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2006
OCTOBER
Vol. VI, No. 37 Oct. 22 - 28,
2006
ANALYSIS
Removing the Corrupt
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS
STREETWISE
The
Bigger Picture
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
So
Young, So Committed, and So Much in Danger
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
Communique' of the 3RD IAPL Congress
On the October bombings in Mindanao:
‘These are the Handiwork of Groups
Opposing Peace’
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Bungkalan
in Hacienda Luisita
Dreams Realized, One Tilled Hectare at a Time
BY REYNA MAE TABBADA
Cordillera Peasants, Women Hold ‘Foodless Day’
Earth’s 854 million people go hungry everyday
BY PINK-JEAN FANGON MELEGRITO
PHOTO ESSAY
Thorny Path to Mendiola
TEXT BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
PHOTOS BY AUBREY MAKILAN
Mines
Operations Endanger UNESCO World Heritage Site
Posted by Bulatlat
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
40
Farmers Arrested in Lucena
BY BULATLAT
Rights Victims to Charge Arroyo in International Tribunal
BY Bulatlat
Breaking Peace, Wrecking Lives in San Pablo
BY DENNIS ESPADA
A Long, Agonizing Wait
By Grace S. Uddin
Special Report
Arroyo Allies Get Lion’s Share in Student
Assistance Program
(First of two parts)
Private Schools Rake Profits from Arroyo's Student Loan Program
(Last of two
parts)
BY JHONG DELA CRUZ
Bayan
Muna Gears for 2007 Elections
By Reyna Mae Tabbada
Marcos Mansions Eyed as a Tourist Hub
BY ACE ALEGRE
LABOR
WATCH
Miners' benefits delayed
Lepanto Refuses to Recognize Union Leaders
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW
‘Bishop Boying’ and the Church of His Time
By Gingging Valle
Acupuncture as Dengue Protection
BY AUBREY MAKILAN
BOOK REVIEW
Poll Fraud, the Massive and Systematic Way
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Current Challenges to Feminism: Theory and Practice
By Delia D. Aguilar
DAGLI SA KRISIS
Nostalgia
Ni Roland Tolentino
TULA (POETRY)
Punta
Spartivento
NI E. SAN
JUAN, JR.
Makinig, Ay Makinig
NI MILA D. AGUILAR
Ang mga Alitaptap sa Tagilid na Lupa ng Sierra Madre
NI RAUL FUNILAS
SalunggUhit
No
Cause for Joy
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Work after the Harvest
Vol. VI, No.
36 Oct. 15 - 21, 2006
Pakyao’ Makes Negros Sugar Farm Hands Poorer
BY KARL G. OMBION
Dirt Cheap
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
Related article:
New Rice Varieties Destroying Native Farming Practices
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW
News
ANALYSIS
Sword of War in the Korean Peninsula
By Bobby Tuazon
Related article:
-U.S. Presence Makes Us Nuke Targets, Scientists Tell Arroyo
Biggest WMD stockpile is in the U.S.,
AGHAM says
-UNSC Resolution 1718 Provides U.S. Imperialism
the License to Provoke and Attack DPRK at Anytime
BY PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON
ANALYSIS
2007 Budget, Wage Hike Proposal
Not Beneficial to Lowly Paid Gov’t Employees
By DANILO ARAÑA ARAO
Related article:
Filipinos’ Plight Worsens Despite Higher GDP
By IBON Foundation
Iglesia Filipina Independiente: A Revolutionary Heritage
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Bishop Alberto Ramento: True Bishop of the Poor
BY EMILY VITAL
STREETWISE
A Cry for Justice
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Danger Stalks IFI Church; Another Priest Gets Threats
BY AUBREY MAKILAN
Army Troops Scored for Alleged Torture, Harassment in Negros
‘NPA minors’ were grade school students, rights group says
BY KARL G. OMBION
Elderly Filipinos in America: Bored, Neglected and Longing for Home
BY REYNA MAE TABBADA
Suffer the Children
By Marilou M. Aguirre
Related stories:
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The Banana Plantations of Compostela: A History of Struggle
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Banana Plantation Workers Struggle to Save Jobs
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Comval Union Leader Fears for His Life
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In Banana Plantations, Soldiers Bust Unions, Harass Workers
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International Probers to Look Into Harassment of Workers in Davao’s Banana Plantations
The Practice of Online Journalism in the Philippines: Personal Observations
By DANILO ARAÑA ARAO
DAGLI SA KRISIS
Pagninilay-nilay
Ni Roland Tolentino
ALBUM REVIEW
Sison the Poet Sings His Poetry
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
TULA (POETRY)
Pagtatapat ng Patalim na Nagkamalay*
(Sa alaala ng Obispo Maximo Alberto Ramento ng Iglesia Filipina Independiente)
NI BIENVENIDO
LUMBERA
Sa Araw na Ganap Nating Bawiin ang Ating
Pagpapahintulot
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Sa Angono Petroglyphs
NI RICHARD GAPPI
alternative reader no.
146
It's Time to Say Sorry for Iraq's Agony
By Mary Riddell
Government Insider Says Bush Authorized 911 Attacks
BY THOMAS BUYEA
Study sees 655,000 Iraqi war deaths; Bush
disputes
By
Will Dunham
U.S. Elite
Project Proposes Bipartisan Grand Strategy
By Jim Lobe
DEMOCRATIC SPACE
For Genuine Truth and Justice
By the
Youth of the the Iglesia Filipina Independiente
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Kudos to SC's
pro-women ruling
By
Emmi De Jesus,
GABRIELA Secretary General
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The Limits of Academic
Civility
By the Congress of Teachers/Educators for
Nationalism and Democracy
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We Condemn the Killing of Bishop Ramento
BY THE MOVEMENT OF CONCERNED CITIZENS
FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES
SalunggUhit
Big Gun
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Finishing Touches
BREAKING NEWS
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Peasant Protesters from Central Luzon Blocked in
NLEx
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Urban Poor Activist Slain in Laguna
Vol. VI, No.
