A Public Statement by Concerned Faculty Members of UP Visayas on Red-baiting

8 July 2011 We, the undersigned faculty members of UP Visayas, loudly deplore the unfounded accusations or red-baiting of legitimate … More

Beyond Our Comfort Zones: On Pagbutlak, Literature and Politics

Tol, pasok ako sa UP! Pano ba yan, iwan mo na kami? Malabo, wala naman akong pang-tuition. —TV commercial The … More

Pleasures of the Text*

We need history, but not the way a spoiled loafer in the garden of knowledge needs it. –Nietzsche, Of the … More

The CAS in the Service of the People

The welfare of the nation can be measured by the wellbeing of the people that compose the nation. National development is not only … More

A Tradition of Struggle [1]

The history of Pagbutlak is closely intertwined with the history of the students’ militant struggles in the UP in the … More

Pagtatagpo sa Kabilang Dulo: Panitikang Testimonial ng Desaparecidos

Desaparecidos, the national organization of the families of the disappeared, and Pagbutlak, the official student publication of the University of … More

In the Time of Cholera

Red and green are invading houses, malls, streets, churches, and stores. Along with the proliferation of Santa Claus outfits on … More

Nobody but You

Does UP education lead to selfless service to the Filipino people? On the one hand, the University of the Philippines … More