Magkaugnay ang ating Pakikibaka. ⚫ Towards Anarchy in the Archipelago. ⚫ Para sa pagpapalawig ng kaisipan ng kalayaan.
Bandilang Itim has a selection of pamphlets which you can download and print. Think of this page as a sort of online infoshop. https://bandilangitim.noblogs.org/downloads/
June 5, 1871, anarchist Michele Angiolillo was born. He would go on to assassinate the Spanish prime minister in revenge for anti-anarchist suppression and for the ex*****on of Filipino polymath Jose Rizal. Mabuhay ka! You have acted where Filipinos could not.
We're proud to share the manifesto of PAGLAYA, the first specifically anarchist student organization in the Philippines. They imbibe anarchist, libertarian, prefigurative, and school abolitionist practices.
Padayon!
PAGLAYA Manifesto of PAGLAYA A manifesto for a libertarian youth organization in the Polytechnic University of the Philippines and its communities February...
“We exist to start the rebuilding of our education and our world… We are now revolting”
Excerpt from PAGLAYA Manifesto
For too long, students have been commodified and seen as dispensable people by the current neoliberal education that we have in the Philippines led by the government. Students also continue to be confronted with multiple systemic injustices that have contributed to an alarming learning poverty. Young people are also bombarded with social ills such as the ongoing climate crisis and the active threat of COVID-19. Amidst these crises, the government blatantly disregards the wisdom, expertise, and lived experiences of both students and education workers. Instead of providing resources and social programs to support students and education workers, priority has been given to politically-driven policies and practices that do not contribute to learning such as the push for mandatory Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), the NCSTP Bill, banning books, No-Permit No Exam Policy, and the perpetuation of disinformation in classes. Government funds have been mechanized to make our education system even more profit-centric and highly militarized. It is apparent that the government does not prioritize an equitable, accessible, and liberatory education, but rather, a highly profitable and militarized one.
The Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) is a manifestation of our government’s machination to prevent students and education workers from being heard, and seen if you will, as crucial decision-makers in overhauling our education system for transformative progress in education. Historically, reforms on education have prioritized school owners and administrators, politicians, and the business-sector—this remains to be apparent with the composition of the advisory council and decision-making body of EDCOM 2.
Students are the major stakeholders of our education system and it is only right that we participate in decision-making on policies and practices that impact us most. EDCOM 2 only plans to hold consultations with young people; however, consultations are not enough, for we have a right to claim our space and be involved in planning and decision-making at the classroom level, school level, local level, and national level. We do not want our struggles and our individualities to be tokenized under the guise of the government’s sham “inclusion”. We demand for equitable participation and centering the expertise of the marginalized who have been left behind by the unjust education system, as doing so is imperative for transformative change and deep learning. We are doing EDCOM II a huge favor by taking active effort to ensure that those who are most impacted by education policies are centered in decision-making and continuous improvement in education. Excluding young people and education workers will only lead to education reform recommendations that will inevitably fall short.
As we call for equitable student participation in EDCOM 2 and beyond, we emphasize that there is no education justice without gender justice, climate justice, food justice, disability justice, labor justice, demilitarization, and health justice. Sufficient and equitable distribution of resources, ensuring safety nets for students and education workers, and standing in solidarity with interconnected struggles are necessary for significant improvements in education.
As the youth and students of our communities, our generation and future generations are directly impacted by EDCOM 2. So much is at stake, and we must build our power to push through this turmoil and reclaim our space in our education system. We are here because it is our birthright to rebuild our education in line with the liberatory futures we strive to prefigure. We want EQUITABLE STUDENT PARTICIPATION NOW! HINDI LANG SA PAARALAN PWEDE UMUPO ANG MGA ESTUDYANTE!
Show your support here: https://forms.gle/ScMzVbhQFTP4MdQV6
Join this event tomorrow as students: https://bit.ly/CoTESCUP-EDCOM-II-Feb-2023
Ang anarkismo ay isang pulitikal na pilosopiya — at isang kilusang laban sa lahat ng anyo ng nakabalangkas na dominasyon, pagpigil at pamamahala — tila tiyak na angkop sa mga gawaing ‘intersectional’.
Basahin: Tumatangging Mag-Intay Pa: Anarkismo at Intersectionality
https://bandilangitim.xyz/library/deric-shannon-j-rogue-tumatangging-mag-intay-pa-tl
US-based anarchists commemorate Jennifer Laude:
“Rest in Power Ganda, F**k America, Smash the State!”
Maraming salamat po, at
https://bandilangitim.xyz/library/anonymous-graffiti-in-memory-of-jennifer-laude-in-south-nj-en
There will still be a journalism that will continue to disseminate information that will disturb the comfortable positions of those within the elite status quo. If history has not taught us that, then the present and future will.
Read: An Anarchist Farewell for Percy Lapid
https://bandilangitim.xyz/library/isko-margal-an-anarchist-farewell-for-percy-lapid-en
Patuloy pa rin ang radikal at marangal na pamamahayag; ang pamamahayag na tangkang istorbohin ang kumportableng posisyon ng mga nasa poder ngayon. Isa lamang ito sa napakaraming leksyon mula sa kasaysayan.
Basahin: Anarkistang Pahimakas para kay Percy Lapid
https://bandilangitim.xyz/library/isko-margal-anarkistang-pahimakas-para-kay-percy-lapid-tl
This national heroes day, we invite you to kill your heroes and smash their pedestals! Remember: No one can save us but ourselves.
