Monthly Archives: December 2011
The Filipino Youth and Social Transformation [1]
In these times of national crisis and global upheavals, there is a need for an active youth that can unite with the oppressed in struggle against injustice and tyranny. But if one looks at popular portrayals of the Filipino youth,
The Filipino Youth and Social Transformation [1]
In these times of national crisis and global upheavals, there is a need for an active youth that can unite with the oppressed in struggle against injustice and tyranny. But if one looks at popular portrayals of the Filipino youth,
It’s Class and Practice, Stupid!
“You’re deceiving yourself! Even if you did believe in God, it would make no sense to believe alone. You’d have to believe in him the same way the poor do; you’d have to become one of them. It’s only by
It’s Class and Practice, Stupid!
“You’re deceiving yourself! Even if you did believe in God, it would make no sense to believe alone. You’d have to believe in him the same way the poor do; you’d have to become one of them. It’s only by
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Death in the Andes: The Revolution as Nightmare and the Empowered Masses as Aliens
The charge that all revolutions are bound to devour its own children is one of the oldest and most common admonitions against the people’s collectively rising up to effect massive social transformations. Mario Vargas Llosa’s Death in the Andes gives another variation to this old worn-out theme.
Death in the Andes: The Revolution as Nightmare and the Empowered Masses as Aliens
The charge that all revolutions are bound to devour its own children is one of the oldest and most common admonitions against the people’s collectively rising up to effect massive social transformations. Mario Vargas Llosa’s Death in the Andes gives another variation to this old worn-out theme.
Economics Contra Spirituality
Last December 10, a fellow jeepney passenger, an old man sporting round glasses, a Taqiyah cap and a Rasputin-like goatee, began a conversation with me while I was on my way to the assembly area of the International Human Rights
Economics Contra Spirituality
Last December 10, a fellow jeepney passenger, an old man sporting round glasses, a Taqiyah cap and a Rasputin-like goatee, began a conversation with me while I was on my way to the assembly area of the International Human Rights
A Brief Impression on In the Time of the Butterflies
The scenery along the road to Roxas City made Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies come to life as I read the novel in the bus. All the rice crops, sugarcane plantations, sleepy town centers, and peasants tending
A Brief Impression on In the Time of the Butterflies
The scenery along the road to Roxas City made Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies come to life as I read the novel in the bus. All the rice crops, sugarcane plantations, sleepy town centers, and peasants tending
Memory and History
Memory is life, borne by living societies founded in its name. It remains in permanent evolution, open to the dialectic of remembering and forgetting, unconscious of its successive deformations, vulnerable to manipulation and appropriation, susceptible to being long dormant and
Memory and History
Memory is life, borne by living societies founded in its name. It remains in permanent evolution, open to the dialectic of remembering and forgetting, unconscious of its successive deformations, vulnerable to manipulation and appropriation, susceptible to being long dormant and
Education Not for $ale
This is the rallying cry of youth and students in Panay and Guimaras as we prepare for the Dec.8 “Day of Action.” Realizing education’s importance in molding future citizens who can aid in nation-building, we have repeatedly stood up to
Education Not for $ale
This is the rallying cry of youth and students in Panay and Guimaras as we prepare for the Dec.8 “Day of Action.” Realizing education’s importance in molding future citizens who can aid in nation-building, we have repeatedly stood up to
Uphold the Right to Education: Fight for a Higher Budget for Social Services
All over the world, mass movements against worsening poverty, social inequality and government budget cuts for education and social services are unfolding daily. These popular uprisings have risen up against dictatorial regimes and the dominant economic system that has concentrated
Uphold the Right to Education: Fight for a Higher Budget for Social Services
All over the world, mass movements against worsening poverty, social inequality and government budget cuts for education and social services are unfolding daily. These popular uprisings have risen up against dictatorial regimes and the dominant economic system that has concentrated
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