Lumang Moda, Bagong Pagpapalala
Isang pag-uusap kay Rizal tungkol sa moda ng produksyon ng Pilipinas*

July 3, 2026

Mabigatan kaya si Rizal sa mga terminong ginagamit ko? Sasabihin kaya niya na masyado akong mateorya, puro slogan at jargon, at aktibistang parang polyeto magsalita? O susubukan niyang unawain ang mga sinabi ko para higit pang mapopularisa at maihatid sa mas malawak na masa?

Jobs and Pax Silica: The song remains the same

June 27, 2026

Pax Silica taunts the calamity that will come: how many Filipinos will remain barely afloat on rotting wooden pieces of part-time manufacturing work while foreign billionaires spectate on glimmering yachts?

Not Just Trees

June 9, 2026

FEATURES

Local oligarchs in partnership with foreign companies gain gargantuan profits from plundering the environment, with government protection.

Where does the fire come from?

June 5, 2026

FEATURES

An urban poor community may be razed to the ground. But the urban poor’s long history of relentless struggle almost always ignites a flame that carries on until people’s development is realized.

Policing Truth, Hiding the Crisis

June 5, 2026

FEATURES

The real threat confronting Filipinos today is not simply the spread of disinformation and fake news, but how the state is working so hard to conceal the deepening economic crisis.

Reframed curriculum: A worrisome guide for market-ready and nation-blind Filipinos

May 19, 2026

FEATURES

Education continues to be reduced to a factory floor, where classrooms function as production lines processing students into the future workforce of global supply chains.

Watt a burden

April 26, 2026

What is the government doing? Despite President Marcos Jr’s Executive Order 110 declaring a “state of national energy emergency”, on March 24, it’s business as usual for oil, energy, and electricity firms. The government, meanwhile, just continues with the 12% value-added tax on electricity, adding to the burden of the majority who are already financially struggling, while power firms profit from the crisis.

On ratings outlook downgrades: People matter more

April 23, 2026

COMMENTARY

It is never too late to take steps to manage the oil shock in a way that is equitable, enhances growth, and is structurally transformative.

The curious case of Philippine manufacturing

April 23, 2026

FEATURES

The steady decline of manufacturing reflects the impact of neoliberal policies.