Category: revolution
social media as mosquito press
biyaheng EDSA: saan ba papunta? – this was the question posed by ateneo’s politicial science organization’s politalk last january 31 that katrina and i attended. my answer (via a powerpoint presentation by ina) was to point out that in both … Continue reading
on armchair revolutionaries
read this http://www.gmanews.tv/story/214338/jim-paredes-hits-armchair-revolutionaries-on-fb-twitter and then this http://radikalchick.com/dear-jim-paredes/
The Revolution Betrayed
Yuliya Tymoshenko KYIV – From snowy Kyiv, I have watched the revolutions in Cairo and Tunis with joy and admiration. Egyptians and Tunisians are right to be proud of their desire to peacefully overthrow despotic governments. But, as someone who … Continue reading
environment 9: sustainable devt
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AS SPIRITUAL AND REVOLUTIONARY PRAXIS Junie Kalaw Toward the end of this century as of the last one, dramatic changes have taken place under the impact of, among others, the industrial revolution, two world wars, struggles for political … Continue reading
environment 7: denr & the poor
THE DENR & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Why The Poor Will Always Be With Us) Junie Kalaw In Mindanao, two years after her historic succession to the presidency, President Aquino, a very religious person, appealed for the help of the citizenry, especially institutions … Continue reading
environment 6: beyond transparency
BEYOND TRANSPARENCY Junie Kalaw The launching of the Coalition for Transparency in Government provided President Corazon Aquino an opportunity to focus on a quality of governance whose absence from the national scene has been a major impediment to honest political … Continue reading
environment 2: state of the planet
STATE OF THE PLANET Junie Kalaw We have been blessed with a beautiful planet and a beautiful country but we are destroying it at a beastly pace. The earth’s green cover is a pre-requisite for life in this planet. It … Continue reading
environment & revolution
if junie kalaw were alive he’d be saying i-told-you-so, just like odette alcantara. junie and odette were our leading environmentalists, pioneers, who didn’t live to see the great floods wrought by ondoy & pepeng [and some dam(ned) officials] but … Continue reading