In the Philippines and worldwide, rulers exalt the memory of rebels they would have repressed. The cult of heroes is part of the system of oppression.
The return of the Marcos dynasty to the highest office in the land heralds dark times. But in dark times, should the stars also go out? We do not know what the future will bring or what form of organization and struggle will be required to meet it, but we do know we have to continue to shine our own starlight through the darkness.
How could the Marcos dynasty return to power? How can anarchists strategize in the midst of a dying liberal status quo?
On June 9, over 90 farmers and peasant advocates were arrested in Concepcion, Tarlac during a cultivation activity at Hacienda Tinang.
They are currently held on false charges of malicious mischief, obstruction of justice, and illegal assembly.
As anarchists and abolitionists, we condemn all forms of state oppression, and demand the immediate release of these farmers and activists.
Land to the tillers, and fire to the prisons.
Ang pinag-aralan ay ang puso ng otonomiya!
From:
“Education is the heart of autonomy” — Zapatistas 🖤❤️✊🏿🔥📸:
Mourning about the elections?
Find friends—old or new. Take things offline. Find allies. Remember: Building a movement means building a community.
Read: Why community is the key to dealing with the Philippines’ current political situation
More important than the effort, we have to start reorienting our movements towards being more relational, emotional, and personal. We aren’t just building a political force—we’re building deeper, b…
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Emma Goldman was an anarchist. For her to be used by one of the foremost apologists of the coming regime is what the Situationists call recuperation, or radical ideas subverted to serve the state or capitalism.
Read Emma Goldman in her own words instead: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/emma-goldman-anarchism-and-other-essays
LOOK: Senatorial frontrunner Robin Padilla shares a photo on Instagram showing a quote from political activist and writer Emma Goldman which reads: “The most violent element in society is ignorance.” | 📷Robin Padilla via CDN Digital
It is often said that “the revolution is not a dinner party,” but the revolution lives and dies by the friends and comrades we make along the way. Without relational politics, the revolution is toast. 🍞
🧵— Relational Politics, or why radicalism has to start learning to be soft, by Adrienne Cacatian
Read on Canva: https://www.canva.com/design/DADr_njqwI4/5UQXzILLc1Bv04R2NoSe_g/view
Relational Politics, or why radicalism has to start learning to be soft, by Adrienne🧵
See Canva presentation: https://www.canva.com/design/DADr_njqwI4/5UQXzILLc1Bv04R2NoSe_g/view
Don't mourn, organize! Towards a joyous future!
FYI, don't expect our platform to endorse any presidential candidate nor endorse abstention. Bahala kayo diyan. Whatever you choose, the prisons will stay open, the police will continue to kill us, and we will continue to slave away in wage labor. Walang pagkakaiba.
If we endorse anything, it's to agitate and organize on the basis of joyful militancy rather than alienating forms of activism. Huwag kang magpaka martir. If you can't enjoy your militancy, it's not your revolution.
carla bergman and Nick Montgomery Joyful Militancy Building Thriving Resistance in Toxic Times 2017
Bongbong Marcos is ahead in the polls and is predicted to win the 2022 presidential elections. What does this mean for democracy in the Philippines?
Read: A Bongbong Marcos Presidency will be Proof Democracy Works, and That’s the Problem
Simoun Magsalin A Bongbong Marcos Presidency will be Proof Democracy Works, and That’s the Problem F**k your “democracy in action” May 2022
Responding to criticisms aimed KonTRAPOlitiko's theses on the 2022 elections, Isko Margal writes a rejoinder.
READ: To Be Libertarian During Election Season
Isko Margal To Be Libertarian During Election Season May 2022
Sinulat ni Isko Margal ang isang rejoinder sa mga kritisismo sa mga teses ni KonTRAPOlitiko.
Basahin: Ang Maging Libertaryo sa Gitna ng Halalan
Isko Margal Ang Maging Libertaryo sa Gitna ng Halalan May 2022
CALL FOR MUTUAL AID. Nasunogan sa Diliman at kailangan nila ng tulong.
Three anarchists respond to KonTRAPOlitiko's analysis of the 2022 elections and urgently call for anarchists to participate in the upcoming elections.
Read: Against the State and the Market, Push Back the Marcos-Duterte Axis of Evil!
mndrgn, Taks Apoy, Lucy Fer Against the State and the Market, Push Back the Marcos-Duterte Axis of Evil! A Statement on the participation of some anarchists...
Kahit sinuman iboboto mo, di mo pwedeng iboto ang malayang lipunan.
We are proud to release an anthology, “Theses on Halalan 2022” by KonTRAPOlitiko. These theses are an anti-political critique of the 2022 Philippine presidential elections.
https://bandilangitim.xyz/library/kontrapolitiko-theses-on-halalan-2022-en
A modern watershed moment in contemporary anarchism in the Philippines is Adrienne's (they/them) “Wrath Over Pride.” Anarchism here remains largely manarchist—something that we must continuously challenge. Silence is violence!
Adrienne Cacatian Wrath Over Pride A call-out post to “radical” cis (het) men and their inadequacy in gender struggles July 2020 Originally published at...
This International Working Women's Day we also remember the Mujeres Libres who constantly challenged patriarchal and (what we now call) manarchist tendencies in in anarchist circles. Manarchism continues to persist, unfortunately, and we must constantly challenge it.
This International Working Women's Day, we remember self-directed actions of Russian women that inaugurated the Russian Revolution.
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