Monthly Archives: September 2011
The Futility and Deception of the Latin American Social Democratic Regimes
These governments are now coming up against the limits of redistributive reform within the logic of global capitalism, especially in the wake of the global crisis that exploded in 2008.
The Futility and Deception of the Latin American Social Democratic Regimes
These governments are now coming up against the limits of redistributive reform within the logic of global capitalism, especially in the wake of the global crisis that exploded in 2008.
The Primacy of Practice
Man’s social practice alone is the criterion of the truth of his knowledge of the external world. What actually happens is that man’s knowledge is verified only when he achieves the anticipated results in the process of social practice (material
The Primacy of Practice
Man’s social practice alone is the criterion of the truth of his knowledge of the external world. What actually happens is that man’s knowledge is verified only when he achieves the anticipated results in the process of social practice (material
Not Enough Words
I always tell the truth. Not the whole truth, because one can’t. To say everything is impossible. There aren’t enough words. It’s this impossibility which brings truth close to the Real. Jacques Lacan
Not Enough Words
I always tell the truth. Not the whole truth, because one can’t. To say everything is impossible. There aren’t enough words. It’s this impossibility which brings truth close to the Real. Jacques Lacan
Iloilo Youth Joins Historic Show of Rage Against Aquino’s Education Cuts
Joined by tens of thousands of youth and students, teachers, employees, and enlightened school administrators, yesterday’s culmination of the weeklong nationwide campus strikes is a just act against the Aquino regime’s budget cuts for education and social services. Here in
Iloilo Youth Joins Historic Show of Rage Against Aquino’s Education Cuts
Joined by tens of thousands of youth and students, teachers, employees, and enlightened school administrators, yesterday’s culmination of the weeklong nationwide campus strikes is a just act against the Aquino regime’s budget cuts for education and social services. Here in
In The Mood For Apocalypse
The capitalist world-economy will fall apart due to its own laws of motion probably no later than the mid-twenty-first century. However, by that time, too much time would have been lost to prevent global catastrophes. There will probably be socialist
In The Mood For Apocalypse
The capitalist world-economy will fall apart due to its own laws of motion probably no later than the mid-twenty-first century. However, by that time, too much time would have been lost to prevent global catastrophes. There will probably be socialist
Famous Last Words
Timothy Findley’s Famous Last Words was not, as I first thought it to be when saw it from among the other books in the second-hand bookstore, about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The novel opens with Hugh Selwyn Mauberley‘s childhood
Famous Last Words
Timothy Findley’s Famous Last Words was not, as I first thought it to be when saw it from among the other books in the second-hand bookstore, about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The novel opens with Hugh Selwyn Mauberley‘s childhood
Neocolonial Philippine Education
Today’s Blog Action Day organized by the youth group Anakbayan as part of the buildup for next week’s nationwide campus strikes against President Noynoy Aquino’s budget cuts for education and social services provides a good venue for discussing problems confronting
Neocolonial Philippine Education
Today’s Blog Action Day organized by the youth group Anakbayan as part of the buildup for next week’s nationwide campus strikes against President Noynoy Aquino’s budget cuts for education and social services provides a good venue for discussing problems confronting
Vulgar Views on Benjamin, Aesthetics, Postmodernism, and Revolutionary Change
Here are some of my views that I raised in a little discussion started by Trace about Walter Benjamin and his essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” at facebook sometime last week, views that would
Vulgar Views on Benjamin, Aesthetics, Postmodernism, and Revolutionary Change
Here are some of my views that I raised in a little discussion started by Trace about Walter Benjamin and his essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” at facebook sometime last week, views that would
Towards Infinity
Not only do signs form an infinite network, but the network of signs is infinitely circular. The statement survives its object, the name survives its owner. Gilles Deleuze, A Thousand Plateaus
Towards Infinity
Not only do signs form an infinite network, but the network of signs is infinitely circular. The statement survives its object, the name survives its owner. Gilles Deleuze, A Thousand Plateaus
On the Arrest of 3 UP Cebu Students and the Struggle of the Aloguinsan Peasants
University of the Philippines Cebu students Melanie Montano, Januelle Rontos and Remy Jade Manzon never expected to land in a cramped jail cell that day. August 29 was National Heroes Day, an otherwise ordinary sunny Monday if not for the
On the Arrest of 3 UP Cebu Students and the Struggle of the Aloguinsan Peasants
University of the Philippines Cebu students Melanie Montano, Januelle Rontos and Remy Jade Manzon never expected to land in a cramped jail cell that day. August 29 was National Heroes Day, an otherwise ordinary sunny Monday if not for the
Literary Distinctions
Writers shouldn’t be mistaken for priests, it goes without saying; but neither should movie-script manufacturers be mistaken for writers. Readers are not the same as audiences, and the structure of a novel is not the same as the structure of
Literary Distinctions
Writers shouldn’t be mistaken for priests, it goes without saying; but neither should movie-script manufacturers be mistaken for writers. Readers are not the same as audiences, and the structure of a novel is not the same as the structure of
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