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, by BELLO Walden
Remarks of Walden Bello at the launch of his memoir “Global Battlefields: My Close Encounters with Dictatorship, Capital, Empire, and Love,” GT Toyota Asian Center, UP Diliman, April 26, 2025.
First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all of you for coming today, (…)
, by ABINALES Patricio N.
Book Review: Global Battlefields: My Close Encounters with Dictatorship, Capital, Empire and Love by Walden Bello. Loyola Heights: Ateneo de Manila University Press. 2025.
[In the US, Global Battlefields: Memoir of a Legendary Public Intellectual from the Global South by Walden Bello. Clarity (…)
, by SANTOS Soliman, Jr
This preliminary sampling of what is not red-tagging is guided by our study of the two 2024-uploaded 2023 Supreme Court (SC) Decisions in Deduro vs. Vinoya[1] and in two consolidated Badoy-Partosacases[2] in so far as these, especially the former, characterize or define red-tagging, short of a (…)
, par BELLO Walden
In the space of five weeks, the country has lost two institutions, who also happened to be friends, Dr Francisco “Dodong” Nemenzo, a revered figure on the left, and Rep Edcel Lagman, the champion of human rights in Congress. Dodong passed away on December 19. Edcel departed on January 30 owing (…)
, by Focus on the Global South
Focus on the Global South deeply regrets the passing of Dr Francisco (“Dodong”) Nemenzo.
Dr Nemenzo was one of the pillars of socialism and the progressive movement in Philippines. He played a central role in the revival of the left in the 1960’s. Both outside and inside the University of (…)
, by DABU Fred
“Thank you, everyone. Farewell, my beloved University. I have done my best for you.” — Francisco “Dodong” Nemenzo Jr., Farewell Speech, 2005
Dr. Francisco “Dodong” Nemenzo, who served as the 18th president of the University of the Philippines (UP) from 1999 to 2005, passed away on Dec. 19, (…)
, by SANTOS Soliman, Jr
We refer to the remarkable unappealed and therefore final Resolution dated 21 September 2022 by Regional Trial Court (RTC) Manila Branch 19 Judge Marlo A. Magdoza-Malagar in Civil Case No. R-MNL-18-00925-CV (Department of Justice vs. CPP and NPA) [hereinafter the “Judge Magdoza-Malagar (…)
, by DE JONG Alex
Long the strongest left force in the country, the Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines is facing attrition from repression and government promises of amnesty for those who surrender. Alex de Jong explains.
Leading one of the world’s longest running insurgencies and with tens of thousands (…)
, by BELLO Walden
There’s really no one in the Senate that can equal Senator Risa Hontiveros in terms of rendering service to the Filipino people. A socialist feminist in a nest of trapos, she has been truly consistent in pushing progressive legislation since she joined the House of Representatives in the early (…)
, by DAVID Randy
Delivered at the Memorial Service Asian Center Theater, UP Diliman December 27, 2024
Tonight, as we gather to celebrate the extraordinary life of our dear friend and colleague, Dodong Nemenzo, my heart is heavy, but also filled with gratitude for the privilege of having known him. Dodong’s (…)
, by TADEM Eduardo C.
Once in an era an uncommon person comes along whose life bears the stamp of profound influence on the actions of others and on society. Such was the life of Francisco “Dodong” Alfafara Nemenzo who passed away at the age of 89 last Dec. 19. An unorthodox Marxist scholar of politics, an inspiring (…)
, by FONBUENA Carmela
Francisco “Dodong” Nemenzo was president of the University of the Philippines in 2003 when I graduated from the university with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
During the graduation ceremony that year, Nemenzo made us recite his own version of the Pledge of Loyalty. It was more intentional (…)
, by DAVID Randy
The day after Bishop Ambo David returned from Rome as one of the newly appointed cardinals of the Catholic Church, he visited my dear friend Dodong Nemenzo at the Philippine General Hospital to anoint him. Dodong’s son, Fidel, had earlier shared with me that his father, whose health was rapidly (…)
, by NEMENZO Fidel R.
We announce the passing of Dr. Francisco “Dodong” Nemenzo on December 19, 2024. Born in Cebu City on February 9, 1935, Dodong lived a life rich in thought, action, and impact. He was 89 years old.
From former UP Diliman chancellor Fidel R. Nemenzo:
Dodong Nemenzo was a distinguished (…)
, by Partido Sosyalista
On the occasion of his passing, Partido Sosyalista pays tribute to Francisco “Ka Dodong” Nemenzo Jr., lifelong socialist activist and academic, who helped lay the foundations for the Filipino progressive movement.
An activist since the 1960s, courageously opposing Martial Law and the (…)
, by SANTOS Soliman, Jr
In an era where history is systematically revised and memories are weaponized, the act of remembering becomes a form of resistance. For decades, stories of activism, insurgency, and Martial Law (ML) in the Philippines have either been forgotten, suppressed, or sanitized to serve particular (…)
, by CHI Cristina
MANILA, Philippines (Updated Oct. 26, 2024 3:23 p.m.) — The “acting chairman” of the Communist Party of the Philippines was arrested in Quezon City on Thursday, October 24, marking what security officials call a “major step” in the government’s anti-insurgency campaign.
This photo taken on (…)
I was recently invited by a student organization at the University of the Philippines to speak to them about my martial-law experience, given that I had been a student activist in UP during what we called the First Quarter Storm, had been imprisoned and had, against all odds, survived into a (…)
, by Third World Studies Center (TWSC) of the University of the Philippines
Although thirty years have passed since the last issue of Debate (Philippine Left Review) was published, it seems that many progressives—old and young—as well as scholars and writers still look for copies of the articles or of entire issues of the journal. Only a few libraries still have copies (…)
, by SANTOS Soliman, Jr
Three years after the 6 June 2021 Masbate landmining incident, the questions are not so much about the identity of the perpetrators as they are about holding them accountable and liable so that justice is rendered to them and to their victims.
The victims were awarded Far Eastern University (…)
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