Standard issues of the day
GRAFT and corruption, crime, poverty – all were called standard issues of the day by the late Renato Constantino who lamented the miseducation of Filipinos and introduced in his writings …
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Confronting the issues of the armed Left
WHILE the use of arms to achieve change should not be encouraged nor condoned, the government together with the people, nevertheless must address the socio-economic-political issues that the armed Left …
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Ideological leadership
CAN we sustain national development and progress without leaders who can expound and communicate principles and ideas in a systematic way not only to state officials but to the people …
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Devaluing family value
FILIPINOS of whatever spiritual faith recognize the importance of family in human life. The value of family was already with our ancestors even before the coming of invaders and colonizers. …
Read More What Maoism?
When the Communist Party of China celebrated its 100th anniversary last July 1, the Communist Party of the Philippines issued a statement attacking it. Back in the early ’70s, the …
Read More Exploiting contradictions
CONTRADICTIONS power change processes in society. Dialectic analyses contradictions as unity of opposites whose opposition to each other can lead to the dominance of one in a new state under …
Read More Who’s afraid of ideology?
When ideology is mentioned, political parties readily come to our minds. However, the term “ideology” is conveniently avoided except perhaps by the Communist Party of the Philippines. It is because …
Read More Strategy and Tactics
Tactics always serve the strategy. Tactics are for winning battles. On the other hand, strategy is for winning the war. While this approach is commonly associated with the military, this …
Read More Independence and Freedom
WE are independent and so we are free. Wrong! While the nation celebrates its independence on June 12 this year, freedom in various forms remains elusive for many Filipinos. Freedom …
Read More It takes two to tango on labor education
WHILE the concept of labor education to promote industrial peace is not new, the new law mandating universities and colleges to integrate labor education into the general education curriculum as …
Read More Democratic unionism is important
It has been proven that the traditional psychological operations employed by military operatives, especially the US-trained or US-influenced, were good for short-period or tactical engagements only as exemplified by the …
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