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Opinion | In defense of our red (tagged) comrades in the ivory tower!
Bulatlat file photoFueled by self-imposed deadline to end communist insurgency, the military dodge these question by harping their standardized narrative: these rebels advocated violence, they killed their fellow Filipinos, and were traitors to the Constitution! It is from these “political misfits” that the military is supposed to save our children. But how many children die daily from poverty, how many commit suicides and suffer mental health deterioration resulting from hopelessness? How many young girls prostitute themselves online and offline just to pursue their education?
This 2021, you can expand your reading list and consider these Filipino writers and publishers.
With the country’s notoriously fickle internet connectivity and the continuing danger of physical contact, I find books a safe remedy to the growing loneliness of lockdown. Many local cultural workers and institutions, despite the punishing circumstances of this current crisis, are putting out work, which deserve a much larger audience. This 2021, you can expand your reading list and consider these Filipino writers and publishers.
National Publishers
The country’s biggest publishers often still have books worth checking out. Anvil Publishing has repackaged several Filipino classics for a contemporary audience, including Manuel Arguilla, Lope K. Santos, and the always fabulous Nick Joaquin. Books from the dearly departed Visprint Inc Bob Ong’s bestsellers, Agay Llanera’s heartfelt “Choco Chip Hips,” “Kikomachine,” and “Trese” comics have found a second life in A
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