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Of Books, Information, and Duterte’s Cultural Agenda

Of Books, Information, and Duterte’s Cultural Agenda

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Nov 01, 2021

True to his cultural agenda, the Duterte regime doesn’t and won’t go all the way like Marcos did—except for the edifices—so he could still maintain an illusion of democracy. How could this government be accused of curtailing press freedom when it shut just one network down as it trolls another?

Work/Study-from-Home and the Politics of Space

Work/Study-from-Home and the Politics of Space

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Jul 29, 2021

Unless your place already has a study, which is highly doubtful if you belong to low-to-average-income earners in the Philippines, working from home must have felt like, at some point, preparing for a play production.

Indigenous Individuals

Indigenous Individuals

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Jun 10, 2021

We recently heard of the shocking discovery of the grave of 215 children found on the grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, Canada. The children belonged to Indigenous communities, and were forcibly enrolled in such schools as part of the Canadian government’s policy of cultural assimilation.

SKL

SKL

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Apr 23, 2021

When the pantries first came out, it was easy to call them charity because of their no-strings-attached giving away to those most in need. But many countered by casting this (approvingly, too) more properly as socialism.