June 2011
On my way to the Philippines in 4 days.
Just started packing now. The nervousness is now transforming into excitedness.
But instead of family reunions and shopping sprees, I’m going on an Exposure Trip with AnakBayan Seattle where I’ll be integrating with different organizations, sectors and communities to bear witness and experience the harsh living conditions of the people in the Philippines. But more than just...
“We will not give in to these conditions that only disregard the heroic role of...”
– John Paulo Bautista (Kabataan Partylist-Southern Tagalog Regional coordinator), in response to 7 Militants Including 5 UPLB Student Leaders Detained for Scoring Aquino’s Twisted Policies
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“Our search for our identity will, and should, eventually lead us to our...”
– AnakBayan New York/New Jersey, http://anakbayannynj.wordpress.com/
“Our attitude towards ourselves should be “to be satiable in...”
– Mao Zedong
jackstephens asked: Ah, cool, you're leaving for the Phils as well? I'll be there too, I leave on the 30th of this month...Wait, this isn't a question...Uh...What kick ass will we rock on the karaoke mic? Yeah, there we go.
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Youth on the March Screen Print Poster - FOR SALE...
Limited run screen printed posters - 25 signed, dated and numbered by designer and printer.
“Youth On The March - A world of timid and apathetic youth will merely feed all the regimes of injustice and exploitation with a constant flow of manpower for exploited labor and cannon fodder for unjust wars.“
- Jose Maria Sison, Published in the Philippines Free Press, November 2, 1986
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WatchSincere Screenprints
A very brief overview of the making of Sincere’s latest print project. The process is arduous. I decided to film it because we often forget to recognize the labor it takes to create something pretty for you to look at.
Filmed, edited and uploaded entirely on my iPhone! Hehehehe
OMG I LEAVE FOR THE PHILIPPINES IN 2 WEEKS AND 2...
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“Revolutionary leaders cannot think without the people, nor for the people, but...”
– The Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paul Freire
“The oppressed internalize the values of the oppressor. Therefore, any group that...”
– From Living For Change: The Autobiography Of Grace Lee Boggs.
My mantra.
(via djphatrick)
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Gabriela pushes for divorce bill in PH →
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Gabriela party-list Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan announced that the House of Representatives will discuss House Bill 1799, also known as Divorce Bill of the Philippines today, June 1, reports ABS-CBN News. The announcement was made hours after Malta voted to legalize divorce on Sunday.
According to the report, Ilagan said she also supports the idea of a non-binding referendum like the...
It's my anniversary!
Today marks 10 years of consuming no pork or beef. Happy anniversary to me! And to all the pigs and cows I ain’t neva gonna eva eat.
