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The Philippines: Democracy, Memory, and Reconciliation in the Face of Rampant Authoritarianism

Thirty-nine years ago, the People Power Revolution—the nonviolent uprising that ended the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos—marked a turning point in Philippine history. In 1983, dictator Ferdinand Marcos, backed by the U.S., ordered the assassination of his rival Benigno Aquino and…

Countries and the Morphological Future

I just got a 3D printer, and now I need to understand the Z-axis. After years of working with 2D printing, I am now exploring this new possibility and trying to take advantage of this “third dimension” in printing. It’s a…

A Forum on “Manifesting Power in Class and Gender Struggle: From Insurrectas to Feministas, and then back again”

Marking the 118th years of service of La Proteccion de La Infancia Inc. February 22, 2025. This month, La Proteccion de la Infancia, Inc. (LPI) marks its 118th year as the Philippines’ longest-serving registered non-profit corporation. La Proteccion began in…

President Trump Gives All Americans a Chance to Ignore Rule of Law

A lot of my liberal friends don’t recognize the unprecedented advantage President Trump is affording all Americans. By his imaginative executive order to ignore court decisions, he permits all of us to do the same, releasing us from the ethical…

The US Government’s Reportedly Shifting Rhetoric Towards Russia-Ukraine Is Significant

The US could move its nascent “New Détente” with Russia further along by either forcing the G7 and UNGA Resolution sponsors to change their language about “Russian aggression” or refusing to attach its name to their respective documents on the…

EcoWaste Coalition: Remove from the Shelves Hair Dyes with Banned Sodium Perborate 

21 February 2025, Quezon City.  Despite the ban, some hair dye products with sodium perborate, a compound that is classified as a “carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic (CMR) chemical,” can still be found on store shelves. As reported by the EcoWaste…

The Arab States Must Stop Trump and Netanyahu in their Tracks

Regardless of how geostrategically important the relationship is between the Arab states and the US, the former must demonstrate unanimous resolve to oppose Trump’s and Netanyahu’s disastrous plans to take over Gaza and exile the Indigenous Palestinians. Given Egypt’s desire…

New Sheriff Astride the Globe: Trump’s Sovereigntist Imperialism

Days after November’s Trump/MAGA election victory, a senior Russian diplomat asked how great a historical transformation it signaled. Was it the equivalent of the Civil War, or the Depression era New Deal? Soon it was clear. Jamille Bouie wrote in…

Emancipation and self-determination grow in Africa, despite imperial terrorism

On Saturday 15 February 2025, the first official presentation of the new and 40th book by the French-Cameroonian pan-Africanist writer Franklin Nyamsi entitled ‘Imperial-Terrorism’ took place in Bamako (Mali).
https://shorturl.at/t2unE The event took place in the presence of a large audience…

Pressenza Thanks the Ecowaste Coalition, for Honoring the Partnership with a Plaque of Appreciation

The EcoWaste Coalition recently celebrated its 25th year of service to the Filipino people and Mother Earth by recognizing its indispensable partners from various sectors and affirming its commitment to keep on working with greater fervor and action towards the…

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