Month: September 2017

NEVER AGAIN TO MARTIAL LAW! STRUGGLE AGAINST FORGETTING, RAGE AGAINST HISTORICAL REVISIONISM, OPPOSE THE RETURN OF MARTIAL RULE UNDER THE US-DUTERTE REGIME Statement of the Congress of Teachers/Educators for Nationalism and Democracy University of the Philippines, Diliman, on the 45th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law September 21, 2017

  The members of CONTEND UP today express our strong condemnation of the attempt by the current US-Duterte administration to rehabilitate the image of the Marcoses—first by establishing a political alliance with the Marcoses, then, allowing Marcos to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, and now, negotiating with the Marcoses for the return … Continue reading NEVER AGAIN TO MARTIAL LAW! STRUGGLE AGAINST FORGETTING, RAGE AGAINST HISTORICAL REVISIONISM, OPPOSE THE RETURN OF MARTIAL RULE UNDER THE US-DUTERTE REGIME Statement of the Congress of Teachers/Educators for Nationalism and Democracy University of the Philippines, Diliman, on the 45th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law September 21, 2017 →

WARS OF EXTINCTION: DISCRIMINATION AND THE LUMAD STRUGGLE IN MINDANAO (A Review)

    Author: Arnold P. Alamon, Professor of Sociology, Mindanao State University-Illigan Institute of Technology Publisher: RMP-MNR, Inc. Date of publication: 2017 In an age where postmodern cultural pluralism is the dominant research program in the academe, where postcolonial theory celebrates the subaltern voices against western narratives in development discourse, Prof. Alamon’s book is a … Continue reading WARS OF EXTINCTION: DISCRIMINATION AND THE LUMAD STRUGGLE IN MINDANAO (A Review) →

THE STRUGGLE FOR SELF-DETERMINATION OF THE NATIONAL MINORITIES IS THE STRUGGLE OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE AGAINST IMPERIALISM Statement of Congress of Teachers/Educators for Nationalism and Democracy on the Day of Solidarity with National Minorities and Black Friday Protest Against Killings and Human Rights Violations of 8 September 2017 (AS Steps, UP Diliman)

  The UP community stands beside our fellow Filipinos who have borne great suffering, but still chose to rise collectively against the common enemy. Today, CONTEND UP supports and joins the “UP Day - Araw ng Pakikiisa sa Pambansang Minorya at Pagkundena sa Walang Pakundangang Pagpatay at Paglabag sa mga Karapatan.” The University of the … Continue reading THE STRUGGLE FOR SELF-DETERMINATION OF THE NATIONAL MINORITIES IS THE STRUGGLE OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE AGAINST IMPERIALISM Statement of Congress of Teachers/Educators for Nationalism and Democracy on the Day of Solidarity with National Minorities and Black Friday Protest Against Killings and Human Rights Violations of 8 September 2017 (AS Steps, UP Diliman) →

BREAK THE SILENCE! UNITE TO END THE MURDER OF OUR YOUTH IN THE HANDS OF THE FASCIST US-DUTERTE REGIME Statement of Congress of Teachers/Educators for Nationalism and Democracy UP Diliman on the murders of Kian Loyd delos Santos, Carl Angelo Arnaiz, Reynaldo “Kulot” de Guzman, and ObilloBay-ao 8 September 2017

  “What good are beautiful highways and airports, beautiful buildings full of spacious apartments, if they are only put together with the blood of the poor, who are not going to enjoy them?” —Blessed Bishop Oscar Romero, July 15, 1979   The members of CONTEND UP Diliman express our indignation over the recent killings of … Continue reading BREAK THE SILENCE! UNITE TO END THE MURDER OF OUR YOUTH IN THE HANDS OF THE FASCIST US-DUTERTE REGIME Statement of Congress of Teachers/Educators for Nationalism and Democracy UP Diliman on the murders of Kian Loyd delos Santos, Carl Angelo Arnaiz, Reynaldo “Kulot” de Guzman, and ObilloBay-ao 8 September 2017 →