June 2012
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May 2012
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Reflections on the NATO Protests, US Imperialism,... →
kulturalguerilla:
“I have thought a lot about what it for means for me to personally work towards transforming a system that is entrenched in the oppression of so many people. However, I am also aware that I am not alone in this work and I owe a great deal to the movement, which has, through working to transform such systems, has also led to my own transformation. From this weekend’s events, I...
“The artist is always a participant. He tries to be true not only to his craft...”
– Lino Brocka (April 3, 1939–May 21, 1991)
jerconde:
“Bayan Bayan Ko” - Kath Zarate
It...
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Pilipinos Fighting Against NATO →
phatlip:
Right now it’s about 5:40pm, and I’m watching TV where hundreds of protesters are at an impasse with hundreds of police officers, many of whom are starting to don riot gear. This isn’t happening in some country undergoing a revolution – this is happening less than a half mile from my place in Chicago. Just a few hours earlier, I attended the beginning of the march that was...
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"There is a New Scavenger" a poem by Lorena Barros
sfchrp:
THERE IS A NEW SCAVENGER
There is a new scavenger
on 15th street
A woman
the garbage piles are not higher
or of a better composition
Yet there is a new scavenger
on my street
I see her in the mornings
poking slowly with a stick
her sack half full, half rotted
What can it mean
I ask
And pass her by
My heart secure behind a handkerchief
...
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“During the past eight years, as I have joined and then lead volunteer programs...”
– Voluntourism: What could go wrong when trying to do right? | Good Intentions Are Not Enough
As a couple of our organizations prep for summer programs, this is a good article to review. Glad my orgs host Exposure Trips and kinda have a process that make coming correct easy… (via hanalei)
April 2012
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Seattle Filipino American Community Organizations...
For Immediate Release April 26, 2012
Contact: Chel Cendana bayanusa.pnw@gmail.com
Seattle Filipino American Community Organizations Gather for Student Summit
Last weekend, Filipino American community groups led workshops on migrant stories, social justice art, and labor history. Each facilitator also connected each teaching to what they believe is the continuing U.S. military occupation of...
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“Our running shoes are really erasers. Every step erases a memory of a past...”
– John Bingham (via runslikeapenguin)
Running therapy … (via shutupandrun)
“But life is not measured by moments, by months, not even years. It is measured...”
– Carlos Bulosan “The Cry and the Dedication” pg.128 (via lainerz)
“A government that fails to address the fundamental roots of poverty, especially...”
– On “Squatters” « Victor Villanueva (via hanalei)
“Not being racist is not some default starting position. You don’t simply get to...”
– PostBourgie (via meow-sense) (via mostsmartest) (via aprestigiousblog) (via brazenbitch) (via mindless-meandering)
THIS.
(via djphatrick)
Balikatan bad for ecology, experts say →
artivista:
The intensified military exercises in the West Philippine Sea are threatening to disrupt the ecological system and harm the endangered species, scientists and environmentalists warned Monday.
Dr. Perry Alino, a marine scientist at the University of the Philippines and Conservation International, said the construction of military installations in the disputed Spratly islands in the...
“The United States is getting accustomed to a completely crazy level of...”
– For Economists Saez and Piketty, the Buffett Rule Is Just a Start - NYTimes.com (via wonklife)
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