Last week, hundreds of protesters participated in an anti-war march in downtown San Francisco demanding an end to the United States-led occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. This year marks the sixth year of the invasion and colonial subjugation of Iraq. I joined the Strength in Unity contingent organized by the International League of People’s Struggle. [...]
February 6, 2009 – 8:05 am
From Facebook: BYE, BYE BUSH!! Immigrants & Workers demand CHANGE and JUSTICE from Newsom to Obama! PROCESSION & VIGIL Wednesday, January 21, 2009 San Francisco City Hall please wear white Join us in bidding GOOD RIDDANCE to the horrific Bush administration and raising our voices to demand: • a truly sanctuary city • an end [...]
January 16, 2009 – 12:07 am
Senior citizen sets on fire a Singapore lawmaker and Cambodia: Liberation Day or Invasion Day? – posts written for Global Voices January 10, 2009 – More than 5,000 protesters marched in the streets of San Francisco, California to condemn Israel’s military occupation of Palestine lands and to show solidarity for the struggling citizens of Gaza. [...]
December 5, 2008 – 1:18 am
The second most important issue in the recently concluded US elections was California’s Proposition 8 – Ban on same sex marriage. Because of its legal implications, Prop 8 became a national issue. Supporters and opponents of Prop 8 waged aggressive campaigns to entice California voters to their side. Campaign contributions reached more than $70 million [...]
November 15, 2008 – 2:09 am
Links: Singapore Digital Media Festival 2008. Myanmar’s socio-economic history documents. Comparing Thai and Taiwanese protesters. Crop failure in cyclone hit areas of Myanmar. What: Stop the Raids! Stop ICE! (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) When: Halloween Where: ICE building, Downtown San Francisco Almost a thousand protesters, most of them young people, converged at Embarcadero Ferry Plaza. [...]
A few days ago, I persuaded educator Fr. Edicio dela Torre to set up his own blog. He followed my suggestion. Let me also endorse the blog of social critic Teo Marasigan. Milk wars in the Philippines: Breastmilk versus Infant Formula, my blog entry for Global Voices. Protesters need not thank Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim [...]
December 31, 2005 – 3:20 pm
When I was invited to speak in a conference of campus journalists in Baguio last October, my approach in discussing the national situation was to identify and contextualize the memorable words or lines in Philippine politics for the year 2005. My list included the following: discernment, calibrated, your honor, supreme sacrifice, pekeng pangulo, will I [...]
October 4, 2005 – 12:08 am
“Successful demonstrations are not necessarily those which mobilize the greatest number of people, but those which attract the greatest interest among journalists. Exaggerating only slightly, one might say that fifty clever folk who can make a successful ‘happening’ get five minutes on TV, can have as much political effect as half a million demonstrators” – [...]
September 28, 2005 – 10:40 pm
Youth groups who marched in Mendiola yesterday were correct in defying the ridiculous ‘calibrated preemptive response’ directive of the Arroyo government. Now is indeed the time to prepare for more provocative street actions. Now is the time to contemplate a possible encircling of Malacañang by the people. No more of those Ayala or EDSA star-studded [...]
As in the ‘Oust Estrada’ campaign, there is now a flurry of new groups calling for Gloria’s removal. The mother-of-all anti-Arroyo groups is the Gloria Step Down Movement or GSM – as in Galit sa Magnanakaw or Galit sa Mandaraya. GSM of course appeals to the young (GSM technology in cellphones) and the old (what [...]
