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  • Military & war

    Duterte’s Defense chief, US imperialism’s reliable point man

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    Arnold Padilla

    on

    February 8, 2017

    It is fitting that Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana made the first public declaration of the Duterte regime’s all-out war against the New People’s Army (NPA). Duterte’s termination of the peace talks, after all, is the culmination of the military and security establishment’s relentless campaign to undermine the peace efforts by…

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  • Governance, Human rights, Military & war

    CPP founding anniversary: Peace talks is Duterte’s best option against 48-year old insurgency

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    Arnold Padilla

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    December 26, 2016
    CPP founding anniversary: Peace talks is Duterte’s best option against 48-year old insurgency

    The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) warned the Duterte administration that it may be forced to soon withdraw its declared unilateral ceasefire amid the continuing armed operations of the military and unfulfilled commitment of the President to release all political prisoners. The CPP made the statement as it marks…

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  • Human rights, Poems

    Paano linisin ang dinungisang dingding ng Embahada ng Kano?

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    Arnold Padilla

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    October 21, 2016
    Paano linisin ang dinungisang dingding ng Embahada ng Kano?

    Una, palambutin ng usok ang pinturang nanigas Maghagis ng tear gas. Pangalawa, banlawan ng water cannon Hanggang kumupas ang pula. Para sa natitirang mantsa, Manghablot ng mga katutubo Kahit sino, kahit ilan Pero tandaang mas marami, mas mainam. Pagkatapos ay hambalusin Kahit saan tamaan Basta tandaang mas marahas, mas mainam.…

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  • Economy, Governance, Military & war

    US aid and imperialism

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    Arnold Padilla

    on

    October 15, 2016

    For daring the US and others to withdraw their aid, President Rodrigo Duterte has been called a “psychopath”. For those whose way of thinking has been systematically warped by colonialism and neocolonialism/imperialism, it is plain madness. As a poor country, why would we shun the “altruism” of rich countries like…

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  • 2016 elections

    Neri Colmenares for Senator: A vote of protest and hope

    Published by

    Arnold Padilla

    on

    May 6, 2016

    The Filipino family is under attack – from profit-seeking corporations bent on squeezing them dry for every kilowatt of electricity they use, for every cubic meter of water they consume, for every kilometer that they travel, for every unwanted trip to the hospital. Add to these the onerous taxes that…

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