This week, Bulatlat looks back on the publishing of The Communist Manifesto and its relevance today.
TWIPH: The Publishing of Communist Manifesto
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10 Things to Know About the World’s Longest Communist Revolution
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino Bulatlat.com 1. The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) was reestablished on December 26, 1968 in Alaminos, Pangasinan. Its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), was formed on March 29, 1969 in Capas, Tarlac. The revolutionary alliance, National Democratic Front (NDF), was founded on April 24, 1973. The CPP-NPA-NDF view…
Marx lives
BLOOD RUSH By SARAH RAYMUNDO Bulatlat.com Karl Marx is 196 years old today. With his birth nearly two centuries away from the present, it is amazing how his life and works continue to speak of a man who truly possessed a willpower that was hardly ever negotiable. Those who follow his thought would know that…
Capitalism Has Proven Karl Marx Right Again
Time for a Marxist interlude. Inherent contradictions of capitalism, anyone? Intrinsic instability? Or perhaps we could risk the simple rhetorical questions Herr Marx somehow forgot to ask. To wit: have you ever seen a poker game in which no-one can ever lose? And would you, in your right mind, ever trust such a game? BY…
Trajectories of Dissent: Potting the Philippine Student Movement
History illustrates that the youth is a critical catalyst of the revolution. Now that the Establishment has intensified its coercion, the students are called upon to formulate new modes of engagement. For the world is still characterized by dialectical contradictions; to remain passive is a grave transgression. BY ALAYSA TAGUMPAY E. ESCANDOR Philippine Collegian Posted…