Sa kapitalismo, binubura ang napakahalagang lahok ng paggawa sa transformasyon ng hilaw na materyales—mga bagay—tungo sa pagiging komoditi nito. Nawawala ang paggawa sa pagtunghay, resepsyon at konsumpsyon ng komoditi. NI ROLAND TOLENTINO KULTURANG POPULAR KULTURA Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May 3, 2008 Sa kapitalismo, binubura ang napakahalagang lahok ng paggawa sa transformasyon ng [...]
Monday, April 28, 2008If there is no shortage, locally and internationally, and no compelling reason for the increases in rice prices and yet it is happening then somebody is making a hefty profit out of it at the expense of the majority of the Filipino people. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27 – [...]
Monday, April 28, 2008“Life! If life is threatened, what should we do? Resist! This we must do, otherwise, we are dishonored and that is worse than death. If we do not fight, we die anyway. If we fight, we die honorably…and our children may win and keep this land. And the land shall become even more precious when [...]
Monday, April 28, 2008Luing’s life has been an extraordinary one, an exemplar of dedication to the highest ideals of a people struggling for genuine independence and a more humane social order. Luing speaks for herself here in a way that is at once starkly simple and powerfully eloquent. : Here is someone—a woman, and to me this is [...]
Monday, April 28, 2008A recently-signed free trade agreement between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) would grant Japanese corporations unhampered access to the region’s markets, prohibiting ASEAN members to protect their own economy while allowing Japan to protect its domestic advantages. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May 3, 2008 [...]
Monday, April 28, 2008‘Not without a fight’ seems to be the motto of many militant unions against efforts to bust their unions; they basically always put up a fight for wages, jobs and rights. BY MARYA SALAMAT LABOR WATCH Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May 3, 2008 In the busy street of Marcos Alvarez in [...]
Monday, April 28, 2008Apologists for the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) continue to claim that the treaty’s ratification will mean more employment and foreign remittances for Filipinos. But JPEPA highlights the Philippine government’s insensitivity to nurses and caregivers. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May 3, 2008 Apologists for the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership [...]
Monday, April 28, 2008Fourteen activists swam 10 kms across the Manila Bay, from Baccor, Cavite to Pasay City (near the Senate of the Philippines), on April 28 to dramatize their opposition to the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). BY GERRY ALBERT CORPUZ Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May 3, 2008 Fourteen activists swam 10 [...]
Monday, April 28, 2008The Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board VI labor representative Winnie Sancho last week urged employers and the local government units to give emergency relief to workers to stave off the debilitating effects of high prices of rice and other basic commodities. BY KARL G. OMBION LABOR WATCH Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May [...]
Monday, April 28, 2008“Awanen! Uray adda pay koma’t magapas… nu alaen amin ti minas dagiti taltalon, anya ngay ti mabalin dagiti mannalon?” (It is all gone. Although there are yet palay to harvest… if the fields would be eaten up by the mines, what is there left for the farmers?) BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by [...]
Monday, April 28, 2008Amid the tight security of the University authorities, progressive faculty members, graduating militant students and non-academic personnel creatively made bold statements on the country’s deteriorating political and economic situation reiterating the position of the Diliman University Council that “GMA must go!” during the UP Diliman Centennial Graduation ceremonies last April 27, 2008 POSTED BY BULATLAT [...]
UP, artists reiterate call for release of Ericson Acosta (Photos by Ronalyn V. Olea and Fred E. Dabu)
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