Debt, plunder and disaster
Public money pays for transmission lines, ports, and guarantees, while private firms collect profits for decades. The public absorbs the risk and the debt; the corporations keep the gains.
Debt, plunder and disaster
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On liberal opportunism and the “purity” smear
On liberal opportunism and the “purity” smear
Accusing leftists and activists of demanding a "useless politics of purity" is a classic liberal defense mechanism designed to shift the burden of moral failure onto the critic.
On the Fringes | Days in a life as a daughter of a farmer
On the Fringes | Days in a life as a daughter of a farmer
Just like those banana trees, I know their resistance is as tough. Despite enduring a lot, it never stopped sustaining generations of families in Tungkong Mangga.
Pagsusulit
Pagsusulit
Nasa utak at puso pa rin ng maraming estudyante sa UP Diliman ang pagsisilbi sa bayan.
Labnotes | Ang kontradiksyon ng renewable energy transition sa Pilipinas
Labnotes | Ang kontradiksyon ng renewable energy transition sa Pilipinas
Sino ang may-ari ng mga planta, sinu-sino ang may kontrol ng transmisyon at distribusyon, at para saan ba talaga ang Electric Power Industry Reform Act?
First Person | Losing a home
First Person | Losing a home
Losing CMFR feels a lot like losing a home.
On The Fringes | Mentally surviving the rotten healthcare system
On The Fringes | Mentally surviving the rotten healthcare system
I spent more hours in the waiting area than in my consultations. Most of my conversations with the doctor took only 15 to 30 minutes.
Truth be Told (Again) | To make a dictator (un)necessary
Truth be Told (Again) | To make a dictator (un)necessary
On September 23, 1972, the day Martial Law was announced, Ferdinand Marcos was certain — or, at the very least, he was determined to sound like it.
Blood Rush | $100 barrel, super El Niño and Pax Silica: Energy hegemony, enclosure, and national liberation
Blood Rush | $100 barrel, super El Niño and Pax Silica: Energy hegemony, enclosure, and national liberation
These movements expose the Luzon Economic Corridor not as a national development plan, but as a violent mechanism of US-led imperialist plunder and war that converts sovereign land into an extractive garrison for foreign capital while forcing dispossessed rural populations into the precarious ranks of the informal semi-proletariat.
Balik-Tanaw | Ang radikal na pagpapatawad at ang hustisyang panlipunan
Balik-Tanaw | Ang radikal na pagpapatawad at ang hustisyang panlipunan
“Panginoon, ilang beses ko po ba dapat patawarin ang aking kapatid na nagkakasala sa akin? Hanggang pitong beses po ba?”
Blood Rush | An anti-requiem for Gloria Steinem, a Cold War icon
Blood Rush | An anti-requiem for Gloria Steinem, a Cold War icon
Her death should serve as a stark reminder: a feminism that aligns itself with the empire is no feminism at all—it is merely the soft edge of oppression.
Balik-Tanaw | When women rise, God’s mercy breaks in the boundaries
Balik-Tanaw | When women rise, God’s mercy breaks in the boundaries
Women continue to face discrimination, violence, abuse, and the denial of their dignity. Patriarchy has become so deeply woven into our society and even our churches, that it is sometimes treated as normal.
Balik-Tanaw | Manatili sa katuruan ni Hesus
Balik-Tanaw | Manatili sa katuruan ni Hesus
Kung ayaw nating habang-buhay na mabuhay sa takot sa mga multo ng ating lipunan, kailangan nating manatili kay Hesus. Siya ang nagtagumpay laban sa kasamaan, sa kawalang-katarungan, at maging sa kamatayan.
Why Pax Silica is bad for the Philippines
Why Pax Silica is bad for the Philippines
While Pax Silica is framed as a promising venture between two longtime allies against China, history shows a picture of wanton labor exploitation, aggressive land conversion and expansion, and massive resource extraction.
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