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 … More

1,328 contractual workers missing?

[This commentary was originally published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on March 9, 2017. The NFFM report can be read in … More

Is Duterte fascist?

[This commentary was originally published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on January 9, 2017.] While President Duterte rode on the … More

Educating millennials on martial law

[This commentary was originally published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on October 5, 2016.] Of late, members of the younger … More

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 … More

Alternatives to Jalaur mega dam by Dr. Ernesto Hofileña

What follows is the statement of Dr. Ernesto Hofileña for the 1st International Solidarity Mission Against the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project … More

Tumandok burial and sacred sites to be desecrated by Jalaur mega dam project

Originally posted on Panay Today:
ILOILO City – The burial grounds and sacred sites of the Tumandok indigenous peoples of Central…

International Solidarity Mission on Panay mega dam launched

Originally posted on Panay Today:
ILOILO City – The Jalaur River for the People’s Movement (JRPM), an alliance composed of environmental…

I Dreamt about the Workshops of the Future

Originally posted on Signals:
North Korean futurist architecture, credits to Koryo Group ,We need workshops that are based on mutual interest,…

Why Read Jose Ma. Sison? A Review of Building People’s Power (2016)

Note: This review was published by Bulatlat.com. It was also read during the book launch and International League of People’s Struggle 15th anniversary gathering at … More

Continuing miseducation

IT APPEARS that another student was forced to death by the outrageously high cost of education in the Philippines. Last … More

Cebu’s 4-day ‘Welgang Bayan’

Originally posted on In Between Columns:
October 22-25, 1984 (This is an account of the first day of the four-day transport strike…

Poem: Duta’ng Ginapakig-awayan (with Filipino and English Translations)

Originally posted on mayadanielblog:
? Poem: Duta’ng Ginapakig-awayan with Filipino and English Translations ? Halad sa mga Tumanduk sa Sentral…

Many political prisoners are young

The untimely death of Eduardo Serrano trained the spotlight on the plight of political prisoners in the Philippines. He was … More

Never forget

The growing acceptance of glowing myths of the Marcos era is therefore not just the outcome of Filipinos’ innate forgetfulness or “forgiving culture.” It has more to do with the absence of a real settling with the past and the failure of an “elite democracy” characterized by unabated poverty, injustice and rampant corruption.

This is why the son of the dictator can brazenly call on the public to forget the past in his run for the second highest position in the land. This can also explain the lure of the iron fist, as exemplified by the tough-talking Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s open endorsement of the killing of petty criminals.