Ni JAMES COGON “Mali ang umasa sa ganitong sistema.” Oh inay, kay hirap ng buhay. Buong mag-araw ay nag-aararo si itay. Gumising ako nang maaga para maghanapbuhay Subalit pag-uwi sa bahay, wala pa rin si tatay. Sa pagdating ng hatinggabi Ako ay napatunganga sa isang tabi, Napatingin sa isang sulok ng bahay Sabay sabing, “Wala…
Month: September 2017
Two men who lived, fought for the ‘masa’-2
I wrote this piece for two reasons. Firstly, to honor, once more, persons I have known who lived simply and with deep dedication to serving the interest and welfare of the common people. Secondly, to turn away our minds, even for only a while, from the grisly and condemnable fascist/gangland-style killings – especially of our…
Unschooled in human rights
Echoing his appointees in his propaganda machine, and the trolls and hacks who infest social media as well as some newspapers and broadcast networks, President Rodrigo Duterte rebuked critics of his regime’s human rights record. He claimed that while these critics have been condemning the cost in Filipino lives and rights of his “war” on…
Lakbayan 2017 | Lumad children meet victims of Duterte’s anti-drug ops
“Let us stand together in calling for peace in our country.”
No choice: Why the Lumad and their children are on the march
“We came here to demand justice,”
‘Banwar ti umili’ | Lacub martyrs remembered
The heroes of the people are best remembered by following their example.
Boo-you
By DEE AYROSO
Lakbayan 2017 | Maranao youth hopes to find brother who went missing in Marawi
A Marawi City evacuee tells of the hardship of searching for his kin under martial law in Mindanao.
The wild, wild swing of the Duterte administration
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective “Change is coming.” That was the campaign teaser of Rodrigo Roa Duterte when he was running for president. His campaign slogan, mass appeal, straightforwardness and image of a man of action swept him to the presidency. President Duterte hit the ground running. He pushed the peace talks with the National…
Sitio Sandugo, a place rich in cultures, stories of struggles, plus, tattoo anyone?
Jasmin Adaol is mentored by no less than Whang-od, the oldest living original tattoo artist of the Kaigorotan.
Sandugo’s Lakbayan breaches miners’ barricade to deliver mine closure order, open-pit ban
“The indigenous peoples are driven out of their ancestral lands, to hunger, to scarce nutrients and agricultural land for planting food, to thirst as they steadily get deprived of water.