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Karlo Mikhail Mongaya E. San Juan Jr. is a leading Filipino Marxist scholar, literary critic and…
Category: Theory
Response to Immanuel Ness
[This is a message I gave as reactor to Immanuel Ness’ “Global Rupture: Neoliberalism and the Political Economy of Poverty … More
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
The Naked Truth beyond the Discriminatory Portrayal of Women
This commentary was published in ManilaToday.net. A female model walk on fours as actor Coco Martin holds her on a … More
What does nationalism mean today?
This is an essay I wrote for the Philippine Online Chronicles. Street children are once again selling little Philippine flags … More
Why We Deserve Better than Leloy Claudio and Akbayan
In a blog for the GMA News website entitled “Binay voters deserve better than Binay,” Leloy Claudio of Akbayan continues … More
Facebook Revolution? Social Media, the 2013 Elections, and the National Situation
Note: This is a talk I gave to campus journalists of the University of the Philippines system during a Conference … More
Women’s liberation: Why the struggle remains relevant
I wrote this commentary for the Philippine Online Chronicles in commemoration of March as Women’s Month. One often hears that … More
Sex and commodification: Students being auctioned in UP Visayas
I wrote this commentary for the Philippine Online Chronicles at the beginning of the month.[1] Sex has always been intriguing … More
The Real Score: Akbayan’s Opportunist Roots And Bogus Reformism
The petition filed by youth activist group Anakbayan at the Commission on Elections against Akbayan! Citizen’s Action Party’s participation in … More
Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution
I remember having a Che Guevara T-shirt back in high school. It was my favourite T-shirt. Many other young people … More
Hasa and the Beauty Pageant: A Critique [1]
Beauty pageants traditionally claimed for itself the role of representing the essential Woman and celebrating her intelligence, talent, and most … More
Writing for the People
The truth cannot merely be written; it must be written for someone… Bertolt Brecht, “Writing the Truth: Five Difficulties” President … More
Bombard the Headquarters! 