to the influx of other tasks and readings. Still found time to go over Herbert Marcuse’s One Dimensional Man which I found oh so boring in spite of not

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Enjoy!

I read Kingsley Amis’ Jake’s Thing because I was intrigued by the novel’s concept of an aging academic worrying about his declining libido to the extent of consulting professional sex therapists and joining workshops. I was also taken in by

jake

Enjoy!

I read Kingsley Amis’ Jake’s Thing because I was intrigued by the novel’s concept of an aging academic worrying about his declining libido to the extent of consulting professional sex therapists and joining workshops. I was also taken in by

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Writing for the People

The truth cannot merely be written; it must be written for someone… Bertolt Brecht, “Writing the Truth: Five Difficulties” President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s imposition of Martial Law in Maguindanao last December 2009 casts an eerie reminder of the dark days of

writing with pen

Writing for the People

The truth cannot merely be written; it must be written for someone… Bertolt Brecht, “Writing the Truth: Five Difficulties” President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s imposition of Martial Law in Maguindanao last December 2009 casts an eerie reminder of the dark days of

zizek_portrait

A Final Rejoinder on Žižek

Lately I got too busy with the real world to keep myself updated with the virtual world apart from the occasional tweets and legworking on social networking sites. In that two-month absence, I received communications from Mr. Alex Reynolds which

zizek_portrait

A Final Rejoinder on Žižek

Lately I got too busy with the real world to keep myself updated with the virtual world apart from the occasional tweets and legworking on social networking sites. In that two-month absence, I received communications from Mr. Alex Reynolds which