I feel blessed to be with Sheila for the last twelve years. Our daughter Giap will turn eight this year.…
Rest in Peace, Papa
My father Emmanuel “Anol” Mongaya, age 61, passed away on July 8, 2022, at 12:08 a.m. He had been in…
Competing nationalisms, tactical alliances: The Communist Party of the Philippines’ stance on the Bangsamoro struggle during the anti-Marcos resistance
Focusing on hostile relations between Muslims and Christians, most accounts of secessionism in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao leave…
Roger Felix V. Salditos and Agrarian Class Struggles in Panay Island, Philippines
Roger Felix V. Salditos was among seven Filipino revolutionaries who were summarily executed by police and military forces in San…
Top Ten Reads of 2023
My top ten reads of 2023 include Martial Law in Cebu, a collection of reminisces of Cebuano anti-dictatorship activists from…
‘If I must die’ by Refaat Alareer in Filipino, Hiligaynon, and Kinaray-a
Fascism, Fascisation, and Neoliberalism from Marcos to Duterte
This is my book chapter for the Authoritarian Disaster: The Duterte Regime and the Prospects for a Marcos Presidency (2023)…
Social Semiotics of Welgang Bayan: Representation of Social Actors During the Height of the Anti-Dictatorship Struggle
This article uses a socio-semiotic lens to analyze the representation of social actors related to the welgang bayan (people’s strike)…
Top Ten Reads of 2022
This year I actually read more books, mostly memoirs. Their life stories were inspiring, especially Sakine Cansiz’s prison experiences or…
Philippine Studies at Anti-Imperyalismo para sa Ika-21 Siglo
This book chapter from Hugpungan: Katutubong Kaalaman at Interdisiplinaridad sa Panahon ng Krisis (2020) is a revised version of the…
PS 21: Wika, Panitikan, at Kultura sa ilalim ng Batas Militar
PS 21: Wika, Panitikan, at Kultura sa ilalim ng Batas Militar is now out! Philippine Studies 21 is the martial…
Introducing Mong Palatino’s “It is Out there: Politics and Digital Resistance in the Philippines”
[I made the following remarks during the book launch of Mong Palatino’s “It is Out there: Politics and Digital Resistance…
Models of Revolutionary Action: The Kasama in Ang Bayan during the Anti-Dictatorship Struggle (1982-1985)
This article discusses the concept of the kasama, or comrade, as articulated in Ang Bayan, the central organ of the…
Top Reads from the Pandemic Lockdown
The years of 2020 and 2021 were generally bad years for me as a variety of personal crises, including my…
Pag-aakda ng Isla ng Panay Bilang Pook ng Paglaban: Ang mga Binalaybay ni Mayamor / Maya Daniel /Roger Felix Salditos
My article aims to introduce Roger Felix Salditos (1958-2018), a revolutionary martyr, painter, and writer from the Visayas who is…
Bombard the Headquarters! 