Vol. 3, No. 4 February 23-March 1, 2003

Poetry: Evacuation By Tomasito T. Talledo

The Geneva Declaration on Terrorism By The UN General Assembly

News at a Glance

� Two Lepanto workers die

� Bayan Muna denounces promotion of alleged top human rights violator

� NDF condemns military offensives vs. MILF

� Bayan calls for oil price control

� Workers in giant sugar company ink CBA

Vol. 3, No. 3 February 16-22, 2003

What, Really, Is This War For? By Romy Elusfa

Development worker confirms: Pikit Offensive, GMA�s Support of Bush Would Radicalize Moros By Carlos H. Conde

Gov't�s Sincerity in Peace Process Questioned By Carlos H. Conde

The Beasts of War By Carlos H. Conde

The Anti-War Storm Grows By Alexander Martin Remollino

Tula (Poetry): Ang Paanyaya ni Bush kay Gloria (Bush�s Invitation to Gloria) By Bienvenido Lumbera

Analysis - Amid Looming U.S. War on Iraq: Gov�t Oil Security Plan Fails to Curb Price Hikes, Overpricing By Danilo Ara�a Arao

Bush Buddies� Blunders and Bluster Bare Deceit By Joel Garduce

Coffee Talk: Cavite Farmers Denounce Nestle and GATT-WTO Clamor; for P700 Per Bucket Hike in Coffee Prices By Dennis Espada

Lucio Tan�s Fortune Continues to Reign in Tobacco Sector: Ilocos Region farmers press GMA to raise tobacco prices to P65 a kilo By Gerry Albert Corpuz

House Leader Denounces GMA for P3-B Pro-U.S. War Budget By Gerry Albert Corpuz

News at a Glance

� Support to U.S. war on Iraq: �Peacekeeping forces� tantamount to military support, solon says

� On the entry of Green Berets: �Abu Sayyaf today, NPA and MILF tomorrow�

� CPP gave Kintanar a chance � Ka Roger

� Bohol farmers arrested, detained

� MCPA condemns the bombing of Pikit, Maguindanao on the eve of Edi�l Adha

DEMOCRATIC SPACE - Stand for Peace! By the Civil Liberties Movement

DEMOCRATIC SPACE - It's All about Iraqi Oil By Leandro M. Natividad, Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER)

Alternative Reader No. 45: A War Crime or an Act of War? Compiled by BULATLAT.COM

� A War Crime or an Act of War? By Stephen C. Pelletiere

� The War and Premeditated Genocide : What is at Stake? By James Petras

� "Blood on His Hands" By John Pilger

� Report from Iraq: Bombing the Starving, Sick & Homeless By Charlie Clements, M.D.

� Inside Bush's Brain: A Pathology of Fear and Lies By Wayne Saunders

Vol. 3, No. 2 February 9-15, 2003

4 Million Iraqis Seen to Die in U.S. War: Confidential UN report says 7.4 million will need immediate humanitarian intervention By Bobby Tuazon

Bush�s War on Iraq to Hurt Negros� �Floating Economy�: Churches, Militant Groups, OFWs Gear for Bigger Anti-war Protests on Feb. 15 By Karl G. Ombion

GMA Asked to Resign, Apply as Bush�s Spokesperson: Armed Left to launch �sympathy attacks� if U.S. strikes Iraq By Gerry Albert Corpuz

MIGRANT WATCH

Excerpts - War, Immigrants, and the Economy: Filipinos In A Post-9/11 World By Jay Mendoza

Jailed Filipinos in Dubai Yearn for Home By BULATLAT.COM

Analysis: Growth for Whom By Sandra Nicolas

GDP Growth Claim Can�t Hide Higher Cost of Living By Danilo Ara�a Arao

Strike Continues to Paralyze Gold Production at the Lepanto Mines By Audrey Mary Beltran

GMA�s �Farmers as Importers Program� Spells Doom for Rice Agriculture By Gerry Albert Corpuz

Human Rights Alliance Denounces Killings in Bicol By Ronalyn Olea

Panagbenga: Festival of Flowers and Schools of Thought By Ira Pedrasa

ELECTION WATCH - Unlikely Team By Alexander Martin Remollino

Artists, Health Professionals Unite Against VAT By Alexander Martin Remollino

News at a Glance

� Church dares presidential aspirants: Stand Against US War

� No �crackdown,� CPP spokesperson says

� Murder charges vs Joma hit

� On Joma�s 64^th birthday: Militants demand withdrawal of GMA support for U.S. war; resumption of peace talks

Alternative Reader No. 44: Mandela Blasts BushCompiled by BULATLAT.COM

� Mandela Blasts Bush on Iraq, Warns of 'Holocaust' By Toby Reynolds

� SOUTH AFRICA: Mandela Rebukes Bush Over Crisis With Iraq By Rachel L. Swarns

Mandela: US out to get Iraq's oil resources

Vol. 3, No. 1 February 2-8, 2003

Open Season On Militant Groups? By Alexander Martin Remollino

Standing for Peace: Guingona Leads Anti-War Prayer Rally By Ronalyn Olea

Sharing Lessons from EDSA 2 With the Global Anti-War Movement By Joel Garduce

The Sison Way By Ninotchka Rosca

�Sinking School� in Pampanga: Victim of Budget Mispriorities? By Mike Ac-ac

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' WATCH - Drought Threatens Ilocos, Benguet Farms, Fishponds By Arabella Fordan

Poverty, Terror and Globalization Hurt Most Families By Dennis Espada

�Filipinized� Commentary - Filipino Should Remain the Country�s Medium of Instruction By Danilo Ara�a Arao

News at a Glance

� Torture against suspected leftists persists in the Philippines - AI

� Looming crackdown on militants hit

� Muslim families dismayed over GMA�s all-out war

� Filipino-Canadians warn Macapagal-Arroyo will be ousted

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: �STOP U.S.-LED WARS!� By Aubrey SC Makilan/BULATLAT.COM

Alternative Reader No. 43: World Rallies More Support vs Bush's War on IraqCompiled by BULATLAT.COM

� America's dangerous new style of war By Dinah Po Kempner

� The Wartime Deceptions: Saddam Is Hitler And It's Not About Oil By Robert Fisk

� A presidency at the brink By Robert Kuttner

� Comment: No beginning or end to war By G�nter Grass

� 'Sorry State of the Union': Hundreds Rally in Cold To Oppose Possible War
by Manny Fernandez

� Nobel Laureates Sign Against a War Without International Support By William Broad

� February 12: A Day of Poetry Against the War An Open Letter from Sam Hamill