Vol. 3, No. 12 April 27-May 3, 2003

Gruesome Killing Enrages Militants; NPA Vows Revolutionary Justice   By Ronalyn Olea

Cops Block Funeral Rally Thrice   By Aubrey SC Makilan

Photo Essay - The State’s Lawlessness in Davao City  By Carlos H. Conde

Meralco Owes P38 B to Consumers  By Ronalyn Olea

Court Employees Stage Work Stoppage   By Karl G. Ombion and Jumar Utram

Cordillera Day 2003: A Continuing Tradition of the Militant Mass Movement in the Cordillera  By Audrey Mary Beltran

Declaration of Unity

The NDFP in Utrecht: The Untold Story  By D.L. Mondelo

Defending the Earth: A Day of Protest Songs and Anti-Imperialist Art  By Alexander Martin Remollino

Commentary - In Iraq, Real Fighting has Just Begun  By Alexander Martin Remollino

A Most Unholy Week By Roxanne Omega-Doron

news at a glance    

·        Activist-solon slams call for 10-year strike ban

·        Church group urges solons to junk anti-terror bill

·        Protest marks Earth Day

·        Workers take on gates as Nestle management refuses to negotiate

·        Consumers want balance inquiries free

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: NOT JUST A GRAIN OF SALT  By Ace Allegre/BULATLAT.COM

Alternative Reader No. 52: How American Power Girds the Globe with a Ring of Steel Compiled by BULATLAT.COM

·        Commentary : The Dangers of Disinformation in the War on Terrorism  By Maud S. Beelman

·        Special Report - Advisors of Influence: Nine Members of the Defense Policy Board Have Ties to Defense Contractors    By André Verlöy and Daniel Politi 

·        How American power girds the globe with a ring of steel: New bases take Pentagon's armed presence far and wide  By Ian Traynor

·        The Silence about September 11 By William Rivers Pitt

·        Meet an American war criminal  By Wayne Madsen

 Vol. 3, No. 11 April 13-19, 2003

Analysis - The Spoils of War Always Belong to the Looters  By Bobby Tuazon

Analysis - Is the U.S. Victorious in Iraq?   By Paul Quintos

Analysis - Browbeating Pyongyang: Drawing Lessons from the Invasion of Iraq  By Edwin Licaros

“Global Day of Protest” Condemns U.S. Occupation of Iraq  By Ronalyn Olea

Truths and Lies in the U.S. War Against Iraq   By Ronalyn Olea

Cordillera Vignettes: Lepanto Mining and Life in the Cordillera  By Lani T. Montreal

Holland-Based Filipinos Launch Book on EDSA 2  By D.L. Mondelo

Remembering Beng: An Atenean-Turned People’s Poet By Dayami Flores

Commentary - Globalization and Invasion:  Two Sides of the Same Petrodollar (Last of two parts)  By Ricco Alejandro Melchor Santos

Reyes’ Lumads vs Lumads Scheme Opposed By BULATLAT.COM

Benjamin Pimentel’s and Gemma Nemenzo’s Sleights of Hand   By Pete Victoria

Commentary - Where are the WMDs?  By Alexander Martin Remollino

Commentary - Philippines a U.S. Puppet – Armed Forces Chief  By Alexander Martin Remollino

news at a glance    

·        Balikatan in Sulu continues

·        Canada immigration perpetuating abuse of Filipino women

·        Smart subscribers to pay for balance inquiries 

·        Justice eludes victims of militarization in Southern Tagalog

·                      Fil-Am poets to speak their "Peace"

Alternative Reader No. 51: Diary from Baghdad Compiled by BULATLAT.COM

·        Diary from Baghdad: Belgian Doctor Treats Injured British Cameraman

·        Iraqis Fought Bravely, but Without Direction    By John Chalmers

·        Hans Blix: War Planned 'Long in Advance'    News24.com

·        Baghdad's Easy Fall Fuels Arab Conspiracy Theories  By Paul Taylor

·        The invasion and occupation of Iraq will be catastrophic  

 Vol. 3, No. 10 April 6-12, 2003

NEWS ANALYSIS - Davao Bombings Crucial to AFP’s War in the Countryside By Andres Rebana

Pesticides, Chemicals Can Cause SARS, Asia-Pacific Experts Say   By Karl G. Ombion and Edgar Cadagat

Asian Peasant Leaders Slam U.S. War in Iraq, Poisons of Mass Destruction  By Gerry Albert Corpuz

Military Protecting Lepanto Mining in Ilocos Sur?: Maengs, Kankanaeys to Host Cordillera Day  
By Audrey Mary Beltran

LABOR WATCH - Rustan’s Employees Go on Strike  By Ronalyn Olea

Gov’t Lying About Country’s Rice Stock  By Karl G. Ombion

COMMENTARY - Globalization and War: Two Sides of the Petrodollar (First of two parts)  By Ricco Alejandro Melchor Santos

New Gov’t Offensives Leave Trail of Human Rights Cases By BULATLAT.COM

GMA’s Nautical Highway is a Bumpy Road for Small Traders, Farmers   By Karl G. Ombion

Migrant watch - Filipino Women in Canada Denounce Auction of Filipino Domestic Workers By BULATLAT.COM

news at a glance    

·        Arroyo gov't should answer for Davao wharf bombing

·        Militant group scores GMA’s anti-terror scheme

·        Filipino health workers demand protection of people’s health

·        Activist-solon scores libelous, anti-Left pseudo-documentary

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Abra River: A Disaster Area?  By Jessica Kellett/BULATLAT.COM

Alternative Reader No. 50: Genocidal War Compiled by BULATLAT.COM

·        Genocidal War: Lessons for the Future  By James Petras

·        Mesopotamia. Babylon. The Tigris and Euphrates  By Arundhati Roy

Total War: Resistance, Humanitarian Aid and the Media  By James Petras