How my parents ‘brainwashed’ me
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com The news about kidnapping charges against progressive youth group Anakbayan is outrageous. For two decades of its existence, it is only under this regime that a...
View ArticleThe anatomy of a strike
The author (second to right) interviews workers of Pepmaco. (Photo courtesy of Kabataan Partylist-Laguna) By JUSTIN UMALI Bulatlat.com A question has always bothered me since my college days: why do...
View ArticleImpeaching the world’s greatest professional wrestler
Screenshot from WWE website By JUSTIN UMALI Bulatlat.com There is no higher form of art than professional wrestling. It is at once high-action drama and a magnification of a society’s core values. We...
View ArticleJournalism is such a radical thing
The author (second to the right) with officers of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines -National Capital Region. Campus publications in the Philippines: Historic role in democracy and media...
View ArticleWe cried a River
As a mother myself, I cannot begin to fathom how Andrea felt, and how Reina feels now. I have been struggling to find the right words. But there are, simply, no words enough to aptly describe the pain,...
View ArticleMy first ever out-of-town coverage
Photo by Geela Garcia By REIN TARINAY Bulatlat.com I was a lockdown journalist–kind of. When I started working for Bulatlat, COVID-19 came so I never had the chance to go out and fully immerse with the...
View Article#Bulatlat20| From fashion to passion
The author doing fieldwork. It was then that I knew that alternative news agencies like Bulatlat are instrumental in speaking truth to power. Without the shackles of corporate interest that filters and...
View ArticleOn the Fringes | This time, I can write about you
Rita Baua during a May 2017 protest against Chinese incursion in the Philippine waters. (Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat) By MENCHANI TILENDO Bulatlat Tribute to Rita “Taritz” Baua –...
View ArticleOn the Fringes | The hurt never goes away
By JUSTIN UMALI Bulatlat The last time I saw Manny Asuncion, we were walking home after a meeting in Dasmariñas, Cavite with his wife. At the time, he was talking about his new Facebook page, and about...
View ArticleWho’s scared of books?
By RUTH LUMIBAO Bulatlat.com Back in college, the Solidaridad bookstore was a refuge for me. Inasmuch as I may not agree with some of the principles that its owner espoused, it served as a haven for...
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