This was the last Facebook update of Maya Daniel just before Aug. 14 midnight. A few minutes later, he would…
Endangering indigenous communities in Panay
In his first State of the Nation Address last July 25, President Rodrigo Duterte urged indigenous peoples to make use…
E. San Juan Jr. and Anti-Imperialist Cultural Critique: A Review of Kenneth E. Bauzon’s Capitalism, The American Empire and Neoliberal Globalization (2019)
Originally posted on The New Horizon:
Karlo Mikhail Mongaya E. San Juan Jr. is a leading Filipino Marxist scholar, literary critic and…
Response to Memory, History, and Forgetting: Literature as Antidote
[These are the comments I gave as reactor to the “Ang Unyon ug ang Katawhan Lecture” by Dr. Rose Arong…
#JunkTerrorBill! Tindig ng UP Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas laban sa Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020
Tumitindig ang UP Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas (UP DFPP) laban sa pagpasa ng Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.…
Top Ten Reads of 2019
The year that was had been a hectic one, peppered by worthwhile endeavors and some useless distractions that took away…
Labanan ang Imperyalistang Opensibang Pangkultura! Ipaglaban ang Pagtuturo ng Filipino at Panitikan sa Kolehiyo!
Pahayag ng Congress of Teachers/Educators for Nationalism and Democracy (CONTEND), ika-2 ng Hunyo 2019 Nitong nakaraang linggo lumabas ang desisyon…
End the economic blockade against Venezuela! Stand with the Bolivarian Revolution against US imperialist sanctions and military intervention!
We, anti-war and anti-imperialist activists of the Phlippines-Bolivarian Venezuela Friendship Association (PBVFA),reiterate our full support and utmost respect for the Bolivarian…
Manindigan para sa Kalayaang Akademiko at Demokratikong Karapatan
Pahayag ng Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas (DFPP) laban sa red-tagging at pagpapatahimik ng mga progresibong tinig sa…
Response to Immanuel Ness
[This is a message I gave as reactor to Immanuel Ness’ “Global Rupture: Neoliberalism and the Political Economy of Poverty…
Top Ten Reads of 2018
Last year much of my time was taken up mainly juggling (1) domestic duties, (2) masters thesis proposal writing, (3)…
Beyond politicizing mental health
Originally posted on Signals:
Anthony Bourdain’s suicide recently inspired a flurry of social media posts in my personal feeds regarding…
Adventures at the UPV Main Library, Miag-ao
[This essay is forthcoming in the next issue of Pagbutlak, the official student publication at UP Visayas Miag-ao.] After settling on the…
Libraries I (Diliman)
The library fee takes a significant portion of the school fees we’re paying in graduate school. This is the biggest reason…
I’m on Instagram and Goodreads
1. I haven’t written any posts for this platform for some time due to the volume of other writing I’ve…
Behind UP’s curricular reforms
[This commentary was originally published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on April 12, 2017.] Last March 20, the University of…
