To call a government incompetent suggests that it intended but failed to be otherwise—that it had an intent to manage and mitigate the pandemic. On the contrary, I argue that Duterte and his administration had and still has no such intention.
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The Question of a Stagnant Marxism: Is Marxism Exegetical or Scientific?
Why is it that there exists a tendency in Marxism—itself a theory of change—that remains unchanging?
Towards an Anarchism in the Philippine Archipelago
There is a necessity for a liberatory politics in the Archipelago known as the Philippines and as anarchists we think Anarchism has the framework to fill this need.
Ang Anarkistang Koreano ng Rebolusyonaryong Shinmin
Siguro naman alam ng mga anarkista sa Kanluran tungkol sa rebolusyon sa Catalonia at sa Ukraine. Pero mayroong din kami sa Asya ating sariling anarkistang rebolusyon: ang Rebolusyonaryong Shinmin sa Manchuria noong 1929 hanggang 1931.
The Libertarian Elements in the Philippine Archipelago
Anarchists in a particular area cannot simply import anarchism wholesale. Anarchism must contextualize itself in the specific contexts of where it exists.
Abolitionism against pandemic policing in the Philippines
The demand for abolition becomes urgent in the face of a highly militarized response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.
Against emergency: The interlinked struggles in Hong Kong and the Philippines
States around the world are criminalizing dissent in response to a global and ongoing wave of uprisings.
Black Cross: A Proposal for an Abolitionist Prisoner Support Group
With the Terror Bill now becoming Terror Law, we can expect an increase of arrests and suppression from the State. Indeed just one day after the signing of the Terror law, eleven protesters were warrantlessly arrested and became known as the Cabuyao 11. It is in this climate that having an abolitionist prisoner support group… Continue reading Black Cross: A Proposal for an Abolitionist Prisoner Support Group
Detainment is Death in the Pandemic!
Umaapaw na raw ang kulungan. [The jails are overflowing.] Nearly 30,000 people were reportedly arrested under the quarantine in the Philippines, with more than 4,000 of these arrested detained, based on a report dated April 18, 2020.1 Doubtless, more have since been arrested and detained since then. The police even went on record saying there… Continue reading Detainment is Death in the Pandemic!
Against a Quarantine with Martial Law Characteristics
A regime of violence is in place. Soldiers with assault rifles set up checkpoints; one questions the necessity of assault rifles against the coronavirus—do these people plan to shoot it?