Features
Hindipendence Day: The Matrix is Real
June 13, 2024
The US imperial machine’s grip on the Philippine neocolonial mind is far more subtle and sophisticated than simple puppetry though, and hence so much more powerful.
Cha-cha in Education: An Unnecessary and Distracting Move
May 7, 2024
The education sector in the Philippines will be opened for foreign participation and investment, whether through ownership or other forms of partnership, if lawmakers have their way.
Human rights in Asia: In the flashpoint of crisis and war
May 3, 2024
The onslaught of imperialism is relentless and brutal, and the sufferings of the working people are unimaginable.
Universal Health Care: 5 years later
April 8, 2024
FEATURES
Five years of unfortunate health events seem to be just that, unfortunate, but clearly show the state’s systematic letting go of its responsibility to promote the people’s right to health.
Capitalists are inflationary, not wage hikes for workers
April 5, 2024
COMMENTARY
Employers can afford big wage hikes. Instead of protecting profits, the government should be doing everything it can to raise wages which will be good for workers, their families and the economy.
NAIA PPP project: Sky-high profits for Ramon Ang
March 25, 2024
FEATURE
The rehabilitation of NAIA is long overdue. But it should not be done through privatization that will only greatly benefit the interests of a large conglomerate like SMC.
Now is the worst time to change the Constitution
March 13, 2024
Economic Cha-cha is just a trojan horse to get a charter change process going. The real intent is to change the political provisions to keep the Marcos-Romualdez clan in power.
The excuses they give: Kung ayaw ng wage hike, maraming dahilan
February 20, 2024
COMMENTARY
Opponents of a minimum wage hike say it will be “catastrophic” – cause inflation, lead to layoffs, and bankrupt firms. They say it will only help a few and only for a little while. None of these arguments holds water.
The spectacular errors of economic cha-cha proponents
February 4, 2024
COMMENTARY
It has become Cha-cha etiquette to always sugarcoat political changes with promises of a bright economic future once the charter’s economic provisions are fixed.