Maguindanao and the castration of Philippine Media power
Filed under democracy with No Comments, November 26th, 2009 by Kabayan
During the 1968 anti-Vietnam War protests at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the protesters, faced with guns pointed at them and police goons ready to beat them to a pulp (many were, in fact, beaten) would point to the cameras and yell “THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING! THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING!” Implicit in [...]
Is the Philippines a “nation state”?
Filed under history with No Comments, November 26th, 2009 by Kabayan
Maguindanao Massacre reveals the lie behind the Philippine “nation-state” The Maguindanao Massacre forces Filipinos to question the very basic premise of the Philippines as a “nation-state.” To apply that term to the Philippines, as it currently exists and operates, is to a disservice to the term as it is understood by and applied to other [...]