Repormang Agraryo at Pagbabago: Narratives on Agrarian Conflicts, Transitions, and Transformation
Focus is pleased to release online its newest publication Repormang Agraryo at Pagbabago?...
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Author (Category): Clarissa Militante
Data Gathering and Information in ‘Post-truth’ Era
Manila—A research project team from the top universities in the Philippines launched last week of...
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Philippines Chief Justice’s Ouster Emboldens Impunity
Laws and policies have not always been on the side of the people. For the basic masses—workers,...
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Focus Policy Review – Unpacking Dutertism: What to Make of President Duterte’s Year One
Dutertism. Dutertismo. The suffix ‘ism’ according to the dictionary may refer to a “distinctive...
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War on Drugs: “Punishing the Poor”
by Clarissa Militante About the cover photo: Rodrigo Duterte’s flagship domestic policy, The War...
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Martial Law Then and Now; Collective Memory-Making as Urgent Task*
The imposition of Martial Law in Mindanao carries with it the probability of Martial Law being...
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Why March 8, 2017 was Extra Significant for Philippine Women
Manila — For Philippine women’s organizations, the 2017 commemoration of International...
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The Philippine Experience: Climate Change, Disaster Capitalism, and Food Insecurity
Super typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan has been a wake up call to Filipinos and the bigger global community...
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Welcoming Pres. Duterte to the Old Boys’ Club*
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is in Vientiane, Laos, September 6 – 8, for his first...
Read MoreImpunity: Legal, Social/Political, Personal
By Clarissa V. MilitanteImpunity has been de ned by the international legal community, including the United Nations and the International Criminal Court, as being ‘exempt from punishment’, and thus the implication is that...
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#RiceNotBullets: Denial of food and Shooting of Farmers are Both Forms of Violence, Human Rights Violations
Some six thousand farmers*, including Lumads, from North Cotabato and their families marched to...
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State of Fragmentation: The Philippines in Transition
We’re pleased to announce the release of State of Fragmentation: The Philippines in...
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Remembering Macli-ing Dulag
By Clarissa V. Militante, 24 May 2014 More than 30 years after soldiers under the Marcos regime...
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Preventing Disaster Capitalism: Why it’s Not Too Early to Ask for Government’s Rehab Plan
By Clarissa V. MilitanteI shudder at the word ‘czar’, a very powerful person or someone imbued...
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Stronger Asia — global social movements solidarity, critical in these times of crisis
With the “US pivot” in Asia-Pacific, a divided Asean vis-à-vis the territorial disputes on...
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