NEWS SUMMARY:
1. President Rodrigo Duterte wants more financial benefits to the AFP after C-130 plane crash
2. QCPD denied the request of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan to hold SONA protest along Commonwealth Ave. due to COVID-19 Delta variant
3. The Duterte administration will still not cooperate with any ICC probe despite SC ruling
4. PNP Chief Eleazar agrees with PRRD on arming anti-crime volunteers
The State of the Nation Address showed the grave socioeconomic conditions and still the unaddressed issues of the Filipino people.
Five years into the Duterte regime, the masses are resolute to face all forms of abuses…
By: Lance Espejo
Rethinking propaganda work, knowledge production, and the role of “intellectuals” in society.
Because the untarnished truth comes from the crucible of struggle.
The Institute for Nationalist Studies celebrates one year of existence as an organization of students, researchers, professors, cultural workers, and inevitably the masses who are for genuine change in Philippine society. It is time to re-examine the role of the “educated” in a society, and ultimately raise challenges and new avenues for breakthroughs for progressive politics.
Chances are, you — dear reader, are an intellectual. And while compared to others, we have more time to…
By Arianne Naranjo
Spoiler Alert: The following content contains plot details from Sana Maulit Muli (1995), On The Wings of Love (2015), and Minari (2020).
The American Dream is rooted in American idealism, the notion that the United States of America is the “ideal” country. U.S. imperialism capitalized on the popularization of mass media to propagate its cultural influence. The inter-relationship of the American Dream narrative and media aggravates the dangers of cultural imperialism since film representations now define what should be the American experience.
Sana Maulit Muli (1995) by Olivia Lamasan
By Lemuel Deinla
Duterte recently revealed that his former campaign promise to ride a jetski to the West Philippine Sea and plant a Philippine flag in a Chinese airport was a joke and that those who took it seriously were stupid. Common sense would dictate that the original statement was made in jest, not to be taken literally, but it was, nevertheless, understood as a promise to defend our territory. It was a promise made to Filipino fisherfolks whose livelihoods are affected by Chinese encroachment. …
NEWS SUMMARY:
- The House of Representatives passed on final reading its proposed amendments to the Constitution’s economic provisions
- President Rodrigo Duterte still has until October this year to decide on his possible VP bid in the 2022 national elections
- Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) are now in talks with “highly-placed” national officials about the 2022 elections
- Duterte chides ICC on drug war probe: I will only face a PH court with a Filipino judge
In a semicolonial and semifeudal society, one thing undeniably remains: power.
Even before Rodrigo Duterte was elected as President, several politicians have been pushing for Charter Change…
By CJ Martinez
China is aggressively pursuing its geopolitical goal of regional hegemony through the implementation of the “Belt and Road Initiative”. What is in it for the Philippines?
Proposed in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) aims to connect China closer to its overland neighbors in Europe, Central Asia, and South Asia, otherwise known as the “Belt,” and improve maritime connections in Southeast Asia, the Gulf Countries, East Africa, North Africa, and Europe, otherwise known as the “Road.” …
May Newsletter
Nailabas na sa publiko ang patong-patong na datos ukol sa pagkontrol ng mga imperyalistang bansa sa mga likas na yaman ng Pilipinas. Nagsisulputan din ang mga base militar sa mga artipisyal na isla sa West Philippine Sea.
Sa pag-igting ng rehimeng US-Duterte, ang pagsasabatas ng Anti-Terrorism Law ay instrumento laban sa mga naglalayong usisain ang makinarya ng estado. Kamakailan lamang ay inakusahang “terorista” ang lider pesante na si Joseph Canlas dahil sa kanyang tahasang pagkundena sa pangangamkam ng lupa at pagpapalayas sa mga magsasaka sa gitnang Luzon.
Kalagitnaan ng pamdemya ay nilulubos ng kapulisan ang pagbibigay ng imbentong…
By: Lance Espejo
The answer is a bit more complicated than a simple yes or no.
What is socialism?
We should look at the connection between what has been said about socialism and what has been done about it.
When community pantries sprouted all over the country, the question popped whether it was of a socialist nature or just a generous, non-political act. Collective actions like these, including the communal practices of the early Christian church, have been called by some as hints of biblical socialism or communism.
Today, there are debates about “actually-existing” socialism, which house arguments that discredit or affirm the…
April Newsletter
The 500th year of the Battle of Mactan on the 27th of April emphasizes an anti-imperialist struggle, particularly when colonizers exploited Filipinos through land usurpation, harvest pilferage, and forced or unpaid labor.
Centuries after, resistance is further strengthened by the supporting broad masses when the glaring socio-economic crisis enables them to uphold their democratic rights against feudalism and fascism. The prowess to advance our collective struggle is more than prosperous to pursue true national democracy.
To resist is to persistently exhaust all means in exposing landlords and capitalists against their unjust treatment to peasants and workers. …
To cap off International Women’s Month, we present a review of Anuradha Ghandy’s Philosophical Trends in the Feminist Movement, published by the Foreign Languages Press.
By: Kirsten Mansilungan
The word “feminism” has been thrown around so much that many women and younger girls are irked with the idea of identifying as a feminist. Textbook definitions of the word would paint feminism as the “advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes” — and one ought to wonder how a once celebrated movement deteriorated into being a mere insult or even a threat used to devalue women and their struggles.
In “Philosophical Trends in the Feminist Movement,” Anuradha Ghandy charts the historical trail of feminism from the emergence of women’s movements…
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