35 Oct. 8 - 14, 2006
Witnesses to Fertilizer Scam: Killed, Hunted
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
People’s Land Reform in Hacienda Luisita
BY ABNER BOLOS
For rights violations:
Arroyo Government May Lose Foreign Aid
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Bishop’s Killing Shows Church under Attack - IFI
BY ABNER BOLOS
Tribute to Bishop Alberto Ramento:
The Bishop of the Workers and Peasants
BY PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON
Position on Human Rights Issues
BY THE COUNSELS FOR THE DEFENSE OF LIBERTIES
Campus press under siege
Printing Fund Row Shuts Down Collegian
By MARK JOSEPH UBALDE
ANALYSIS
Disasters and Faulty Governance
BY THE CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE (CENPEG)
Milenyo’s Devastation of Isla Puting Bato
BY REYNA MAE TABBADA
P1.60 per liter overpricing in September:
Oil Firms Continue to Profit in spite of Rollbacks
BY IBON FOUNDATION
Japan-RP Economic Pact Brings Dubious Gain
BY SONNY AFRICA
LABOR WATCH
At Cavite Export Processing Zone:
Wave of Violent Dispersals, Food Blockade vs Strikers
BY DENNIS ESPADA
LABOR WATCH
CBA Nego in DOLE-Phil Turning Sour
BY MARYA G. SALAMAT
FILM REVIEW
Turbulent Waters:
A documentary dedicated to Filipino migrant workers
BY AUBREY MAKILAN
‘Sagada 9’ Punks Welcome Reinvestigation
BY NESTOR GUILLERMO
Tribute to Dan Campilan, Journalist and Activist
BY RENATO M. REYES, JR.
DAGLI SA KRISIS
Pambansang Isda
Ni Roland Tolentino
TULA (POETRY)
Ahon
(Kina Wire at sa mga Visual Artist ng NEO-ANGONO)
NI RICHARD GAPPI
In Excelsis Deo
BY MILA D. AGUILAR
Lalaya Rin ang Bayan (Kahit Di Mo Na Ito Sulyap)
NI NOEL SALES BARCELONA
DEMOCRATIC SPACE-
No Citizen in this Country is Safe Anymore
BY THE ECUMENICAL BISHOPS FORUM
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Statement on the Killing of Bp. Alberto Ramento
BY THE IGLESIA FILIPINA INDEPENDIENTE
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5 October 2006: 160th Day of Illegal Detention
BY THE TAGAYTAY 5
SalunggUhit
Robbery?
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Of Legend and History
Vol. VI, No.
34 Oct. 1 - 7, 2006
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Palparan
in Hot Water at UN Rights Body’s Session
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Act on
400 Rights Complaints Now, DoJ Asked
By Bulatlat
Twist of Fate
The travails of Bayan Muna’s Jariz Vida
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
Journalists Close Ranks vs Presidential
Spouse
Reporters from 14 countries also condemn libel
threats
By Bulatlat
Pooled
Statement:
A Wanton
Disregard for Press Freedom
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Attacks
on Lawyers are Attacks on the Legal Profession and on Human Rights*
BY EDRE U. OLALIA
Commentary
Focus
on the Extrajudicial Killings in RP:
Operation Phoenix's Long Shadow
By
Joel Garduce
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Persons
Without Human Rights Background Head Human Rights Bodies in the Arroyo
Government:
A Media Plan to Muddle Issues and Exonerate AFP
BY
THE COUNSELS FOR THE DEFENSE OF LIBERTIES (CODAL)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Mindanao as Laboratory of ‘State Terror’
BY TYRONE A. VELEZ
Related stories:
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Mindanao
Human Rights Summit: Declaration of Unity
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Human Rights Watch: Climate of Fear
Impedes Probe into Killings
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Pimentel Cites Reasons Why Melo
Commission is Getting Nowhere
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Political Killings in RP: Operation
Phoenix’s Long Shadow
LABOR WATCH
In spite of DoLE order:
Bus Workers’ Back Wages
Still Unpaid
BY ALDWIN
QUITASOL
Dagupan Bangus: Today’s Boon,
Tomorrow’s Bane?
BY AUBREY MAKILAN
Moon Cake
and the Mid-autumn Festival
BY LYN V. RAMO
Ang Mga
Manunulat at Artista sa Panahon
ng Globalisasyon ng mga Kapitalista
NI EDBERTO M. VILLEGAS
DAGLI SA KRISIS
Milenyo
Ni Roland Tolentino
TULA (POETRY)
Walang Katapusang Laban ng Pilipino
NI RAUL FUNILAS
Balita
ay Lutong Putahe
NI LYN O.
ALTERNATIVE READER 145
-
Thailand: Letter from a Velvet Coup
by Alan Platt
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Thais Wonder What Comes Next
By Johanna Son
DEMOCRATIC SPACE
Letter to Pres Luis Alfonso Alba to the UN Human Rights
Council
BY PROF. ROLAND SIMBULAN,
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
SalunggUhit
Deal?
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
No Shield from the Storm
BREAKING NEWS
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‘Extra-judicial
Killing,
Not
Robbery,’
Says Solon on Bishop's Slay
-
Melo Commission a ‘Whitewash,’ Victims’ Kin Say
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